|
चपल mfn. mf(आ)n. (√ कम्प्; g. शौण्डा-दि, श्रेण्य्-आदि and विस्पष्टा-दि) moving to and fro, shaking, trembling, unsteady, wavering, [MBh.] &c. wanton, fickle, inconstant, ib. inconsiderate, thoughtless, ill-mannered, [Mn. iv, 177] ; [MBh. xiv, 1251] quick, swift, expeditious, [Hariv. 4104] momentary, instantaneous, [Subh.] चपल m. m. a kind of mouse, [Suśr. v, 6, 3] ; [Aṣṭâṅg. vi, 38, 1] a fish, [L.] the wind, [Gal.] quicksilver, [L.] black mustard, [L.] चोरक a kind of perfume (), [L.] a kind of stone, [L.] N. of a demon causing diseases, [Hariv. 9562] of a prince, [MBh. i, 231] चपल n. n. a kind of metal (mentioned with quicksilver)
|