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Entry अमूल
अमूलamūlaलक [laka], लक a.
लकlaka, लकAdjective
Rootless (Literal); पशवोऽमूला ओषधयोऽ मूलिन्यः Śat. Br.; (Figurative); without basis or support, baseless, groundless.
without authority; not being in the original; इहान्वयमुखेनैव सर्वं व्याख्यायते मया । नामूलं लिख्यते किंचित् Malli. Introduction of Ṭīkā on R.
without material cause, as the Pradhāna of the Sāṅkhyas; मूलं मूलाभावादमूलम्.