अचल
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The wrathful deity Acala of Vajrayana and East Asian Buddhism depicted here in Japanese art as Fudō Myōō (Japanese: 不動明王) wielding a flaming sword and a noose or pāśa.
See also: अंचल
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit अचल (acala).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अचल • (acal)
- unmoving, immutable
- constant
- (Indian classical music) of a note, inalterable; not permitted to take कोमल (komal), तीव्र (tīvra), etc. forms
- सप्तक में सा और प प्रायः अचल होते हैं ― saptak mẽ sā aur pa prāyaḥ acal hote ha͠i
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- অচল (Assamese script)
- ᬅᬘᬮ (Balinese script)
- অচল (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰓𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀘𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- အစလ (Burmese script)
- અચલ (Gujarati script)
- ਅਚਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅𑌚𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦕꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃𑂒𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಅಚಲ (Kannada script)
- អចល (Khmer script)
- ອຈລ (Lao script)
- അചല (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢜᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀𑘓𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᠠᢋᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠𑦳𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐔𑐮 (Newa script)
- ଅଚଲ (Odia script)
- ꢂꢗꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆖𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖓𑖩 (Siddham script)
- අචල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩡𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀𑚏𑚥 (Takri script)
- அசல (Tamil script)
- అచల (Telugu script)
- อจล (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཙ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒔𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨣𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of अ- (a-) + चल (cala).
Pronunciation
Adjective
अचल • (acala) stem
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अचलः (acalaḥ) | अचलौ (acalau) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलाः (acalāḥ) अचलासः¹ (acalāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | अचल (acala) | अचलौ (acalau) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलाः (acalāḥ) अचलासः¹ (acalāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अचलम् (acalam) | अचलौ (acalau) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलान् (acalān) |
| instrumental | अचलेन (acalena) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलैः (acalaiḥ) अचलेभिः¹ (acalebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अचलाय (acalāya) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलेभ्यः (acalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अचलात् (acalāt) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलेभ्यः (acalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अचलस्य (acalasya) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलानाम् (acalānām) |
| locative | अचले (acale) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलेषु (acaleṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अचला (acalā) | अचले (acale) | अचलाः (acalāḥ) |
| vocative | अचले (acale) | अचले (acale) | अचलाः (acalāḥ) |
| accusative | अचलाम् (acalām) | अचले (acale) | अचलाः (acalāḥ) |
| instrumental | अचलया (acalayā) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलाभिः (acalābhiḥ) |
| dative | अचलायै (acalāyai) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलाभ्यः (acalābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अचलायाः (acalāyāḥ) अचलायै² (acalāyai²) |
अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलाभ्यः (acalābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अचलायाः (acalāyāḥ) अचलायै² (acalāyai²) |
अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलानाम् (acalānām) |
| locative | अचलायाम् (acalāyām) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलासु (acalāsu) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अचलम् (acalam) | अचले (acale) | अचलानि (acalāni) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
| vocative | अचल (acala) | अचले (acale) | अचलानि (acalāni) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
| accusative | अचलम् (acalam) | अचले (acale) | अचलानि (acalāni) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
| instrumental | अचलेन (acalena) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलैः (acalaiḥ) अचलेभिः¹ (acalebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अचलाय (acalāya) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलेभ्यः (acalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अचलात् (acalāt) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलेभ्यः (acalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अचलस्य (acalasya) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलानाम् (acalānām) |
| locative | अचले (acale) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलेषु (acaleṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Proper noun
अचल • (acala) stem, m
Noun
अचल • (acala) stem, m
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | अचलः (acalaḥ) | अचलौ (acalau) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलाः (acalāḥ) अचलासः¹ (acalāsaḥ¹) |
| vocative | अचल (acala) | अचलौ (acalau) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलाः (acalāḥ) अचलासः¹ (acalāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | अचलम् (acalam) | अचलौ (acalau) अचला¹ (acalā¹) |
अचलान् (acalān) |
| instrumental | अचलेन (acalena) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलैः (acalaiḥ) अचलेभिः¹ (acalebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | अचलाय (acalāya) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलेभ्यः (acalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | अचलात् (acalāt) | अचलाभ्याम् (acalābhyām) | अचलेभ्यः (acalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | अचलस्य (acalasya) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलानाम् (acalānām) |
| locative | अचले (acale) | अचलयोः (acalayoḥ) | अचलेषु (acaleṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
References
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “acala”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.