As a deity name
Name 176 of the Krishna Sahasranāma — Mahabharata / Padma Purana, as taught by Sages and Devotees
As a Hindi name
चलाना
to cause to walk; to move; to drive (a vehicle); to run, manage
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Causative form of चलना (calnā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to cause to walk; to move (a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit)
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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