Cal: 11 definitions

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Cal means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Chal.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cal (चल्).—I. 1 P. (calati, rarely calate, cacāla, acālīt, calitum, calita)

1) To shake, tremble, move, throb, palpitate, stir; छिन्नाश्चेलुः क्षणं भुजाः (chinnāśceluḥ kṣaṇaṃ bhujāḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.4; सपक्षोद्रि- रिवाचालीत् (sapakṣodri- rivācālīt) 15.24;6.84.

2) (a) To go, move on, walk, stir or move (from one's place); पदात्पदमपि चलितुं न शक्नोति (padātpadamapi calituṃ na śaknoti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 4; चलत्येकेन पादेन तिष्ठत्येकेन बुद्धिमान् (calatyekena pādena tiṣṭhatyekena buddhimān) Chāṇ.32; चचाल बाला स्तनभिन्नवल्कला (cacāla bālā stanabhinnavalkalā) Kumārasambhava 5.84; Mṛcchakaṭika 1.56. (b) To proceed (on one's way), depart, set out, start off; चेलुश्चीरपरिग्रहाः (celuścīraparigrahāḥ) Kumārasambhava 6.92 v. l.

3) To be affected, to be disturbed, confused or disordered (as mind), be agitated or perturbed; मुनेरपि यतस्तस्य दर्शनाच्चलते मनः (munerapi yatastasya darśanāccalate manaḥ) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.4; लोभेन बुद्धिश्चलति (lobhena buddhiścalati) H.1.14.

4) To deviate or swerve (with abl.); चलति नयान्न जिगीषतां हि चेतः (calati nayānna jigīṣatāṃ hi cetaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 1.29; to fall off, leave; Manusmṛti 7.15; Y.1.361. -Caus. (ca- cā-layati, calita, cālita)

1) To cause to move, shake, stir; R.8.53.

2) To drive away, dismiss, remove or expel from; चाणक्ये चलिताधिकारविमुखे (cāṇakye calitādhikāravimukhe) Mu.4.15.

3) To lead away from.

4) To cherish, foster (cālayati only).

5) To disturb, agitate; सुजनं जनाश्चलयितुं क ईशते (sujanaṃ janāścalayituṃ ka īśate) Śiśupālavadha 15.4. -II. 6 P. (calati, calita) To sport, play, frolic about.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Cal (चल्).—(°-), in various derivatives substituted for regular car-, especially in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra; see anucālin, antaścālin, vicālana.

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

Cal (चल्).—[cala] r. 1st. cl. (calati) To tremble, to shake or totter. r. 6th cl. (calati) To sport, to play. to frolic or wanton. r. 10th cl. (cālayati-te) To cherish, to foster, (cālayati cālayate) To shake to cause to shake. With pra, To fall as from a seat. bhvā-para-saka-seṭ . tudā-para-aka-seṭ . curā-saka-ubha-seṭ .

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

Cal (चल्).— (akin to car), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] (sometimes also [Ātmanepada.]), 1. To tremble, Mahābhārata 2, 1589. 2. To move, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 5591; to go, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 30, 23. 3. To go away, Mahābhārata 1, 6546. 4. To become troubled, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 448. 5. To swerve (with the abl.), [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 15 (svadharmān na calanti, They do not swerve from their duty). calita, 1. Shaking, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 57, 23; trembling, Mahābhārata 3, 10065. 2. Gone away, [Arjunasamāgama] 4, 39. 3. Troubled, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 30, 13. 4. Damaged, [Pañcatantra] iv. [distich] 30.

— Ptcple. of the fut. pass. calitavya, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 14, na calitavyaṃ te, You must not leave this place.

— [Causal.] I. calaya, 1. To put in motion, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 15, 37; to stir, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 158. 2. To trouble, to excite, [Ṛtusaṃhāra] 3, 10. 3. To turn off, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 147, 9. Ii. cālaya, 1. To shake, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 7, 10; to move, Mahābhārata 3, 11185. 2. To cause to waver, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 73, 20. 3. To drive onwards, Mahābhārata 1, 5743. 4. To drive away, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 2697. 5. To put to flight, Mahābhārata 7, 222. 6. To trouble, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 218, 7. Anomalous ptcple. of the pres. [Ātmanepada.] cālayāna, Mahābhārata 3, 11095. Ptcple. of the fut. pass. Not to be turned off, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 17, 17.

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Cal (चल्).—i. 6, [Parasmaipada.] To sport.

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Cal (चल्).—i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To foster, v. r.

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

Cal (चल्).—calati (calate) [participle] calita (q.v.) get into motion, stir, budge; tremble, quiver, totter; set out, start, depart, pass away; walk, march; spread, be diffused; be troubled or disappointed; swerve, deviate, fall off from ([ablative]). [Causative] calayati or cālayati set in motion, shake, push, disturb, agitate; expel or turn off from ([ablative]).

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

1) Cal (चल्):—(cf. √car and also √caṭ) [class] 1. lati (metrically also [Ātmanepada] te; perf. cacāla [plural] celur; [future] caliṣyati; [Aorist] acālīt),

—to be moved, stir, tremble, shake, quiver, be agitated, palpitate, [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to move on or forward, proceed, go away, start off, depart, [Mahābhārata] (āsanebhyo calan, ‘they rose from their seat’, [ v, 3114]) etc.;

—to set (said of the day), [Kathāsaritsāgara lxxii, 406];

—to be moved from one’s usual course, be disturbed, become confused or disordered, go astray, [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to turn away from, swerve, deviate from ([ablative] e.g. dharmāt, to swerve from virtue, [Manu-smṛti vii, 15; Mahābhārata ii, 2629]), fall off (with [ablative]), [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to sport about, frolic, play ([Dhātupāṭha xxviii, 64]), [Kuvalayānanda 320] :—[Causal] calayati ([Pāṇini 1-3, 87]), to cause to move, move, shake, jog, push, agitate, disturb, [Raghuvaṃśa viii, 52; Ṛtusaṃhāra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya];

—to cause to deviate, turn off from ([ablative]), [Mṛcchakaṭikā ix, 21] :

—[Causal] cālay ([Passive voice] cālyate) to cause to move, shake, jog, push, agitate, [Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to drive, drive away, remove or expel from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata i, 5743; xiii, 3336; Harivaṃśa 2697];

—to disturb, make confused or disordered, [Mahābhārata xii; Vedāntasāra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa iii, 1, 42];

—to cause to deviate from ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata iii, 1504; Rāmāyaṇa iii];

—to cherish, foster, [Dhātupāṭha xxxii, 68] ([varia lectio] for √bal) :—[Intensive] cañcalyate (cf. cañcala) or cāc (cf. a-vicācala ff.), [Vopadeva xx, 8 f.];—

2) cf. κέλλω, ὀκέλλω, κέλης; [Latin] celer, pro-cello, ex-.

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

Cal (चल्):—calati 1. a. To tremble; (śa) calati to sport; (ka) cālayati to cherish; to cause to move.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Cal (चल्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Cala.

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Cal in German

context information

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

Cal (ಚಲ್):—

1) [verb] to go or come in; to enter.

2) [verb] to move (by walk, crawling, gliding, etc.) away from or toward; to go.

3) [verb] (time) to pass; to elapse.

4) [verb] to happen; to take place.

5) [verb] to cease to exist; to die.

6) [verb] to be or become useful.

7) [verb] to be or become possible.

8) [verb] to be accomplished, achieved, fulfilled.

9) [verb] to be or become fit, apt, appropriate, etc.

10) [verb] to be in currency, valid.

11) [verb] to be accepted or become acceptable.

12) [verb] to look beautiful, lovely.

13) [verb] to be under another’s control; to be subjugated.

14) [verb] to be subject to; to undergo or experience some action or treatment.

15) [verb] to become famous; to be renowned.

16) [verb] to follow, keep or abide by (a custom, duty, rule, etc.); to observe.

17) [verb] to be or become applicable.

18) [verb] to absorbed, engrossed in.

19) [verb] to come to join or be joined.

20) [verb] to be got or become available.

21) [verb] to continue to be observed (as a tradition).

22) [verb] to fit in properly; to join (oneself with another) cohesively.

23) [verb] to receive, got as per the rules, regulations, eligibility, etc.

24) [verb] to blend naturally with.

25) [verb] (fig.) to manage (something against odds and unfavourable conditions).

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Cal (ಚಲ್):—

1) [verb] to spread (oneself) about here and there.

2) [verb] to become broken up and scattered in all directions; to spread about; to distribute (oneself) widely.

3) [verb] to scatter (liquid, powdered material, etc.) in drops or particles (over something).

4) [verb] to throw in the air; to cast; to hurl.

5) [verb] to spend liberally, often extravagantly.

6) [verb] to spill (something) or allow (intentionally or accidentally) to fall or flow over.

7) [verb] to keep, put (something at or on something else).

8) [verb] to dash or scatter a liquid substance, mud, etc. on; to splash.

9) [verb] (a of rain) to fall (oneself).

10) [verb] to shoot (an arrow).

11) [verb] to direct a current of air toward or on with or as with a fan; to fan.

12) [verb] to hold out; to extent; to stretch.

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Cāl (ಚಾಲ್):—[noun] = ಚಾಲು [calu].

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Cāḻ (ಚಾೞ್):—[noun] (astrol.) Rāhu, one of the nine planets that are believed to rule the destiny of human beings.

context information

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

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