1. مُل
mul v.l. for √ mūl ( q.v. ), Dhātup. xxxii, 63.
The corpus record — Sanskrit
mūla
mul v.l. for √ mūl ( q.v. ), Dhātup. xxxii, 63.
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Where it lives
- Isa Upanisad 2 · 20.96/10k
- Mandukya Upanisad 1 · 5.13/10k
- Prasna Upanisad 3 · 4.59/10k
- Aitareya Upanisad 2 · 4.13/10k
- Chandogya Upanisad 18 · 3.84/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 9 · 1.19/10k
What it meant — Monier-Williams
2. mūl
mūl (rather Nom. fr. mūla below) cl. 1. P. mūlati. ( accord. to Vop. also Ā. te), to be rooted or firm, Dhātup. xv, 22 : Caus. mūlayati ( xxxii, 63 ; Vop. also molayati), to plant or to grow.
3. mūla
mūla n. (or m. g. arDarcA di ; ifc. f(ā or ī). ; prob. for 3. mūra See above) ‘firmly fixed’, a root (of any plant or tree; but also fig. the foot or lowest part or bottom of anything), RV. &c. &c. (mūlaṃkṛ or bandh, to take or strike root)
4. mūla
a radish or the root of various other plants ( esp. of Arum Campanulatum , of long pepper, and of Costus Speciosus or Arabicus ), L.
5. mūla
basis, foundation, cause, origin, commencement, beginning (mūlādārabhya or āmūlāt, from the beg˚ ; mūlāt, from the bottom, thoroughly; mūlaṃkramataśca, right through from beginning, Divyāv. ), Mn. ; MBh. &c. ( ibc. = chief, principal, cf. below; ifc. = rooted in, based upon, derived from)
In the wild
- mula Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.1
- mula Aitareya Upanisad aitup_1,1.1
- mula Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,1.1
- mula Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,1.1
- mūlaṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_3,9.27
- mūlena Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,1.1
6 of 35 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. mul (vol. 3, scan p. 954; entry #19056).
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