मूल f. n. (or
m.g. अर्धर्चा-दि;
ifc. f(आ or ई). ;
prob. for
3.मू॑र 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. (
मूलं √
कृ or
बन्ध्, to take or strike root)
a radish or the root of various other plants (
esp. of
Arum Campanulatum, of long pepper, and of
Costus Speciosus or
Arabicus),
[L.] the edge (of the horizon),
[Megh.] मम मूतम् immediate neighbourhood ( = to my side),
[R.] मूलाद् आरभ्य basis, foundation, cause, origin, commencement, beginning ( or
आमूलात्, from the
beg° ;
मूलात्, from the bottom, thoroughly;
मूलंक्रमतश् च, right through from beginning,
[Divyâv.] ),
[Mn.] ;
[MBh.] &c. (
ibc. = chief principal
cf. below;
ifc. = rooted in, based upon, derived from)
a chief or principal city,
ib.capital (as
opp. to ‘interest’),
[SāmavBr.] ;
[Prab.] an original text (as
opp. to the commentary or gloss),
[R.] ;
[Kathās.] ;
[Suśr.] a king's original or proper territory,
[Mn. vii, 184] a temporary (as
opp. to the rightful) owner,
[Mn. viii, 202] an old or hereditary servant, a native inhabitant,
[MW.] the square root,
[Sūryas.] मूत-बन्ध a
partic. position of the fingers (= ),
[Pañcar.] a copse, thicket,
[L.] मूल f. n. also
m. and
f(आ). N. of the 17th (or 19th) lunar mansion,
[AV.] &c. &c.
मूल m. m. herbs for horses, food,
[Divyâv.] N. of
सदा-शिव,
[Cat.] मूल mfn. mfn. original, first,
[Cat.] निज = , own, proper, peculiar,
[L.]