Achala

Classical Sanskrit origin

अचल (acala): n. not moving, immovable.

Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.

In the epics

Achala appears in the Mahābhārata as a king: Son of Subala; king of Gandhara.

Source: Drimigo Scripture KG (CC BY 4.0). Many characters share a name across the epics — this is one notable figure who bore it, not a claim about the name's only meaning.

Traditional associations

In Hindu tradition, names are sometimes chosen by the baby's rashi (moon sign) or nakshatra (birth star). This is cultural tradition, not a rule. Traditional rashi (by first letter, as commonly listed in this corpus) — not a personalized astrological reading, and not the same as the traditional first-syllable (akshara) method some families use.

• Rashi: Mesh
• Nakshatra: Ashwini
• More names starting with A

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “n. not moving, immovable”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

• Dhruv — Meanings families give: Pole star, constant; Pole star, fixed, immovable; Pole star, fixed and unwavering
• Druv — Immovable, pole star
• Dhruva — Pole star, immovable
• Achalsingh — Immovable warrior, steadfast fighter
• Achal — n. not moving, immovable
• Vamika — Meanings families give: Goddess Durga, moving to the left; Goddess Parvati, another name for Durga

More girls' names of Sanskrit origin

• Raha — Rest, happiness, freedom
• Saanvi — Meanings families give: Goddess Lakshmi; Goddess Lakshmi, one who follows; Goddess Lakshmi, knowledge
• Aradhya — Worthy of worship
• Diya — Meanings families give: Lamp, light; Lamp, divine light
• Aadya — First, Goddess Durga
• Aadhya — Meanings families give: First power, beginning; First power, beginning of all creation

Other names under Mesh rashi

• Aarav — Meanings families give: Peaceful, calm; Peaceful, calm, wise; Peaceful sound, wisdom; Calm, peaceful
• Arjun — Meanings families give: Bright, shining, white; Bright, shining, the Pandava hero; Bright, shining, white, the Pandava hero; Bright, silver, the third Pandava; Bright, shining like silver and pure; Bright, shining, silver
• Aryan — Noble, of high birth
• Aarohi — Meanings families give: Musical ascending notes; Ascending musical note, progressing; Musical note; ascending; Musical note, ascending
• Aarush — Meanings families give: First ray of sun; First ray of the winter sun, calm radiance
• Arnav — come from the sea

Traditional association, recorded because families use it when choosing — see all Mesh names.

Where this comes from

Achala's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.