Chanchala
Chanchala is a Sanskrit adjective basically referring to the unsteady vacillating nature of human mind and actions which need to be stilled, neutralized or controlled for gaining right speech and vision.
Meaning
Chanchala (Sanskrit: चञ्चल) means - 'inconsiderate', 'nimble', 'shaking', 'inconstant', 'moveable', 'flickering', 'moving', 'unsteady', 'fortune', 'wind', 'long pepper',[1]
In Hinduism
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Chanchala is the good word for 'vacillation' in Sanskrit language; in
- यतो यतो निश्चरति मनश्चञ्चलमस्थिरम् |
- ततस्ततो नियम्यैतदात्मन्येव वंश नयेत् ||
the word Chanchala used in the first line refers to the restless and the unsteady mind that wanders away.[4]
Chanchala, meaning, 'the fickle-fortune', is one of the many names of
In yoga
In Yoga, vritti indicates the contents of mental awareness that are disturbances in the medium of consciousness.[9] The vrittis of the gunas are ever-active and swift, the gunas serve as parts of buddhi, their habitual conduct is fickle, restless, tremulous (chanchala) activity,[10] which activity can be controlled through Abhyasa, Vairagya and Ishvarapranidhana.[11] Sri Narada Pancharatnam (Sloka VIII.15) tells us that Chanchala is the nadi which along with Medhya resides in the Visuddha Chakra on the throat.[12]
In Sikhism
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Dasam Granth, which like the Guru Granth Sahib is an important book of Sikhism, it is not composed in ragas (its first composition dates 1684 A.D.) tells us that Chanchala is the name a chhand or metre of sixteen syllables having ragan, jagan, ragan, jagan and laghu consecutively in each quarter, this metre is also known as Chitra, Biraj and Brahmrupak, and has been used twice in Choubis Autar.[13]
References
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