Alternative spellings of this word include Kanakachala.

In Hinduism

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (p)

Kanakācala (कनकाचल) refers to a “golden mountain”, and is mentioned in the meditation on Garuḍa in the Pṛthvīmaṇḍala, according to the second chapter of the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā (Toxicology).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā describes the different forms of Garuḍa in the five bhūta-maṇḍalas on which the aspirant has to meditate upon to cure the snake-bite victim from the poison which could have killed him. In the Bhūmaṇḍala (or Pṛthvīmaṇḍala), Garuḍa who resembles the golden mountain (kanakācala-indra-sadṛśa), must be meditated upon as one rejoicing in four chants of svāhā and innumerable serpents with the cakra or discus, clad in white, sacred thread with massive shoulders touching the heights of the sky and a huge body, ever engaged in stalling poison, demoniac elements and so on.

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kanakācala (कनकाचल).—m S kanakādri m S The golden mountain, Sumeru. Ex. kiṃ kanakādribhōṃvati pāḷī || kulā- calāci virājita ||

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kanakācala (कनकाचल).—epithets of the mountain Sumeru; अधुना कुचौ ते स्पर्धेते किल कनकाचलेन सार्धम् (adhunā kucau te spardhete kila kanakācalena sārdham) Bv.2.9.

Derivable forms: kanakācalaḥ (कनकाचलः).

Kanakācala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanaka and acala (अचल). See also (synonyms): kanakādri, kanakagiri, kanakaśaila.

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

Kanakācala (कनकाचल).—m.

(-laḥ) The mountain Sumeru. E. kanaka, and acala a mountain; the golden mountain.

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

1) Kanakācala (कनकाचल):—[from kanaka > kan] m. ‘the golden mountain’, Name of Meru

2) [v.s. ...] a piece of gold shaped like a mountain (cf. hema-parvata).

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

Kanakācala (कनकाचल):—[kanakā+cala] (laḥ) 1. m. The mountain Sumeru, a golden mountain.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kanakacala 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

Kanakācala (ಕನಕಾಚಲ):—[noun] = ಕನಕಗಿರಿ [kanakagiri].

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Kanakācaḷa (ಕನಕಾಚಳ):—[noun] = ಕನಕಗಿರಿ [kanakagiri].

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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: Kanaka, Acala.

Full-text: Kanakashaila, Kanakadri, Kanakagiri.

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