The Sanskrit term Niścalāṅga can be transliterated into English as Niscalanga or Nishcalanga, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Nishchalanga.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Niścalāṅga (निश्चलाङ्ग) refers to a “windless place” [?], according to the Yogatārāvalī: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Haṭhayoga as the means to Rājayoga (i.e., Samādhi).—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind state: “When the movement of the breath is quashed through the prolonged restraint of the mind and senses, the bodies of the best Yogins become still like a lamp in a windless place (niścalāṅga—nivātadīpā iva niścalāṅgāḥ) and their minds are immersed in the no-mind [state]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niścalāṅga (निश्चलाङ्ग).—a. firm. (

Niścalāṅga is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms niścala and aṅga (अङ्ग).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niścalāṅga (निश्चलाङ्ग).—mfn.

(-ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) Firm, immoveable. m.

(-ṅgaḥ) 1. A kind of crane, (Ardea nivea.) 2. A mountain, a rock. E. niścala, and aṅga body.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Niścalāṅga (निश्चलाङ्ग):—[=niś-calāṅga] [from niś-cala > niś > niḥ] m. ‘firm-limbed, firm’, Ardea Nivea, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a rock, mountain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Niścalāṅga (निश्चलाङ्ग):—[niścalā+ṅga] (ṅgaḥ-ṅgī-ṅgaṃ) a. Firm. m. A crane; a rock, mountain.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nishcalanga in German

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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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Partial matches: Nishcala, Anga, Nish.

Full-text: Niccalankam, Nikcalanga.

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