Kesaracala, Kesarācala, Kesara-acala, Kesharacala, Keśarācala, Keshara-acala: 5 definitions
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Kesaracala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
Kesaracala has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Keśarācala can be transliterated into English as Kesaracala or Kesharacala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kesarachala.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKesarācala (केसराचल):—(kesara + acala) m. pl. die Staubfadenberge, so heissen die um den Meru sich lagernden Berge, weil dieser als Samenkapsel der als Lotusblume gedachten Erde aufgefasst wird (s. karṇikācala) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 17, 6] (mit śa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKesarācala (केसराचल):—m. Pl. Bez. der als Staubfäden um den Meru (die Samenkapsel einer Lotusblüthe) sich lagernden Berge.
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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