Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

cala चल – moving; restless; unsteady

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

moving; restless; unsteady

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

†cala ·a. moving, shaking, trembling, stirring, tremulous, inconstant, fickle, variable, perishable; m. agitation, motion, trembling (also °tā f., °tva n.); wind.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

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Cala, as, ā, am, moving, trembling, tremulous, movable, shaking, loose, unfixed, unsteady, fickle, fluctuating, perishable, disturbed, confused; (as), m. agitation, shaking, trembling; wind; quicksilver; (ā), f. lightning; incense; fortune or Lakṣmī the goddess of fortune; N. of a metre consisting of four lines of eighteen syllables each; [cf. a-cala, niś- cala, cāla.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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cala (von 1. cal) 1〉 adj. oxyt. f. ā gaṇa pacādi zu P. 3,1,134. P. 3,1,140, Sch. VOP. 26,30. VOP. 26,36. sich bewegend, zitternd, beweglich, schwankend, wackelnd; unstät, fluctuirend; wandelbar, vergänglich AK. 3,2,24. H. 1455. MED. l. 15. harṣacalena pāṇinā RAGH. 3,68. calakākapakṣaka RAGH. 3,28. calacāmara PAÑCAT. III, 266. yathāmbhasā pracalatā taravo 'pi calā iva BHĀG. P. 7,2,23. vidyuccala BHĀG. P. 8,5,28. MBH. 13,4632. fg. (Gegens. sthira). calormi R. 1,14,18. MEGH. 25. lakṣya ŚĀK. 38. calāmeva gatiṃ yāti MBH. 12,7182. cale bhrūlate BHARTṚ. 1,15. asthi SUŚR. 1,93,11. ˚saṃdhi SUŚR. 8. calasthānām SUŚR. 2,10,14. danta SUŚR. 1,303,18. SUŚR. 1,304,11. ˚dṛṣṭi SUŚR. 333,5. śopha SUŚR. 2,296,21. die aus ihrer ruhigen Lage gebrachten, gestörten doṣa SUŚR. 1,146,16. SUŚR. 2,188,21. SUŚR. 2,189,2. SUŚR. 2,344,2. rajas SĀṂKHYAK. 13. strīsvabhāva N. 19,6. yauvana R. 1,34,16. śrī, manas, vibhūtayaḥ u. s. w. BHAG. 6,35. PAÑCAT. 202,19. PAÑCAT. 203,1. KUMĀRAS. 3,1. BHĀG. P. 1,11,34. BHĀG. P. 6,15,22. BHĀG. P. 7,7,39. acalamaiśvaryam MBH. 13,5160. — 2〉 m. a〉 Wind H. ś. 171. — b〉 Quecksilber H. 1050. — c〉 das Schwanken, Beben MED.; s. bhūmicala. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 Blitz H. 1104. — b〉 Weihrauch RATNAM._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 Glück, die Glücksgöttin TRIK. 1,1,41. MED. — d〉 N. eines Metrums (4 Mal – – – –, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ –, ⏑ – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ –) COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 163 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. XIII, 13); so lesen wir für cala. — Vgl. acala, niścala, cāla.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

cala 1〉 karṇa Bez. einer best. Hypotenuse SŪRYAS. 2,41. SŪRYAS. 2,51. — 2〉a〉 in medic. Sinne Verz. d. Oxf. H. 304,a,37. — 3〉c〉 KATHĀS. 60,119. — Vgl. puṃścalī.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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cala — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 sich bewegend, zitternd, beweglich, schwankend, wackelnd. — b〉 aus der Ruhe gebracht, aufgestört. — c〉 unstät, fluctuirend, wandelbar, veränderlich, vergänglich. — 2〉 m. — a〉 Wind (auch in medic. Sinne). — b〉 *Quecksilber. — c〉 *Sprosse, junger Schoss GAL. — d〉 *Unguis odoratus RĀJAN. 12,128. — e〉 das Schwanken, Beben. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 *Blitz. — b〉 *Weihrauch. — c〉 Glück, die Glücksgöttin. — d〉 ein best. Metrum. — 4〉 *n. Wasser GAL.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

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cala a. [cal-ac] 1 (a) Moving, trembling, shaking, tremulous, rolling (as eyes &c); calāpāṃgāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ spṛśasi Ś. 1. 24 calakākapakṣakairamātyaputraiḥ R. 3. 28. waving; Bh. 1. 16. (b) Moveable (opp. sthira), moving; cale lakṣye Ś. 2. 5; paricayaṃ calalakṣyanipātane R. 9. 49. 2 Unsteady, fickle, inconstant, loose, unfixed: dayitāsvanavasthitaṃ nṛṇāṃ na khalu prema calaṃ suhṛjjane Ku. 4. 28; prāyaścalaṃ gauravamāśritaṣu Ku. 3. 1. 3 Frail, transitory, perishable; calā lakṣmīścalāḥ prāṇāścalaṃ jīvitayauvanaṃ Bh. 3. 128. 4 Confused. — laḥ 1 Trembling, shaking, agitation. 2 Wind. 3 Quicksilver. 4 The supreme being. — lā 1 Lakṣmī, the goddess of wealth. 2 Lightning. 3 A kind of perfume. Comp. — acala a. 1 moveable and immovable. 2 fickle, unsteady, very transitory (= aticala); calācale ca saṃsāre dharma eko hi niścalaḥ Bh. 3. 128; lakṣmīmiva calācalāṃ Ki. 11. 30 (calācala = caṃcalā Malli.); kasya na bhavati calācalaṃ dhanaṃ Mk. 2. 14; N. 1. 60. — (laḥ) a crow. — ātaṃkaḥ rheumatism. — ātman a. inconstant, fickle-minded. — iṃdriya a. 1 sensitive. 2 sensual. — iṣuḥ one whose arrow flies unsteadily or misses the mark, a bad archer. — karṇaḥ the true distance of a planet from the earth. — caṃcuḥ the Cakora bird. — citta a. fickle-minded. — dalaḥ, -patraḥ the Aśvattha tree. — saṃdhiḥ moveable articulation of the bones.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

cala sich bewegend, flatternd, wankend, flüchtig, unstet, wandelbar; m. das Schwanken, Beben (auch) ˚tā f., tva n.); Wind.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

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cala cala a. (sfx. a) mobile, vacillant, tremblant; suspendu [de manière à osciller]. Au fig. instable. — S. m. mouvement de va-et-vient, vacillement, oscillation; au fig. instabilité. — S. f. calā surn. de Lakṣmī, la fortune instable. calacañcu m. la bartavelle, perdix rufa.

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 2.1-2.6: Introduction to Prāṇāyāma 2 occurrences

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 75–85: Thresholds and Sky 1 occurrence

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VBT 146–155: Inner Rituals 1 occurrence

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