Cancala, Cañcala, Cañcalā, Camcala: 27 definitions

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Cancala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Cancala has 26 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chanchala.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Cañcala (चञ्चल):—(vom intens. von cal)

1) adj. f. ā sich hinundherbewegend, beweglich, unstät, wandelbar [Amarakoṣa 3, 2, 24.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1454.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 645.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 89.] (śaktiḥ) nāgajihveva cañcalā [Mahābhārata 8, 3920.] kiśorāviva cañcalau [Harivaṃśa 3481.] nāradaḥ [3210.] pradhāvanāccañcalaḥ [Suśruta 1, 316, 7.] mīnaiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 44, 23.] cañcalāpāṅgī [Mahābhārata 7, 2142.] dṛṣṭiḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 48, 23.] [Caurapañcāśikā 28. -] [Amaruśataka 99.] [Gītagovinda 7, 16.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 21.] mattakarikarṇacañcalāṃ rājyalakṣmīm [Pañcatantra 204, 1.] bhogāḥ saudāminīcañcalāḥ [Bhartṛhari 3, 36. 81.] śrīḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 8258.] [Rāmāyaṇa.6, 95, 43.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 21, 56.] yuddhe siddhiḥ [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 41, 17. 6, 33, 39.] sarvamālokya cañcalam [Kathāsaritsāgara 5, 126.] cittavṛttayaḥ strīṇām [7, 57.] manas [Bhagavadgītā 6, 26.] yauvana [Vetālapañcaviṃśati 20, 12.] ati [Sāhityadarpana 135.] cañcalatara [Bhartṛhari 3, 50.] a [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 28, 9.] —

2) m. a) Wind. — b) Liebhaber, der Geliebte [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

3) f. ā a) Blitz [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 2, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1105.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) langer Pfeffer [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Glück [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) Name eines Metrums (4 Mal ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘ ¯ ˘) [Colebrooke II, 162 (XI, 3).]

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Cañcala (चञ्चल):—

2) c) Nomen proprium eines Asura [Oxforder Handschriften 78,b,47.] —

3) a) [Spr. 1850.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Cañcala (चञ्चल):——

1) Adj. (f. ā) sich hinundher bewegend , beweglich , unstät , wandelbar. Nom.abstr. tva n.

2) m. — a) *Wind. — b) Liebhaber , der Geliebte. — c) Nomen proprium eines Asura. —

3) f. ā — a) *Blitz. — b) *Fluss [Galano's Wörterbuch] — c) *langer Pfeffer. — d) *Glück , die Göttin Lakṣmī Gal. — e) ein best. Metrum.

4) *f. ī eine Art Grille [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa (roth) ]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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