tUla · masculine, neuter · tūla 1
cotton
tūla , ( 1 ) m. or nt. ( cf. Skt. tūlikā, and Lex. tūli, tuli, f. , paintbrush ), an instrument for writing (Index pencil ): (rātrau pradīpena Buddhavacanaṃ paṭhanti, atra bhūrjena prayojanaṃ) tailena masinā kalamayā tūlena ( mss. bhū°) Divy 532.11 ; ( 2 ) some musical instrument, prob. = tūra (late and Lex. Skt. , Schmidt, Nachträge ; also AMg. ; cf. Skt. tūrya), which should perhaps be read: vallaki-tūlāṃ Mv iii.82.5 ( vs , in list of mus. instruments; prob. acc. pl. , rather than acc. sg. f. ).
Tūla (neuter) [Sanskrit tūla, to *teu, Sanskrit tavīti, to swell or be bushy, cf. Greek τύλη swelling; Anglo-Saxon ϸol peg] a tuft of grass, cotton Vin II 150 (3 kinds: rukkha°, latā°, poṭaki°); Snp 591 = Ja IV 127 (vāto tūlaṃ va dhaṃsaye); Sv I 87. -picu cotton wool Vism 282, 285, 404; Dhp-a III 202; Pj I 173; -puṇṇikā ("stuffed with tuft of cotton") a kind of shoe Vin I 186.
a tuft of down; pappus, especially of cotton; Cotton tuft
【中】 棉花。~picu,【陽】 原棉，棉絨，脫脂棉，藥棉。
(nt, nt) cotton; cotton-wool cotton Construction: √tūl + a
(adj, adj) made of cotton; cotton- Construction: √tūl + a