चञ्चल

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.lɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕɐɲ.t͡ɕɐ.l̪ɐ/

चञ्चल • (cañcala) stem

1. unsteady, fickle, tremulous

• Pali: cañcala
• Prakrit: 𑀘𑀁𑀘𑀮 (caṃcala)
  • Southern:
    • Sinhalese: සසල (sasala), සසලය (sasalaya)
• → Tamil: சஞ்சலம் (cañcalam)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cañcala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press