Pāli Dictionary

cāla

approximate

calrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Root

cal1shake; tremble

general

  • a shaking, shock, or sudden agitation (as in bhūmicāla, earthquake)

  • AN 10.72

    āyasmatā ca cālena, āyasmatā ca upacālena, āyasmatā ca kukkuṭena, āyasmatā ca kaḷimbhena, āyasmatā ca nikaṭena, āyasmatā ca kaṭissahena, aññehi ca abhiññātehi abhiññātehi therehi sāvakehi saddhiṃ.

cala

approximate

calrootasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Root

cal1shake; tremble

Synonyms

capala

Antonyms

acala, niccala

general

  • unsteady; unstable, shaky; moving, wavering, fickle

  • Thag 19.1

    mam'eva etaṃ na hi tvaṃ paresaṃ, sannāhakāle paridevitena kiṃ, sabbaṃ idaṃ calam'iti pekkhamāno, abhinikkhamiṃ amatapadaṃ jigīsaṃ.

  • SN 35.93

    cakkhu aniccaṃ vipariṇāmi aññathābhāvi. rūpā aniccā vipariṇāmino aññathābhāvino. itth'etaṃ dvayaṃ calañ'c'eva byathañ'ca aniccaṃ vipariṇāmi aññathābhāvi.

calati

approximate

calrootasuffixtisuffix

via inflected form cala · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb

Root

cal1shake; tremble

Synonyms

sampakampati, saṅkampati, sampavedhati, kampati, vedhati, vikampati, phandati, pavedhati,

general

  • shakes; trembles, quakes; wavers, is agitated, unstable

  • Snp 3.12

    nissitassa calitaṃ hotī'ti, ayam'ek'ānupassanā. anissito na calatī'ti, ayaṃ dutiy'ānupassanā.

  • SN 4.6

    nabhaṃ phaleyya pathavī caleyya, sabbe'pi pāṇā uda santaseyyuṃ, sallam'pi ce urasi pakappayeyyuṃ, upadhīsu tāṇaṃ na karonti buddhā'ti.

Encyclopedia

4 entries

Cālā
Person

  • A daughter of Rūpasārī and younger sister of Sāriputta who, together with her sisters Upacālā and Sisūpacālā, joined the Order and attained Arahantship.

Thig 7.2SN 5.6
Cālā2
Person

  • Chief among the laywomen supporters of the Buddha Sumana.

Cālā3
Person

  • One of the two chief women disciples of the Buddha Phussa.

Cāla
Personapproximate

  • An eminent elder, son of Cālā and nephew of Sāriputta, ordained by Khadiravaniya Revata, who left the Kūṭāgārasālā when the Licchavis’ visits caused disturbance there.

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