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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

मूलम्mūlamA root (fig also); तरुमूलानि गृहीभवन्ति तेषाम् Ś.7.2; or शिखिनो धौतमूलाः 1.15; मूलं बन्ध् to take or strike…
[मूल्-क]
1. A root (fig also); तरुमूलानि गृहीभवन्ति तेषाम् Ś.7.2; or शिखिनो धौतमूलाः 1.15; मूलं बन्ध् to take or strike root; बद्धमूलस्य मूलं हि महद्वैरतरोः स्त्रियः Śi.2.38.
2. The root, lowest edge or extremity of anything; कस्याश्चिदासीद्रशना तदानीमङ्गुष्ठमूलार्पितसूत्रशेषा R.7.1; so प्राचीमूले Me.91.
3. The lower part or end, base, the end of anything by which it is joined to something else; बाह्वोर्मूलम् Śi.7.32; so पादमूलम्, कर्णमूलम्, ऊरुमूलम् etc.
4. Beginning, commencement; आमूलाच्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि Ś.1.
5. Basis, foundation, source, origin, cause; सर्वे गार्हस्थ्यमूलकाः Mb.; रक्षोगृहे स्थितिर्मूलम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.6; इति केना- प्युक्तं तत्र मूलं मृग्यम् 'the source or authority should be found out'; पुष्पं पुष्पं विचिन्वीत मूलच्छेदं न कारयेत् Mb.5.34. 18; समूलघातमघ्नन्तः परान्नोद्यन्ति मानवाः Śi.2.33.
6. The foot or bottom of anything; पर्वतमूलम्, गिरिमूलम् etc.
7. The text, or original passage (as distinguished from the commentary or gloss).
8. Vicinity, neighbourhood; सा कन्दुकेनारमतास्य मूले विभज्यमाना फलिता लतेव Mb.3.112.16.
9. Capital, principal, stock; मूलं भागो व्याजी परिघः क्लृप्तं रूपिकमत्ययश्चायमुखम् Kau. Atmanepada 2.6.24.
10. A hereditary servant.
11. A square root.
12. A king's own territory; स गुप्तमूलमत्यन्तम् R.4.26; Ms.7.184.
13. A vendor who is not the true owner; Ms.8.22 (अस्वामिविक्रेता Kull.).
14. The nineteenth lunar mansion containing 11 stars.
15. A thicket, copse.
16. The root of long pepper.
17. A particular position of the fingers.
18. A chief or capital city.
19. An aboriginal inhabitant.
20. A bower, an arbour (निकुञ्ज).
21. Name of several roots पिप्पली, पुष्कर, शूरण etc.
22. A tail; मूलो मूलवता स्पृष्टो धूप्यते धूमकेतुना Rām.6.4.51. (In comp. मूल may be translated by 'first, prime, original, chief, principal' Exempli gratia, for example मूलकारणम् 'prime cause', etc. etc.)
23. Compound आधारम् the navel.
24. a mystical circle above the organs of generation; मूलाधारे त्रिकोणाख्ये इच्छाज्ञानक्रियात्मके.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आभम् a radish.
- -आयतनम् the original abode.
- -आशिन् Adjective living upon roots.
- -आह्वम् a radish.
- -उच्छेदः utter destruction, total eradication.
- -कर्मन् Neuter magic; Ms.9.29.
- -कारः the author of an original work.
- -कारणम् the original or prime cause; क्रियाणां खलु धर्म्याणां सत्पत्न्यो मूलकारणम् Ku.6.13.
- -कारिका a furnace, an oven.
- -कृच्छ्रः -च्छ्रम् a kind of penance, living only upon roots; मूलकृच्छ्रः स्मृतो मूलैः.
- -केशरः a citron.
- -खानकः one who lives upon root-digging (मूलोत्पाटनजीवी); Ms.8.26.
- -गुणः the co-efficient of a root.
- -ग्रन्थः
  
  an original text.
  
  the very words uttered by Śākyamuni.
- -घातिन् Adjective destroying completely; (नहि...कर्मसु) मूलघातिषु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः Rām.5.51.18; see मूलहर.
- -छिन्न Adjective nipped in the bud; साऽद्य मूलच्छिन्ना Dk. 2.2.
- -छेदः uprooting.
- -ज
  
  Adjective
  
  radical.
  
  growing at the roots of trees (as an ant-hill).
  
  born under the constellation Mūla. (-जः) plant growing from a root. (-जम्) green ginger.
- -त्रिकोणम् the third astrological house.
- -देवः an epithet of Kaṁsa.
- -द्रव्यम् धनम् principal, stock, capital.
- -धातुः lymph.
- -निकृन्तन Adjective destroying root and branch.
- -पुरुषः 'the stock-man', the male representative of a family.
- -प्रकृतिः Feminine the Prakṛiti or Pradhāna of the Sāṅkhyas (quod vide, which see); मूल- प्रकृतिरविकृतिः Sāṅ. K.3. (-Plural) the four principal sovereigns to be considered at the time of war विजि- गीषु, अरि, मध्यम, and उदासीन); see Ms.7.155.
- -प्रतीकारः protection of wives and wealth (धनदाररक्षा); कृत्वा मूल- प्रतीकारम् Mb.5.151.61.
- -फलदः the bread-fruit tree.
- -बन्धः a particular position of the fingers.
- -बर्हणम् the act of uprooting, extermination.
- -बलम् the principal or hereditary force; विन्ध्याटवीमध्येऽवरोधान् मूलबलरक्षितान् निवेशयामासुः Dk.1.1. [Kāmandaka enumerates six divisions of the army and declares that मौल (hereditary) is the best of them (Kām.13.2-3.)] -भद्रः an epithet of Kaṁsa.
- -भृत्यः an old or hereditary servant.
- -मन्त्रः
  
  a principal or primary text (such as आगम); जुहुयान्मूलमन्त्रेण पुंसूक्तेनाथवा बुधः Atmanepada Rām.4.4.31.
  
  a spell.
- -राशिः a cardinal number.
- -वचनम् an original text.
- -वापः
  
  one who plants roots.
  
  A field where crops are grown by sowing roots; पुष्पफलवाटषण्ड- केदारमूलवापास्सेतुः Kau. Atmanepada 2.6.24.
- -वित्तम् capital stock.
- -विद्या the twelve-worded (द्वादशाक्षरी) spell: ओं नमो भगवते वासुदेवायः; जुहुयान्मूलविद्यया Bhāg.8.16.4.
- -विभुजः a chariot.
- -व्यसनवृत्तिः the hereditary occupation of executing criminals; चण्डालेन तु सोपाको मूलव्यसन- वृत्तिमान् Ms.1.38.
- -व्रतिन् Adjective living exclusively on roots.
- -शकुनः (in augury) the first bird.
- -शाकटः, -शाकिनम् a field planted with edible roots.
- -संघः a society, sect.
- -साधनम् a chief instrument, principal expedient.
- -स्थानम्
  
  base, foundation.
  
  the Supreme Spirit.
  
  wind, air.
  
  Mooltan. (-नी) Name of Gaurī.
- -स्थायिन् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.
- -स्रोतस् Neuter the principal current or fountain-head of a river.
- -हर Adjective uprooting completely; सोऽयं मूलहरोऽनर्थः Rām.6.46.15.
- -हरः a prodigal son; मूलहरतादात्विककदर्यांश्च प्रतिषेधयेत् Kau. Atmanepada 2.9.27.
Source: Apte

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