adjective moving, quivering; unsteady, fickle, transient SN.iv.68 (dhammā calā c’ eva vyayā ca aniccā, etc.); Ja.ii.299; Ja.iii.381; Ja.v.345; Mil.93, Mil.418 Sdhp.430, Sdhp.494. -acala steadfast, immovable SN.i.232; Ja.i.71 (ṭṭhāna); Vv.51#4 (˚ṭṭhāna = epithet of Nibbāna) acalaṃ sukhaṃ (= Nibbāna) Thig.350; cp. niccala motionless Dhp-a.iii.38.

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

see calati