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    See also acalaḥ, acara.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 11.
    acala mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Fixed, immoveable. m. (-laḥ)

    1 A mountain.

    2 A pin or bolt. f. (-lā) The earth.

    E. a not, and cala who goes, from cala and ac aff.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 10, col. 2.
    a-cala (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Fixed.
    p. 10, col. 2.
    a-cala (laḥ) 1. m. A mountain; a
    bolt; () 1. f. the earth.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 22, col. 1.
    acala Tatpur. I. m. f. n. (-laḥ-lā-lam) Immoveable, fixed.

    II. m. (-laḥ) 1 A mountain. 2 A pin or bolt. 3 A name

    of Śiva. 4 A proper name, viz. the first of the nine ‘white

    Balas’, a class of deified persons peculiar to the Jainas.

    5 (In arithmetic sometimes used to denote) the numeral

    seven.

    III. f. (-lā) 1 The earth. 2 One of the ten Buddhist

    earths(?). E. a neg. and cala.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 7, col. 2.
    acala a-cala. I. adj., f. lā. 1. Im-

    movable. 2. Steady, Pañc. 202, 19.

    II. m. A mountain. Comp. Kula-, m.

    a principal mountain. Tuhina-, m. Hi-

    mālaya. Mahā-, m. a great mountain.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 8, col. 2.
    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. —Acala-

    kīlā, f. the earth. —Acala-tviṣ, ṭ, m. the Kokila or

    Indian cuckoo. —Acala-dhṛti, is, f. a metre of four

    lines, of sixteen short syllables each, also called

    Gītyāryā. —Acala-bhrātṛ, tā, m., N. of a Brāhman

    from Oude, who became one of the eleven heads of

    Gaṇas among the Jainas. —Acala-mati, is, m., N.

    of a Rākṣasa. —Acala-śreṣṭha, as, m. chief of

    mountains. —Acalādhipa (°la-adh°), as, m. (king

    of mountains), the Himālaya. —Acalā-saptamī, f.

    title of a book in the Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    p. 112, col. 2.
    a-cala, a. immovable; as m. mountain.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 21, col. 3.
    acala a. Steady, immoveable, motionless, fixed, permanent; citranyastamivācalaṃ cāmaraṃ V. 1. 4; tapase' dhivastumacalāmacalaḥ Ki. 6. 18; samādhau °lā buddhiḥ Bg. 2. 53; yatra sthāṇurivācalaḥ Ś. 7. 11 immoveable.

    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.

    The earth (so called because the earth is immoveable 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 (pb) 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 Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 6.
    acala a. the same; m. mountain, f. ā the earth.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 4, col. 3.
    acala a-cala, a. immovable; m. mountain.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 8, col. 3.
    a-cala mf(ā)n. not moving, immovable
    p. 8, col. 3.
    a-cala m. a mountain, rock
    p. 8, col. 3.
    a bolt or pin
    p. 8, col. 3.
    the number seven
    p. 8, col. 3.
    N. of Śiva and of the first of the nine deified persons, called ‘white Balas’ among the Jainas
    p. 8, col. 3.
    of a Devarṣi, VP.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 10, col. 1.
    acala

    mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Fixed, immoveable.

    m. (laḥ)

    1. A mountain.

    2.
    A pin or bolt.

    f. (-lā) The earth.

    E. a not, and cala who, goes from
    cala and ac aff.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 28.
    acala a. Steady, immovable, motionless, fixed, permanent; citranyastamivācalaṃ cāmaram V.1.5; tapase'dhivastu- macalāmacalaḥ Ki.6.18; samādhāvacalā buddhistadā yogamavāpsyasi Bg.2.53.; yatra sthāṇurivācalaḥ Ś.7.11. immovable. -laḥ 1 A mountain; (rarely) a rock. -2 A bolt or pin (śaṅku). -3 The number seven. -4 N. of Śiva, of the soul, of the first of the 9 deified persons among Jainas. - The earth (so called because the earth is immovable according to one view, or, according to Ārya Bhaṭṭa who rejects this view, acalāḥ parvatāḥ santyatra, astyarthe ac; acalatvāt svakakṣāto bahirgamanābhāvādvā). cf. acalaḥ parvate vṛkṣe kīlāvasudhayoḥ striyām Nm. -lam Brahman. -Comp -kanyakā, -sutā, -duhitā, -tanayā &c. N. of Pārvatī, daughter of the Himālaya mountain. -kīlā (ba.) the earth (immovably 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, ˚) a cuckoo (bahuprakṣālanenāpi mālinyānapagamāt sthirā tviṭ). (f.) permanent colour. -dviṣ m. [acalān 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 or Meru; samudra iva durbodhaḥ sattvenācala- rāḍiva Bhāg 4.22.58. so ˚adhipaḥ, ˚śreṣṭhaḥ. -saptamī N. of a book in the bhaviṣyottarapurāṇa; the 7th day of the bright half of Āśvina.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 10, col. 2.
    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.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 7, col. 2.
    a-cala- a. immobile; ferme; m. montagne ; beau-frère de Dhṛtarāṣṭṛa; -ā- f. terre.

    °datta- m. n. d'un écrivain.

    acalādhipa- m. Himālaya; acalendra- aca-, leśvara- id.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 60.
    acala (3. a + cala)

    1) adj. f. ā unbeweglich: yadā - acalāni calanti ṢAḌV. BR. in Ind. St. I, 41, 20. R. 1, 44, 2. 2, 15, 42. 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. an. 3, 623. MED. l. 59. R. 1, 6, 24. 40, 4. N. 5, 3. 12, 4. acalendra R. 2, 94, 6. 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 Bala's H. 698.

    — 3) f. acalā

    a) Erde AK. 2, 1, 2. TRIK. 3, 3, 379. H. 936. an. 3, 624. MED. l. 59.

    — b) Name einer der 10 Erden bei den Buddhisten; s. zu H. 233.

    vol. 5, p. 955.
    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 Skanda's MBH. 9, 2632.

    — d) N. pr. einer Rākṣasī Lot. de la b. l. 240.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 13, col. 3.
    acala

    — 1) Adj. (f. ā) unbeweglich (eig. und übertr.) 56,5. 93,12. 219,15. 286,33. Spr. 7857.

    — 2) m.

    — a) Berg 219,16. 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 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 Skanda's undN.pr. einer Rākṣasā.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    p. 4, col. 1.
    acala dass.; m. Berg; f. ā Erde.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 10, col. 2.
    acala 1. Nom. abstr. °tva n. Bādar. 4, 1, 9.

    — 2. c) N. pr. eines Devarṣi, VP2 3, 68.

    — °Name eines Fürsten der Pañcāla, S I, 549, 3. °acalakanyā = Pārvatī, H 2, 64.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    p. 4, col. 1.
    acala (KARM. ex a priv. et cala se movens, a r. cal s.

    a). 1) immobilis, immotus. BH. 2. 53. 2) m. mons.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    p. 21.
    acala;
    acalaśiloccayaśailakṣitidharagirigotraparvatāhāryāḥ .
    nagaśikharisānumanto dharādrikudhrāśca tulyārthāḥ .. 165 ..
    2.1.1.165

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 82, col. 2.
    acala pu0 na calaḥ .. (goṃja) iti khyāte śaṅkau . parvvate,
    acalāḥ sāgarāḥ grāmāḥ prāsādadhavalā gṛhāḥ dhāritaṃ ca
    tvayāsarvamiti pṛthivīprārthanāmantraḥ . acalaeṣa bhavāniva
    rājate iti māghaḥ . pṛthivyāṃ strī . bhūmeracalatvā-
    dikamuktaṃ si0 śi0 go0 bhūmeḥ piṇḍaḥ śaśāṅkajñaka-
    viravikujejyārkinakṣatrakakṣāvṛttairvṛtto vṛtaḥ san mṛda-
    nilasalilavyomatejomayo'yam . nānyāghāraḥ svaśaktyaiva
    viyati niyataṃ tiṣṭhatīhāsya pṛṣṭhe niṣṭhaṃ viśvaṃ ca śaśvatsada-
    nujamanujādityadaityaṃ samantāt . sarvataḥ parvatārāmagrāma-
    caityacayaiścitaḥ . kadambakusumagranthiḥ kesaraprakarairiva .
    yathoṣṇatārkānalayośca, śītatā vidhau, drutiḥ ke,
    kaṭhinatvamaśmani . maruccalo bhūracalā svabhāvato yato
    vicitrā bata vastuśaktayaḥ . ākṛṣṭaśaktiśca mahī tayā yat
    khasthaṃ guru svābhimukhaṃ svaśaktyā . ākṛṣyate tatpatatīva bhāti
    same samantāt kva? patatviyaṃ khe iti . āryyabhaṭṭamate tu
    asyāścalatve'pi acalāḥ parvatāḥ santyatra astyarthe'ci .
    acalavattvāt svakakṣāto bahirgamanābhāvādvā acala-
    tvam . tena ca tasyāścalatvaṃ dṛṣṭāntavidhayoktaṃ tacca vistarato
    bhūgolaśabde vakṣyate . calanaśūnye tri0 tasmāttvamacalobha-
    veti kalasasthāpanamantraḥ . tasmānmama gṛhe nityaṃ lakṣmi!
    tvamacalā bhaveti purā0 . samādhāvacalā buddhiriti,
    gītā, acalā bhaktirīśvare iti purā0 . na calati
    svabhāvāt . śive pu0 tasya sthāṇutvāt tathātvam .
    brahmaṇi na0 . niṣkalaṃ niṣkriyaṃ śāntamiti śrutyā asya
    sarvakriyāśūnyatvokteracalatvam . ātmani pu0 nityaḥ
    sarvagataḥ sthāṇuracalo'yaṃ sanātana iti gītā .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    p. 3, col. 2.
    Acala1, brother-in-law of Dhṛtāraṣṭra, brother of Śakuni:

    II, 34, 1266 (A °Vṛṣakaś caiva Karṇaś ca…; attends at

    Yudhiṣṭhira's rājasūya (Rājasūyikap.).—V, 168, 5808

    (A °Vṛṣakaś caiva sahitau bhrātarāv ubhau…Gāndhāra-

    mukhyau; a “ratha” of Duryodhana's) (Rathātir.).—VII,

    30, 1303 (Vṛṣakācalau), 1309 (id.), 1310 (id.); śyālau

    tava, i. e. Dhṛtarāṣṭra's), 1312 (Vṛṣakā°au) (slain by Arjuna

    on the 12th day of the battle) (Saṃśaptakavadhap.).—VIII,

    5, 130 (id.) (Karṇap.).—XI, 26, 790 (burnt with the others

    who have fallen in the battle) (Śrāddhap.).—XV, 32, 879

    (together with the others who have fallen in the battle he is

    conjured by Vyāsa from the Gaṅgā and shown to Dhṛtarāṣṭra

    and Gāndhārī, when towards the close of their lives they visit

    his hermitage) (Putradarśanap.).

    p. 4, col. 1.
    Acala2, a warrior of Skanda's: IX, 45, 2576 (Gadāyuddhap.).
    p. 4, col. 1.
    Acala3 = “the Great Spirit”: XII, 339, 12864 (Mahā-

    puruṣastava).

    p. 4, col. 1.
    Acala4 = Viṣṇu (1000 names).

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 26.
    Acala (I) ety. — immovable, hence a mountain.

    Br. II. 7. 11.
    vol. 1, p. 26.
    Acala (II) — the name of Bhairava in the Kiricakra.

    Br. IV. 20. 82.
    vol. 1, p. 26.
    Acala (III) — the son of Mahīnetra; ruled for 32 years.

    M. 271. 28.
    vol. 1, p. 26.
    Acala (IV) — a devaṛṣi.

    Vā. 61. 84.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 6, col. 2.
    Acala , m., (1) n. of a samādhi: Mvy 580; ŚsP 1421.19;

    (2) n. of a future Buddha: Av i.53.18; (3) one of the

    krodha (cf. next): Sādh 137.13.

    Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum

    vol. 1, p. 5, col. 1.
    acala poet. Śp. p. 4. Skm.
    vol. 1, p. 5, col. 1.
    acala

    Āhnikadipaka. B. 3, 66. P. 19.

    Nirṇayadīpaka. B. 3, 98. D 2.

    vol. 1, p. 5, col. 1.
    acala son of Vatsarāja:

    Śāṅkhāyanāhnika. Peters. 2, 170.

    vol. 1, p. 770, col. 2.
    acala son of Vatsarāja, son of Govinda, son of Lakṣmī-
    dhara, son of Ananta, composed the Nirṇayadīpaka
    in 1518. IO. 690--92. The Śāṅkhāyanāhnika and
    Mahārudrapaddhati (Mahārudravidhāna) belong to the
    same author.
    vol. 2, p. 186, col. 1.
    acala son of Vatsarāja, son of Govinda, son of Lakṣmī-
    dhara, son of Ananta:

    Āhnikadīpaka.

    Nirṇayadīpaka, composed in 1519.

    Mahārudrapaddhati.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    p. 2, col. 1.
    ACALA I . 1) General. Acala was the son of Subala, a

    King of Gāndhāra. He was Śakuni's brother and a

    heroic Charioteer on the side of the Kauravas. (M.B.

    Udyoga Parva, Chapter 168, Verse 1).

    2) Acala had also taken part in Yudhiṣṭhira's Rāja-

    sūya. (A very expensive sacrifice—yāga—performed by

    an emperor.) (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 34, Verse 7).

    3) Acala had a brother named Vṛṣaka. In the battle

    between the Kauravas and Pāṇḍavas, Arjuna killed

    Acala and Vṛṣaka. (M.B. Droṇa Parva, Chapter 30,

    Verse 11).

    4) One night Vyāsa summoned the departed holy souls

    and Acala also was among them. (M.B. Āśva-

    medhika Parva, Chapter 32, Verse 12).
    p. 2, col. 2.
    ACALA II . Name of a bull. Among the pārṣadas of

    Skanda we see the bull named Acala. (M.B. Śalya

    Parva, Chapter 85, Verse 74).
    p. 2, col. 2.
    ACALA III . An epithet of Mahāviṣṇu. Among the

    thousand names of Mahāviṣṇu we see the name Acala

    also. (M.B. Anuśāsana Parva, Chapter 149, Verse 92).
    p. 2, col. 2.
    ACALA . Subrahmaṇya, who was born from Śiva's

    semen which fell into the fire, was made Commander-

    in-Chief (Generalissimo) by the gods to kill Tārakāsura.

    A large number of warriors and mothers were

    assigned to assist him. A woman named Acalā was in-

    cluded among those mothers. (M.B. Śalya Parva,

    Chapter 40, Verse 14).