cañcala चञ्चल – moving to and fro, movable, unsteady, shaking, trembling

Original text · English · adjective

cañcala cañcala, as, ā, am (fr. Intens. of rt. cal), moving to and fro, movable, unsteady, shaking, trembling; unsteady, inconstant, inconsiderate, quiver- ing, flickering, playing, moving irregularly; fickle; (as), m. the wind; a lover, a libertine, a lecher; (ā), f. lightning; long pepper; fortune, Lakṣmī or the goddess of fortune; N. of a metre consisting of four lines of sixteen syllables each.

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

cañcala (vom intens. von cal) 1〉 adj. f. ā sich hinundherbewegend, beweglich, unstät, wandelbar AK. 3,2,24. H. 1454. H. an. 3,645. MED. l. 89. (śaktiḥ) nāgajihveva cañcalā MBH. 8,3920. kiśorāviva cañcalau HARIV. 3481. nāradaḥ HARIV. 3210. pradhāvanāccañcalaḥ SUŚR. 1,316,7. mīnaiḥ R. 1,44,23. cañcalāpāṅgī MBH. 7,2142. dṛṣṭiḥ MṚCCH. 48,23. CAURAP. 28. — AMAR. 99. GĪT. 7,16. BHĀG. P. 7,8,21. mattakarikarṇacañcalāṃ rājyalakṣmīm PAÑCAT. 204,1. bhogāḥ — saudāminīcañcalāḥ BHARTṚ. 3,36. BHARTṚ. 3,81. śrīḥ MBH. 12,8258. R. 6,95,43. KATHĀS. 21,56. yuddhe siddhiḥ R. 5,41,17. R. 6,33,39. sarvamālokya cañcalam KATHĀS. 5,126. cittavṛttayaḥ strīṇām KATHĀS. 7,57. manas BHAG. 6,26. yauvana VET. 20,12. ati˚ SĀH. D. 135. cañcalatara BHARTṚ. 3,50. a˚ BHĀG. P. 3,28,9. — 2〉 m. a〉 Wind. — b〉 Liebhaber, der Geliebte H. an. MED. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 Blitz AK. 1,1,2,11. H. 1105. H. an. MED. — b〉 langer Pfeffer ŚABDAC._im_ŚKDR. — c〉 Glück H. an. MED. — d〉 N. eines Metrums (4 Mal – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑ – ⏑) COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 162 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. XI, 3).

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

cañcala 2〉c〉 N. pr. eines Asura Verz. d. Oxf. H. 78,b,47. — 3〉a〉 Spr. 1850.

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

cañcala — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) sich hinundher bewegend, beweglich, unstät, wandelbar. Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Wind. — b〉 Liebhaber, der Geliebte. — c〉 N. pr. eines Asura. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 *Blitz. — b〉 *Fluss GAL. — c〉 *langer Pfeffer. — d〉 *Glück, die Göttin Lakṣmī GAL. — e〉 ein best. Metrum. — 4〉 *f. ī eine Art Grille NIGH. PR.

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cañcala II. 2〉b〉 mit einem *zu versehen. — 3〉a〉 Spr. 4242. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

cañcala beweglich, flatterhaft, unstet. Abstr. ˚tva n.

Original text · French · adjective

cañcala cañcala a. (aug. de cal) qui vacille. Au fig. qui chancelle, qui hésite; changeant, inconstant. — S. m. le vent. Un libertin, un inconstant. — S. f. éclair. Poivre long. Surn. de Lakṣmī. cañcalatva n. mobilité; inconstance. cañcalāmi 1 (aug. de cal) se mouvoir beaucoup; vaciller; chanceler. Au fig. hésiter; être inconstant. Fr. chanceler.