Alternative spellings of this word include Prachala.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Pracāla (प्रचाल):—Shaking, Movement

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Pracala (प्रचल) refers to “that which moves” [i.e., “a moving tongue”], according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.19 (“Jalandhara’s emissary to Śiva”).—Accordingly, after Rāhu spoke to Śiva: “When Rāhu spoke thus, a terrific being resonant like the thunder came out from the space between the eyebrows of the trident-bearing deity. He had a leonine mouth with a moving tongue (pracala-jihva); his eyes shed fiery flames; his hair stood at its end; his body was dry and rough. [...]”.

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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.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmas

Pracalā (प्रचला, “drowsiness”) refers to “sleep in sitting posture” one of the eight divisions of Darśanāvaraṇa, or “perception obscuring (karmas)”, which represents one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8.—What is meant by drowsiness karmas (pracalā)? The karmas which cause semi sleep-awake disposition are called perception obscuring due to drowsiness karmas. Pracalā is also known as Pracalādarśanāvaraṇa or Pracalādarśanāvaraṇīya.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Pracala (प्रचल).—a.

1) Trembling, shaking, tremulous; य उत्पलाक्षि प्रचलैर्विलोचनैस्तवाक्षिसादृश्यमिव प्रयुञ्जते (ya utpalākṣi pracalairvilocanaistavākṣisādṛśyamiva prayuñjate) Kumārasambhava 5.35; Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 1.38.

2) Current, prevailing, customary.

3) Going well or widely.

-laḥ A peacock; Nigh. Ratn.

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Pracalā (प्रचला).—f. A chamelion (Mar. saraḍā).

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Pracāla (प्रचाल).—The neck of the Indian lute.

Derivable forms: pracālaḥ (प्रचालः).

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

Pracala (प्रचल).—(m.?), setting out; in °la-parivarta, title of Lalitavistara Chap. 5: Lalitavistara 54.17 (colophon), chapter of departure (sc. of the Bodhisattva from the Tuṣita heaven to earth).

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

Pracala (प्रचल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. What goes much or widely. 2. Current, circulating, customary. 4. Shaking, trembling. E. pra before, cal to go, ac aff.

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Pracāla (प्रचाल).—m.

(-laḥ) The stick or body of the Vina or lute. E. pra before, car to go, aff. ghañ .

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

Pracala (प्रचल).—[pra-cal + a], adj. Trembling, Mahābhārata 1, 1379.

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

Pracala (प्रचल).—[adjective] being in motion, trembling.

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

1) Pracala (प्रचल):—[=pra-cala] [from pra-cal] mfn. moving, tremulous, shaking, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] what goes well or widely, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] current, circulating, customary, [ib.]

4) Pracāla (प्रचाल):—m. the neck of the Vīṇā or Indian lute, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([wrong reading] for pravāla).

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

1) Pracala (प्रचल):—[pra-cala] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Current.

2) Pracāla (प्रचाल):—[pra-cāla] (laḥ) 1. m. Body of the lute.

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

Pracāla (प्रचाल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pacāla, Payala, Palayā, Payalā, Payale.

[Sanskrit to German]

Pracala 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

Pracala (ಪ್ರಚಲ):—

1) [adjective] not stable; moving; quivering; shaking.

2) [adjective] that is in use, practice; done habitually.

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Pracala (ಪ್ರಚಲ):—[noun] the quality or fact of being unstable; instability.

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Pracaḷa (ಪ್ರಚಳ):—[adjective] = ಪ್ರಚಲ [pracala]1.

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Pracaḷa (ಪ್ರಚಳ):—[noun] = ಪ್ರಚಲ [pracala]2.

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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: Pra, Cala.

Starts with: Pracaladasa, Pracalajihva, Pracalaka, Pracalakancanakundala, Pracalakin, Pracalalatabhuja, Pracalana, Pracalanga, Pracalapakshma, Pracalapracala, Pracalapracale, Pracalasimha, Pracalat, Pracalay, Pracalaya, Pracalayana, Pracalayate, Pracalayati, Pracalayita.

Ends with: Bhumipracala, Pracalapracala.

Full-text: Payala, Palaya, Pracaladasa, Pracalasimha, Pracalakancanakundala, Pracalalatabhuja, Pracalanga, Pacala, Payale, Bhumipracala, Pracalayita, Samvega, Pracalay, Darshanavarana.

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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)

Verse 8.7 - The nine kinds of perception-covering karma (darśanāvaraṇa) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]

Verse 10.2 - The annihilation of all karmas is liberation (mokṣa) < [Chapter 10 - Liberation]

Verse 9.1 - Definition of saṃvara (stoppage of karmas) < [Chapter 9 - Stoppage and Shedding of Karmas]

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Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)

Part 2 - On the monk and the omniscient (their respective laughter and sleep) < [Chapter 4]

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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)

Verse 3.4.22 < [Part 4 - Parenthood (vātsalya-rasa)]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Tattva 4: Pāpa (sin) < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)

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