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cala

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Cala (adj.) [see calati] moving, quivering; unsteady, fickle, transient S iv.68 (dhammā calā c' eva vyayā ca aniccā, etc.); J ii.299; iii.381; v.345; Miln 93, 418; Sdhp 430, 494. -- acala steadfast, immovable S i.232; J i.71 (ṭṭhāna); Vv 514 (˚ṭṭhāna=Ep. of Nibbāna); acalaŋ sukhaŋ (=Nibbāna) Th 2, 350; cp. niccala motionless DhA iii.38.

-- âcala [intens. redupl.] moving to & fro, in constant motion, unsteady J iv.494, 498 (=cañcala); Miln 92; (cp. Divy 180, 281); -- kkaku having a quivering hump J iii.380 iv.330 (=calamānakakudha or calakakudha).