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Capala
adjective moving to & fro, wavering, trembling, unsteady, fickle SN.i.204 SN.v.269 ; MN.i.470 (and a˚ steady); AN.iii.199 , AN.iii.355 , AN.iii.391 ; Dhp.33 ; Pp.35 ; Ja.i.295 ; Ja.ii.360 . At Ja.vi.548 it means one who lets the saliva flow out of his mouth (explained by paggharita-lāla “trickle-spi
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adjective moving to & fro, wavering, trembling, unsteady, fickle SN.i.204 SN.v.269; MN.i.470 (and a˚ steady); AN.iii.199, AN.iii.355, AN.iii.391; Dhp.33; Pp.35; Ja.i.295; Ja.ii.360. At Ja.vi.548 it means one who lets the saliva flow out of his mouth (explained by paggharita-lāla “trickle-spit”).
Sk. capala cp. cāpa bow; from *qep to shake or quiver, see Walde Lat. Wtb. under caperro
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