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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry कुलम्

  1. कुलम्kulamआचार्यः, गुरुः a family priest or teacher.
    1. आचार्यः, गुरुः a family priest or teacher.
    2. a geneologist.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -आधारकः a son.

    • -आपीडः, -शेखरः the glory of a family; तस्मिन्कुलापीडनिभे निपीडं सम्यग्महीं शासति शासनाङ्काम् R.18. 29.

    • -आलम्बिन् Adjective maintaining a family. वरमेकः कुलालम्बी यत्र विश्रूयते पिता H.

    • -ईश्वरः

      1. the chief of a family.
      2. Name of Śiva. (-रा) Name of Durgā.

    • -उत्कट Adjective high born. (-टः) a horse of a good breed.

    • -उत्पन्न उद्गत, -उद्भव Adjective sprung from a noble family, highborn; आमात्यमुख्यं धर्मज्ञं प्राज्ञं दान्तं कुलोद्भवम् Ms.7.141.

    • -उद्वहः the head or perpetuator of a family; see उद्वह.

    • -उपदेशः a family name.

    • -कज्जलः one who is a disgrace to his family.

    • -कण्टकः one who is a thorn or trouble to his family.

    • -कन्यका, -कन्या a girl of high birth; विशुद्धमुग्धः कुलकन्यकाजनः Māl.7.1; गृहे गृहे पुरुषाः कुलकन्यकाः समुद्वहन्ति Māl.7.

    • -करः, -कर्तृ Masculine the founder of a family.

    • -करणिः A hereditary clerk or officer; E.I.XV.91.

    • -कलङ्कः one who is a disgrace to his family.

    • -कलङ्कितः Adjective causing disgrace to a family; न चाप्यहं गमिष्यामि कथां कुलकलङ्किताम् Ks.22.216.

    • -नाशः

      1. ruin or extinction of a family.
      2. an apostate, reprobate, outcast.
      3. a camel.

    • -नाशनम् conducive to the extinction of the family; मुसलं कुलनाशनम् Mb.

    • -परंपरा the series of generations comprising a race.

    • -क्षयः

      1. ruin of a family.
      2. extinction of a family; कुलक्षयकृतं दोषं मित्रद्रोहे च पातकम् Bg.1.39,4.

    • -गरिमा Masculine family pride or dignity.

    • -गिरिः, -भूभृत् Masculine, -पर्वतः, -शैलः see कुलाचल above.

    • -गृहम् a noble house; पर्याकुलं कुलगृहेऽपि कृतं वधूनाम् Ṛs.6.21.

    • -घ्न Adjective ruining a family; दोषैरेतैः कुलघ्नानाम् Bg.1.43.

    • -ज, -जात

      1. Adjective
      2. One who maintains the family.

    • -बीजः the head or chief of a guild.

    • -भार्या a virtuous wife.

    • -भृत्या the nursing of a pregnant woman.

    • -मर्यादा family honour or respectability.

    • कुलम् kulam

      1. 1 A race, family; निदानमिक्ष्वाकुकुलस्य संततेः R.3.1.
      2. The residence of a family, a seat, house, an abode; ददर्श धीमान्स कपिः कुलानि Rām.5.5.1; वसन्नृषि- कुलेषु सः R.12.25.
      3. A high or noble family, noble descent; कुले जन्म Pt.5.2; कुलशीलसमन्वितः Ms.7.54,62; so कुलजा, कुलकन्यका etc.
      4. A herd, troop, flock; collection, multitude; मृगकुलं रोमन्थमभ्यस्यतु Ś.2.6; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)2.9; अलिकुलसंकुल Gīt.1; Śi.9.71; so गोdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, कृमिdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied, महिषीdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied etc.
      5. A lot, gang. band (in a bad sense).
      6. A country.
      7. The body.
      8. The front or fore part.
      9. A tribe, caste, community.
      10. A blue stone.

    • -लः The head of a guild or corporation.

    • -ला See कुलतिथि.

    • -अकुल

      1. Adjective
      2. of a mixed character or origin.
      3. middling. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedतिथिः Masculine, Feminine the second, sixth, and the tenth lunar days of a fort-night in a month. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedनक्षत्रम् Name of the lunar mansions आर्द्रा, मूला, अभिजित् and शतभिषा. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedवारः Wednesday.

    • -अङ्कुरः the scion of a family; अनेन कस्यापि कुला- ङ्कुरेण स्पृष्टस्य गात्रेषु सुखं ममैवम् Ś.7.19.

    • -अङ्गना a respectable or high born (chaste) woman.

    • -अङ्गारः a man who ruins his family; Pt.4.

    • -अचलः, -अद्रिः, -पर्वतः, -शैलः a principal mountain, one of a class of seven mountains which are supposed to exist in each division of the continent; their names are: महेन्द्रो मलयः सह्यः शुक्तिमान् ऋक्षपर्वतः । विन्ध्यश्च पारियात्रश्च सप्तैते कुलपर्वताः ॥ -अन्वितAdjective born in a noble family.

    • -अभिमानः family pride.

    • -अभिमानिन् Adjective proud of birth or family descent; कुलाभिमानी कुलजां नराधिपः Ki.1.31.

    • -आख्या family-name, surname; कुलाख्या लोके गोत्रावयवा इत्युच्यन्ते Mbh. on ParasmaipadaIV. 1.79.

    • -आचारः, -कर्मन् Neuter, -धर्मः a duty or custom peculiar to a family or caste.

    • -पुरुषः

      1. a respectable or high-born man; कुश्चुम्बति कुलपुरुषो वेश्याधरपल्लवं मनोज्ञमपि Bh.1.59.
      2. an ancestor.

    • -पूर्वगः (कः) an ancestor. तवापि सुमहाभागे जनेन्द्रकुलपूर्वकम् (Vartious reading जनेन्द्राः कुलपूर्वगाः) Rām.2.73.24.

    • -भरः

      1. (कुलंभरः)
      2. the chief of a family or a guild.
      3. an artisan of noble birth.

    • -पतिः

      1. the head or chief of a family.
      2. a sage who feeds and teaches 1, pupils; thus defined: मुनीनां दशसाहस्रं योऽन्नदानादिपोषणात् । अध्यापयति विप्रर्षिरसौ कुलपतिः स्मृतः ॥ अपि नाम कुलपतेरियमसवर्णक्षेत्रसंभवा स्यात् Ś.1; R.1.95; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)3.48.
      3. The head-servant (Gīrvāṇa); Bhāg.5.18.1.
      4. Name of Kṛiṣṇa; कुन्दस्रजः कुलपतेरिह वाति गन्धः Bhāg.1.3.11.

    • -पांसन Adjective one who disgraces one's family; इत्युक्तः स खलः पापो भोजानां कुलपांसनः Bhāg.19.1.35.

    • -पांसुका a woman disgracing her family, an unchaste woman.

    • -पालकम् an orange.

    • -पालिः, -पालिका, -पाली Feminine a chaste or high-born woman.

    • -पुत्रः a nobly-born youth; इह सर्वस्वफलिनः कुलपुत्रमहाद्रुमाः Mk.4.1.

    • -पुत्री (See -दुहितृ).

    • -मार्गः

      1. a family custom, the best way or the way of honesty.
      2. the doctrine of the Kaulas (कौलमार्ग).

    • -योषित्, -वधू Feminine a woman of good family and character. त्यागिनां कुलयोषिताम् Ms.3.245; ब्रूते ब्रूते व्रजकुलवधूः कापि साध्वी ममाग्रे Udb.

    • -लक्षणम्

      1. The characteristics of a noble family; आचारो विनयो विद्या प्रतिष्ठा तीर्थदर्शनम् । निष्ठा वृत्तिस्तपो दानं नवधा कुललक्षणम् ॥ -वारः a principal day; (id est, that is Tuesday and Friday).
      2. antiquity or prosperity of a family
      3. family observance or custom; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.23.

    • -विद्या

      1. knowledge handed down in a family, traditional knowledge.
      2. one of the three आन्वीक्षिकी lores.

    • -विप्रः a family-priest.

    • -वृद्धः an old and experienced member of a family.

    • -व्रतः, -तम् a family vow; गलितवयसामिक्ष्वाकूणामिदं हि कुलव्रतम् R.3.7; विश्वस्मिन्नधुनाऽन्यः कुलव्रतं पालयिष्यति कः Bv.1.13.

    • -शीलम् character or conduct honourable to a family.

    • -श्रेष्ठिन्

      1. Adjective well-born, of a good family. (-Masculine)
      2. well-born, of high brith; प्रदाने हि मुनिश्रेष्ठ कुलं निरवशेषतः । वक्तव्यं कुलजातेन तन्नि- बोध महामते ॥ Rām.1.71.2.
      3. ancestral, hereditary; Ki.1.31 (used in both senses).

    • -जनः a high-born or distinguished person.

    • -जाया Adjective high-born lady; कुलजाया सा जाया केवलजाया तु केवलं माया Udb.

    • -तन्तुः one who continues or perpetuates a family.

    • -तिथिः Masculine, Feminine an important lunar day, viz: the 4th, 8th, 12th or 14th of a lunar fort-night.

    • -तिलकः the glory of a family, one who does honour to his family.

    • -दीपः, -दीपकः the glory of a family.

    • -दुहितृ Feminine also कुलपुत्री; Compare ParasmaipadaVI. 3.7, Vārt.9; see कुलकन्या.

    • -दूषण Adjective disgracing one's family; Mk.

    • -देवता a tutelary deity; the guardian deity of a family; तामर्चिताभ्यः कुलदेवताभ्यः कुलप्रतिष्ठां प्रणमय्य माता Ku.7.27.

    • -धन Adjective one whose wealth is the preservation of the good name of the family; कष्टो जनः कुलधनैरनुर- ञ्जनीयः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.14. (-नम्) the dearest and most valued treasure of the family; इक्ष्वाकूणां कुलधनमिदं यत्समाराधनीयः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)7.6.

    • -धर्मः a family custom, a duty or custom peculiar to a family; उत्सन्नकुलधर्माणां मनुष्याणां जनार्दन Bg. 1.44; Ms.1.118;8.14.

    • -धारकः a son.

    • -धुर्यः (a son) able to support a family, a grown-up son; न हि सति कुलधुर्ये सूर्यवंश्या गृहाय R.7.71.

    • -नन्दन Adjective gladdening or doing honour to a family.

    • -नायिका a girl worshipped at the celebration of the orgies of the lefthand Śāktas.

    • -नारी a high bred and virtuous woman.

    • -संख्या

      1. family-respectability.
      2. inclusion among respectable families; कुलसंख्यां च गच्छन्ति कर्षन्ति च महायशः Ms.3.66.

    • -संततिः Feminine posterity, descendants, continuation of a lineage; दिवं गतानि विप्राणामकृत्वा कुलसंततिम् Ms.5.159.

    • -सन्निधिः Masculine the presence of witnesses; Ms.8.194,21.

    • -संभवः Adjective of a respectable family.

    • -सेवकः an excellent servant.

    • -स्त्री a woman of good family, a noble woman; अधर्माभिभवात् कृष्ण प्रदुष्यन्ति कुलस्त्रियः Bg.1.41.

    • -स्थितिः Feminine

    In the Gita1·39

    धर्मे नष्टे कुलं कृत्स्नम् अधर्मोऽभिभवत्युत ॥

    dharme naṣṭe kulaṁ kṛtsnam adharmo'bhibhavatyuta. — In the annihilation of the family the eternal traditions of the family are destroyed; in the collapse of traditions, lawlessness overcomes the whole… 1·39
    • कुलम्kulamnominative singular of the neuter noun kula (family).
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Headwords under क

Part 13 of 20 कुलक – कूचिकाAll parts
  1. क् – कटकटा
  2. कटकटापयति – कण्डुर
  3. कण्डूति – कन्युषम्
  4. कप् – करीष
  5. करीषंकषा – कलटम्
  6. कलत – कषि
  7. कषिका – कानिष्ठिकम्
  8. कानिष्ठिनेय – कार्कीक
  9. कार्ण – कासार
  10. कासिका – कुंश्
  11. कुक् – कुण्डिनम्
  12. कुण्डिना – कुलंभर
  13. कुलक – कूचिका
  14. कूज् – कृषाण
  15. कृषि – कोट
  16. कोटक – कौर्प्य
  17. कौर्म – क्रोडीकृ
  18. क्रोडीमुख – क्षर्
  19. क्षर – क्षोड
  20. क्षोणि – क्ष्वेल्