Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 703 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
चपला · ćapalā · s.f.
Lightning; the goddess Lakshmī or Fortune; a wanton, a harlot — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 422
चपला · feminine
an epithet of goddess Lakshmi
चपला · feminine
lightning
Śabdasāgara also records: स्त्री॰ [सं॰] चंचला । फुरतीली । तेज
Cited formation "चपला" is चपल + -आ: चपल means "(f. -ā) & adv. Shaking, trembling, tremulous, unsteady, agitated, restless, wavering", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "चपला" is चपल + -आ: चपल means "(f. -ā) & adv. Shaking, trembling, tremulous, unsteady, agitated, restless, wavering", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चपला — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चपला (capalā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
capalā f. lightning, Gīt. vii, 23
long pepper, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
lightning
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "capalā" is the feminine form of "capala" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
capalā f. lightning, Gīt. vii, 23
long pepper, L.
the tongue, L.
(g. priyādi) a disloyal wife, whore, L.
spirituous liquor (esp. that made from hemp), L.
capala mf(ā)n. (√ kamp; g. śauṇḍādi, śreṇy-ādi and vispaṣṭādi) moving to and fro, shaking, trembling, unsteady, wavering, MBh. &c.
wanton, fickle, inconstant, ib.
Alternative readings
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