tulA [ tul-BidA°aN ] 1 A balance or the beam of a balance; tulayA Df to hold in a balance, to weigh, consider equal; aSvameDasahasrARi satyaM ca tulayA DftaM H. 4. 131. v. l. 2 A measure, weight. 3 Weighing. 4 Resemblance, likeness, equality, similarity (with gen. , instr. or in comp. ); kiM DUrjaweriva tulAmupayAti saMKye Ve. 3. 8 ; tulAM yadArAheti daMtavAsasA Ku. 5. 34 ; R. 8. 15 ; sadyaH parasparatulAmaDirohatAM dve R. 5. 68 , 19. 8 , 50. 5 Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac; jayati tulAmaDirUQo BAsvAnapi jaladapawalAni Pt. 1. 330. 6 A sloping beam or timber in the roof of a house. 7 A measure of gold or silver equal to 100 palas . Comp. — kUwaH a false weight. — kowiH -wI f. 1 an ornament (an anklet or nUpura ) worn on the feet by women; lIlAcalatstrI caraRAruRotpalasKalattulAkowininAdakomalaH Śi. 12. 44. 2 a hundred millions ( arbuda ). — koSaH, -kozaH 1 ordeal by weighing. 2 a place where a balance is kept. — dAnaM the gift to a Brāhmaṇa of as much gold or silver as equals the weight of one's body. — DawaH 1 the scale of a balance. 2 an oar. — DaraH 1 a trader, merchant. 2 the sign Libra of the zodiac. — DAraH a dealer ( pb ) trader, or merchant. 2 the string of a balance. 3 the beam. 4 the sign Libra of the zodiac. — parIkzA ordeal by the balance. — puruzaH gold, jewels or other valuable things equal to a man's weight (given to a Brāhmaṇa as a gift); cf. tulAdAna . — pragrahaH, -pragrAhaH the string or beam of a balance. — mAnaM, -yazwiH f. the beam of a balance; Pt. 1. 150. — bIjaM the berry of the Guñjā plant — sUtraM the string of a balance