Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

acala अचल – unmoving

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

acala ·a. the same; m. mountain, f. ā the earth.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

acala a-cala, as, ā, am, not staggering or moving, immoveable; (as), m. a mountain or rock; a bolt or pin; the number seven; N. of Śiva and of the first of the nine deified persons, called ‘white Balas’ among the Jainas; (ā), f. the earth; one of the ten earths of the Buddhists.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

acala (3. a + cala) 1〉 adj. f. ā unbeweglich: yadā — acalāni calanti ṢAḌV. BR._in_Ind. St. I, 41,20. R. 1,44,2. R. 2,15,42. R. 6,79,49. ŚĀK. 170. Uebertr.: yadā sthāsyati niścalā . samādhāvacalā buddhiḥ BHAG. 2,53. — 2〉 m. a〉 Berg AK. 2,3,1. TRIK. 3,3,379. H. 1027. H. an. 3,623. MED. l. 59. R. 1,6,24. R. 1,40,4. N. 5,3. N. 12,4. acalendra R. 2,94,6. R. 3,33,38. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā R. 4,26,15. — b〉 Nagel, Bolzen H. an. 3,623. MED. l. 59. — c〉 Śiva, ŚIV. — d〉 der erste der 9 weissen Balaʼs H. 698. — 3〉 f. acalā a〉 Erde AK. 2,1,2. TRIK. 3,3,379. H. 936. H. an. 3,624. MED. l. 59. — b〉 Name einer der 10 Erden bei den Buddhisten; s. zu H. 233.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

acala 2〉e〉 N. pr. eines Dichters Verz. d. Oxf. H. 123,b,12. eines Lexicographen: ˚kośa UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 3,68. — 3〉a〉 MṚCCH. 178,1. — b〉 lies Bez. einer der 9 Stufen, die ein Bodhisattva zu ersteigen hat, bevor er Buddha wird, und füge DAŚABHŪMĪŚVARA 95 hinzu. — c〉 N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs MBH. 9,2632. — d〉 N. pr. einer Rākṣasī Lot. de la b. l. 240.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

acala — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) unbeweglich (eig. und übertr.) Chr. 56,5. Chr. 93,12. Chr. 219,15. Chr. 286,33. Spr. 7857. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Berg Chr. 219,16. Chr. 220,11. — b〉 *Nagel, Bolzen. — c〉 N. pr. *des ersten der 9 weissen Bala bei den Jaina, eines Dichters und eines Lexicographen. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 die Erde Chr. 219,15. — b〉 Bez. eine der 10 Stufen, die ein Bodhisattva zu ersteigen hat, bevor er Buddha wird. — c〉 N. pr. einer der Mütter im Gefolge Skandaʼs und N. pr. einer Rākṣasī.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

acala 1〉 Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. BĀDAR. 4,1,9. — 2〉c〉 N. pr. eines Devarṣi VP.² 3,68. [Nachtrag, Band 1]

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acala I. 1. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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acala a. Steady, immovable, motionless, fixed, permanent; citranyastamivācalaṃ cāmaraṃ V. 1. 4; tapase' dhivastumacalāmacalaḥ Ki. 6. 18; samādhau ˚lā buddhiḥ Bg. 2. 53; yatra sthāṇurivācalaḥ Ś. 7. 11 immovable. — laḥ 1 A mountain; (rarely) a rock. 2 A bolt or pin (śaṃku). 3 The number seven. 4 N. of Śiva, of the soul, of the first of the 9 deified persons among Jainas. — lā The earth (so called because the earth is immovable according to one view, or, according to Ārya Bhaṭṭa who rejects this view, acalāḥ parvatāḥ saṃtyatra, astyarthe ac; acalatvāt svakakṣāto bahirgamanāṃbhāvādvā). — laṃ Brahma. Comp. — kanyakā, -sutā, -duhitā, -tanayā &c. N. of Pārvatī, daughter of the Himālaya mountain. — kīlā (ba.) the earth (immoveably fixed or pinned). — ja, — jāta a. mountain-born. — (jā -jātā) N. of Pārvatī. — tviṣ a. [acalā tviṭ yasya] of fixed or permanent lustre or colour. ( — m., ˚ṭ) a cuckoo ( bahuprakṣālanenāpi mālinyānapagamāt sthirā tviṭ). (f.) permanent colour. — dviṣ m. [acalān ([Page 0022-a]) dveṣṭi, dviṣ-kvip] the enemy of mountains, epithet of Indra who clipped off their wings. — dhṛtiḥ f. a metre of four lines of 16 short syllables each ( gītyāryā). — patiḥ, -rāṭ lord of mountains, N. of Himālaya; so ˚adhipaḥ, ˚śreṣṭhaḥ. — saptamī N. of a book in the bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa; the 7th day of the bright half of Āśvina.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

acala dass.; m. Berg; f. ā Erde.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

acala acala (cal) qui ne remue pas; immobile; immuable. — S. m. clou, cheville; montagne; la terre. acalakilā f. (kīla clou) la terre, m à m. consolidée par les montagnes. acalatvis m. (tviṣ orner) coucou de l'Inde.

Occurrences in source texts (3)

HP 1 occurrence
HP 1.33-1.43: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 1 occurrence

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