Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

niścala निश्चल – motionless; steady; still

adjective · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

motionless; steady; still

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

niścala ·a. immovable, invariable.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

niścala niś-cala, as, ā, am, immovable, not moving, stock-still, still, fixed, steady; not subject to motion or fluctuation, invariable, un- changeable; (ā), f. the earth; Desmodium Gange- ticum (= śāla-parṇī).

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

niścala (nis + cala) 1〉 adj. f. ā unbeweglich YĀJÑ. 3,199. MBH. 1,1583. R. 1,17,32. BHARTṚ. 2,69. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 94,45. KATHĀS. 8,22. uneig. keiner Schwankung unterworfen, unveränderlich, unwandelbar: buddhi BHAG. 2,53. HARIV. 5883. manas HARIV. 14692. cetas RĀJA-TAR. 3,277. mati Spr. 217. prīti R. 4,7,6. pratijñā MBH. 7,478. bhakti BRAHMAVAIV. P._in_Verz. d. Oxf. H. 20,b,6. niścaya RĀJA-TAR. 3,428. kūṭa = niścala AK. 3,4,9,39. — 2〉 f. ā a〉 die Erde ŚKDR. WILS. — b〉 Desmodium gangeticum Dec. (śālaparṇī) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine

niścala — 1〉 Adj. (f. ā) — a〉 unbeweglich. — b〉 keiner Schwankung unterworfen, unveränderlich, unwandelbar. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Ṛṣi im 2ten Manvantara VP.² 3,3. niścara v. l. — 3〉 *f. ā — a〉 die Erde. — b〉 Desmodium gangeticum RĀJAN. 4,18.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

niścala a. 1 immovable, steady, fixed, still. 2 Invariable, unchangeable; Bg. 2. 53. — lā The earth. Comp. — aṃga a. firm. — (gaḥ) 1 a species of crane. 2 a rock or ([Page 0639-b]) mountain.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

niścala unbeweglich, unwandelbar.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

niścala niścala a. (cal) qui ne bouge pas, fixe.

Occurrences in source texts (8)

HP 4 occurrences
HP 1.50–54: Siṃhāsana and Bhadrāsana 1 occurrence

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HP 2.1-2.6: Introduction to Prāṇāyāma 1 occurrence

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HP 2.30-2.33: Neti and Trāṭaka 1 occurrence

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HP 4.5-4.8: Śāmbhavī and Khecarī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4 occurrences
SiSa 3.55-3.60: Ghaṭāvasthā 1 occurrence

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SiSa 3.84-3.87: Siddhāsana 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.191-5.207: Kailāsa und Mahāśūnya 1 occurrence

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