Malayacala, Malaya-acala, Malayācala: 10 definitions
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Malayacala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. 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 Malayachala.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Malayācala (मलयाचल).—Sacred to Kalyāṇī.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 13. 36.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Malayācala (मलयाचल).—&c. the Malaya mountain.
Derivable forms: malayācalaḥ (मलयाचलः).
Malayācala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms malaya and acala (अचल). See also (synonyms): malayādri, malayagiri, malayaparvata.
Malayācala (मलयाचल).—m.
(-laḥ) The mountain Malaya. E. malaya Malaya, and acala a mountain; also similar compounds, as malayādri &c.
Malayācala (मलयाचल).—[masculine] the same.
Malayācala (मलयाचल):—[from malaya] m. = ya-parvata, [ib.]
Malayācala (मलयाचल):—[malayā+cala] (laḥ) 1. m. The mountain.
Malayācala (मलयाचल):—[(malaya + a)] m. das Malaya-Gebirge [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma][Suśruta.2,485,18.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 22,45. 36,131. 68,71.] [Oxforder Handschriften 39,a,10. 338,b,33. 339,b,45.]
Malayācala (मलयाचल):—m. das Gebirge Malaya. khaṇḍa Titel eines Abschnittes in einem Puraṇa [Private libraries (Gustav) 1.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Malayācala (मलयाचल) [Also spelled malyachal]:—(nm) see [malayagiri] (under [malaya]).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Malayācala (ಮಲಯಾಚಲ):—[noun] = ಮಲಯ - [malaya -] 2.
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 (+0): Malaya, Acala.
Starts with (+0): Malayacalakhanda.
Full-text (+0): Malayacalakhanda, Malyachal, Malayaparvata, Malayagiri, Malayadri, Abhikhya, Sphal, Anantashayanakshetramahatmya.
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Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 7 - On the checking of the rise of the Bindhya Range < [Book 10]
Chapter 30 - On the birth of Gaurī, the seats of the Deity, and the distraction of Śiva < [Book 7]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 1 - Rasa theory and position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā < [Chapter 4 - Position of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā in Sanskrit Poetics]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
The concept of Bhāratavarṣa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]