Alternative spellings of this word include Avichalita.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā

Avicalita (अविचलित) refers to “(one who) never deviates from (the nature of the dharma)”, according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcchā: the eighth chapter of the Mahāsaṃnipāta (a collection of Mahāyāna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, “Son of good family, how does the knowledge (jñāna) of the Bodhisattva becomes like open space? (1) Having pervaded the thoughts of all beings by knowledge, he knows the impassioned thought of all beings truly as it is, as an impassioned thought; (2) he knows the thought full of aversion truly as it is, as a thought full of aversion; (3) he knows the thought full of bewilderment truly as it is, as a thought full of bewilderment; (4) he knows the thought full of impurity truly as it is, as a thought full of impurity; (5) he never deviates from (avicalita) the nature of the dharma which is without desire, and teaches the dharma for other beings so that they overcome their desire;

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Avicālita (अविचालित).—a.

1) Unmoved, unshaken.

2) Victorious.

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

Avicālita (अविचालित).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) 1. Victorious, triumphant. 2. Unmoved. E. a neg. vicālita shaken, resisted.

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

Avicalita (अविचलित).—[adjective] unmoved, constant.

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

1) Avicalita (अविचलित):—[=a-vicalita] [from a-vicala] mfn. not deviating, steadily fixed (as the mind), [Mālatīmādhava]

2) [v.s. ...] not deviating from ([ablative]) [commentator or commentary] on [Taittirīya-prātiśākhya]

3) Avicālita (अविचालित):—[=a-vicālita] [from a-vicala] a mfn. unmoved, unshaken.

4) [=a-vicālita] b etc. See a-vicala.

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

Avicālita (अविचालित):—[a-vicālita] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Unmoved.

[Sanskrit to German]

Avicalita 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Avicalita (ಅವಿಚಲಿತ):—

1) [adjective] unmoved; stand still.

2) [adjective] having fixed purpose; steady; resolute.

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Avicalita (ಅವಿಚಲಿತ):—[noun] = ಅವಿಚಲಿತತೆ [avicalitate].

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Avicaḷita (ಅವಿಚಳಿತ):—[adjective] = ಅವಿಚಲಿತ [avicalita]1.

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Avicaḷita (ಅವಿಚಳಿತ):—[noun] = ಅವಿಚಲಿತತೆ [avicalitate].

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Avicālita (ಅವಿಚಾಲಿತ):—

1) [adjective] not shaken, moved or stirred.

2) [adjective] not shaking; firm; fixed.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Vicalita, A.

Starts with: Avicalitate.

Ends with: Pravicalita, Shalabhavicalita.

Full-text: Vicalita, Vicalin, Vicalya.

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