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Amula, ū: 15 definitions

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Amula means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Alternative spellings of this word include Amul.

In Hinduism

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Āū (आमूल) means “from the root� (of all things), according to the Manthnabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjik.—Accordingly, “From the root (of all things) [i.e., 峾ū] Śmbhavīśakti is Bhairavī the energy that is full (󲹰) (of all the energies). She is supreme, subtle, and gross. Waveless, she is (the energy) beyond mind (ԴDzԳī). She is the Transmental, a certain (indefinable) energy of consciousness which is consciousness without stain (ԾñᲹ). (Empirically) unknowable () amongst objects of knowledge, she is well known and is the mother of the universe. [...]�.

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Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

: academia.edu: A Study and Translation of the Gaganagañjaparipṛcch

ū (अमूल) refers to the “absence of root� [?], according to the Gaganagañjaparipṛcch: the eighth chapter of the Mahsaṃnipta (a collection of Mahyna Buddhist Sūtras).—Accordingly, as the Lord said: “[...] The essential nature is like space, the superficial mental effort is like wind, the actions and vices are like water, and the parts of personality, spheres and fields of perception are like earth. Therefore, it is said that all dharmas are devoid of any root, the root which is established in nothing, the root of purity, and the root of no root (ū-ū). [...]�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahyna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñpramit ūٰ.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

ū (अमूल).�a.

1) Rootless (lit.); पशवोऽमूल� ओषधयोऽ मूलिन्यः (paśavo'mūl oṣadhayo' mūlinya�) Śat. Br.; (fig.); without basis or support, baseless, groundless.

2) without authority; not being in the original; इहान्वयमुखेनैव सर्व� व्याख्यायत� मय� � नामूलं लिख्यत� किंचित� (ihnvayamukhenaiva sarva� vykhyyate may | n峾ū� likhyate kiṃcit) Malli. Introduction of Ṭīk on R.

3) without material cause, as the ʰԲ of the Sṅkhyas; मूलं मूलाभावादमूलम् (ū� mūlbhvdaūm).

4) Not fixed in the earth, moving.

- Name of a plant (Ծś, Mar. 첹ḷa屹ī).

See also (synonyms): ū첹.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

ū (अमूल�).�(hardly identifiable with Sanskrit amūl, [Boehtlingk and Roth] 1.378; compare Pali amūl lat, aū(ka)-vallī), a kind of tree (?): Ҳṇḍū 508.3 °l nma vṛkṣajti�; but the context suggests a parasitic woody vine.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ū (अमूल).—mfn.

(-la�--la�) Having no root. Also ū첹. f.

(-) A plant. See Ծś. E. a neg. and ū a root.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ū (अमूल).—[adjective] having no root (lit. & [figuratively]).

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Āū (आमूल).�(°�) & 峾ūm [adjective] from the first (lit. the root).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ū (अमूल):—[=a-ū] mf(cf.[Pṇini 4-1, 64][commentator or commentary])n. rootless, baseless, [Śatapatha-brhmaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] without authority, not resting on authority [commentator or commentary] on [Yjñavalkya]

3) ū (अमूल�):—[=a-mūl] [from a-ū] f. ‘without root�, a bulbous plant ([Boehtlingk’s Sanskrit-Woerterbuch in kuerzerer fassung]), [Atharva-veda v, 31, 4]

4) [v.s. ...] the plant Methonica Superba, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] f. ([according to] to some, ‘movable property�, [Atharva-veda v, 31, 4]).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) ū (अमूल):—[a-ū] (la�--la�) a. Rootless.

2) ū (अमूल�):—[a-mūl] (l) 1. f. A plant.

3) Āū (आमूल):—[] (la�) adv. By the root, entirely, radically.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āū (आमूल) [Also spelled amul]:�(a) radical, fundamental;—[parivartana] radical changes; •[vdī] a radicalist; radicalistic.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

ū (ಅಮೂಲ):�

1) [noun] want of a root; rootlessness; hence, baselessness.

2) [noun] want of the source; sourcelessness.

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Āū (ಆಮೂಲ):—[noun] the plant Piper longum of Piperaceae family; long pepper.

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Āū (ಆಮೂಲ):—[adverb] right from the source or beginning.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) ū (अमूल):—adj. 1. Lit. rootless; without basis/support; baseless; groundless; unfounded; 2. without authority;

2) Āū (आमूल):—adv. from/to; the root; adj. total; drastic; radical;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Pali-English dictionary

[«𱹾dzܲ Ա»] � Amula in Pali glossary
: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

1) aū (အမူ�) [(na) (�)]�
[aū+sikkhpada. sikkhpada kye.]
[အမူ�+သိက္ခာပဒ။ သိက္ခာပဒပုဒ� ကျေသည်။]

2) aū (အမူ�) [(ti) (တ�)]�
[na+ū]
�+မİĜ]

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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