mUlaM [ mUl-ka ] 1 A root ( fig. also); tarumUlAni gfhIBavati tezAM Ś. 7. 20 ; or SAKino DOtamUlAH 1. 15 ; mUlaM baMD to take or strike root; badDamUlasya mUlaM hi mahadvErataroH striyaH Śi. 2. 38. 2 The root, lowest edge or extremity of anything; kasyAScidAsidraSanA tadAnImaMguzWamUlArpitasUtraSezA R. 7. 10 ; so prAcImUle Me. 89. 3 The lower part or end, base, the end of anything by which it is joined to something else; bAhvormUlaM Śi. 7. 32 ; so pAdamUlaM , karRamUlaM, UrumUlaM &c. 4 Beginning, commencement; AmUlAcCrotumicCAmi Ś. 1. 5 Basis, foundation, source, origin, cause; sarve gArhasTyamUlakAH Mb. ; rakzogfhe sTitirmUlaM U. 1. 6 ; iti kenApyuktaM tatra mUlaM mfgyaM ‘the source or authority should be found out’. 6 The foot or bottom of anything; parvatamUlaM, girimUlaM &c. 7 The text, or original passage (as distinguished from the commentary or gloss). 8 Vicinity, neighbourhood. 9 Capital, principal, stock. 10 A hereditary servant. 11 A square root. 12 A king's own territory; sa guptamUlapratyaMtaM: R. 4. 26 ; Ms. 7. 184. 13 A vender who is not the true owner; Ms. 8. 202 ( asvAmivikretA Kull. ). 14 The nineteenth lunar mansion containing 11 stars. 15 A thicket, copse. 16 The root of long pepper. 17 A particular position of the fingers. 18 A chief or capital city. 19 An ( pb ) aboriginal inhabitant. 20 A bower, an arbour ( nikuMja ). 21 N. of several roots. pipyalI, puzkara, SUraRa &c. (In comp. mula may be translated by ‘first, prime, original, chief, principal’; e. g. mUlakAraRaM ‘prime cause’ &c. &c.). Comp. — ADAraM 1 the navel. 2 a mystical circle above the organs of generation. — ABaM a radish. — BAyatanaM the original abode. — ASin a. living upon roots. — AhvaM a radish. — ucCedaH utter destruction, total eradication. — karman n. magic. — kAraH the author of an original work. — kAraRaM the original or prime cause; Ku. 6. 13. — kArikA a furnace, an oven. — kfcCraH -cCraM a kind of penance, living only upon roots. — keSaraH a citron. — guRaH the co-efficient of a root. — graMTaH 1 an original text. 2 the very words uttered by Śākyamuni. — CedaH uprooting. — ja a. 1 radical. 2 growing at the roots of trees (as an anthill). 3 born under the constellation Mūla. — (jaH) plant growing from a root. — (jaM) a green ginger. — devaH an epithet of Kaṃsa. — dravyaM , — DanaM principal, stock, capital. — DAtuH lymph. — nikfMtana a. destroying root and branch. — puruzaH ‘the stock-man’, the male representative of a family. — prakftiH f. the Prakṛti or Pradhāna of the Sāṃkhyas ( q. v. ). -( pl. ) the four principal sovereigns to be considered at the time of war ( vijigIzu, ari, maDyama , and udAsIna ); see Ms. 7. 155. — PaladaH the bread-fruit tree. — barhaRaM the act of uprooting, extermination. — BadraH an epithet of Kaṃsa. — BftyaH an old or hereditary servant. — vacanaM an original text. — vApaH one who plants roots. — vittaM capital, stock. — viBujaH a chariot. — vyasanavfttiH the hereditary occupation of executing criminals; Ms. 10. 38. — vratin a. living exclusively on roots. — SakunaH (in augury) the first bird. — SAkawaH, -SAkinaM a field planted with edible roots. — saMGaH a society, sect. — sTAnaM 1 base, foundation. 2 the Supreme Spirit. 3 wind, air. 4 Mooltan. — (nI) N. of Gaurī. — sTAyin m. an epithet of Śiva. — srotas n. the principal current or fountain-head of a river. — hara a. uprooting completely.