As a deity name
Name 39 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
चलना
to go, to move; to walk, stroll (often with पैदल (paidal, “on foot”)); to go, to move; to come
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit चलति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀘𑀮𑀤𑀺 (caladi), from Sanskrit चलति (calati), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čálHati, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷél-e-ti, from *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Cognate with Bengali চলা (cola), Gujarati ચળવું (caḷvũ), …” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to go, to move (a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit चलति; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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