Calya, Cālya: 5 definitions

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Calya means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Chalya.

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

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

Cālya (चाल्य) refers to “that which is too be moved”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Whenever, wherever, however and wherefore the mind becomes steady, then, there, just so and therefore, it should never be moved (cālya). Wherever the mind goes, it is not to be prevented [going] from there. Unobstructed, it comes to an end. However, being impeded, it increases. [...]”.

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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).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Cālya (चाल्य).—[adjective] to be moved or shaken.

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

1) Cālya (चाल्य):—[from cāla] a mfn. idem, [Golādhyāya xi, 4 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

2) [v.s. ...] (a- [negative]), [Mahābhārata xiii, 2161]

3) [v.s. ...] to be loosened, [Suśruta vi, 15, 15]

4) [v.s. ...] to be caused to deviate, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa ii, 7, 17.]

5) b See cāla.

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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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