अचल

See also: अंचल

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अचल (acala).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ə.t͡ʃəl/, [ɐ.t͡ʃɐl]
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Adjective

अचल • (acal)

  1. unmoving, immutable
  2. constant
  3. (Indian classical music) of a note, inalterable; not permitted to take कोमल (komal), तीव्र (tīvra), etc. forms
    सप्तक में सा और प प्रायः अचल होते हैं ― saptak mẽ sā aur pa prāyaḥ acal hote ha͠i

Sanskrit
The wrathful deity Acala of Vajrayana and East Asian Buddhism depicted here in Japanese art as Fudō Myōō (Japanese: 不動明王) wielding a flaming sword and a noose or pāśa.

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • অচল (Assamese script)
  • ᬅᬘᬮ (Balinese script)
  • অচল (Bengali script)
  • 𑰀𑰓𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀅𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
  • အစလ (Burmese script)
  • અચલ (Gujarati script)
  • ਅਚਲ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌅𑌚𑌲 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦕꦭ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂃𑂒𑂪 (Kaithi script)
  • ಅಚಲ (Kannada script)
  • អចល (Khmer script)
  • ອຈລ (Lao script)
  • അചല (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᢜᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘀𑘓𑘩 (Modi script)
  • ᠠᢋᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦠𑦳𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐀𑐔𑐮 (Newa script)
  • ଅଚଲ (Odia script)
  • ꢂꢗꢭ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆃𑆖𑆬 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖀𑖓𑖩 (Siddham script)
  • අචල (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩡𑩽 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚀𑚏𑚥 (Takri script)
  • அசல (Tamil script)
  • అచల (Telugu script)
  • อจล (Thai script)
  • ཨ་ཙ་ལ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒁𑒔𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨣𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of अ- (a-) +‎ चल (cala).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

अचल • (acala) stem, m

  1. (Buddhism) the deity Acala ("Immovable")
    Synonym: अचलनाथ (acalanātha)

Noun

अचल • (acala) stem, m

  1. a mountain, rock

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • → Indonesian: acala (learned)
  • → Old Javanese: acala

References
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “acala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
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