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मूलाmūlā

मूला (mūlā) is a Sanskrit word meaning the root of a plant or tree, the lowest part, foot, or bottom of anything, a radish or the root of various other plants, the edge of the horizon, immediate neighbourhood, basis, foundation, cause, origin, or beginning. Its 25 recorded definitions are grouped into 11 contexts, among them Origin / Basis / Principal / Original, A Plant / Specific Plants / Plant-derived Items, Dual Meaning: Plant and Asterism.

Root
कृ (kṛ)
Definitions
25
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Meanings by context

Origin / Basis / Principal / Original

9 definitions
basis, foundation, cause, origin, or beginning

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a chief or principal city

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

capital

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an original text

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a king's original or proper territory

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a temporary owner

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

an old or hereditary servant or a native inhabitant

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

original, first

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

own, proper, peculiar

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Plant / Specific Plants / Plant-derived Items

4 definitions
a radish or the root of various other plants

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

herbs for horses or food

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Asparagus racemosus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

name of a plant

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Dual Meaning: Plant and Asterism

2 definitions
1. A plant. 2. The Mula lunar mansion.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. The name of a plant. 2. The lunar mansion Mula.

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Proximity / Edge / Side

2 definitions
the edge of the horizon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

immediate neighbourhood

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The Asterism Mula

2 definitions
the seventeenth or nineteenth lunar mansion

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The asterism Mula

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Copse / Thicket

1 definition
a thicket or copse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Hand Gesture / Specific Position

1 definition
a particular position of the fingers

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of Deity (Sadā-śiva)

1 definition
An epithet of Sadashiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Root / Base / Lowest Part

1 definition
1. The root of a plant or tree. 2. The lowest part, foot, or bottom of anything.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Species of Lizard (Mūlī)

1 definition
a species of small house-lizard

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Square Root (Mathematical)

1 definition
the square root

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.