Alternative spellings of this word include Achalabhumi.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography

Acalābhūmi (अचलाभूमि) or simply Acalā refers to one of twelve Bhūmi Goddesses, as commonly depicted in Buddhist Iconography, and mentioned in the 11th-century Niṣpannayogāvalī of Mahāpaṇḍita Abhayākara.—Her Colour is white; her Symbol is a vajra on lotus; she has two arms. [...] These twelve bhūmis [viz., Acalābhūmi] are two-armed and hold in the right hand the vajra and in the left their own weapons or signs.

Source: MDPI Books: The Ocean of Heroes

Acalābhūmi (अचलाभूमि) refers to the “immovable level”, according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly, [while explaining the water-circle (jalacakra)]: “[...] He should visualize the Yoginīs in sequence on the white-colored thirty-six spokes—[...] Alternatively, [their color is] white. The Yoginīs have faces of their specific forms in order. In addition, [every Yoginī] is to be discerned as [an inhabitant of] the upamelāpaka (“near to the meeting”) [holy site], to be [of] the Immovable Level (acalābhūmi) [caiva bhūmiracalāścāparāḥ], to be unexcelled, and to live in the seventh continent. [Their] weapons are as before . [...]”.

context information

Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Acalābhūmi (अचलाभूमि) or simply acalā refers to “stage of the immovable” and represents the eighth of the “ten stages of the Bodhisattva” (bhūmi) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 64). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., acalā-bhūmi). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D. Arciṣmatī is also included in the “thirteen stages of the Bodhisattva” (trayodaśa-bhūmi).

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Partial matches: Bhumi, Acala.

Full-text: Acala, Bodhisattvabhumi.

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Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)

Bhūmi 8: the unshakeable ground (acalā) < [Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna]

Chapter XX - (2nd series): Setting out on the Mahāyāna

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