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

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

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
  • Javanese: ꦲꦕꦭ (acala)

References

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