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Tul, Tool, Tūl, Tu�: 15 definitions

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Tul means something in Christianity, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.

The Sanskrit term Tu� can be transliterated into English as Tul or Tuli, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Tul in India is the name of a plant defined with Morus alba in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Morus inusitata H. Lév. (among others).

2) Tul is also identified with Morus australis It has the synonym Morus australis var. oblongifolia Z.Y. Cao (etc.).

3) Tul in Senegal is also identified with Vetiveria nigritana It has the synonym Andropogon squarrosus var. nigritanus (Benth.) Hack. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Boissiera (1960)
· Monographiae Phanerogamarum (1889)
· Cytologia (1989)
· Acta Biologica Cracoviensia, Series Botanica (1989)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· J. Pl. Res. (1995)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tul (तुल्).�1 P., 1 U. [तोलत�-तोलयति-ते (tolati-tolayati-te); also तुलयति-ते (tulayati-te) which some suppose to be a denominative from तुला (ٳܱ)]

1) To weigh, measure; तुलयामास कौन्ते� कपोतेन सम� विभो (tulaymsa kaunteya kapotena sama� vibho) Mahbhrata (Bombay) 3.131.26.

2) To weigh in the mind, ponder, consider.

3) To raise, lift up; कैलासे तुलिते (kailse tulite) Mv.5.37; पौलस्त्यतुलितस्याद्रेरादधा� इव ह्रियम� (paulastyatulitasydrerdadhna iva hriyam) R.4.8;12.89; Śiśuplavadha 15. 3.

4) To bear up, hold up, support; पृथिवीतल� तुलितभ�- भृदुच्यस� (pṛthivītale tulitabhū- bhṛducyase) Śiśuplavadha 15.3,61.

5) To compare, equal, liken (with instr.); तृणमिव तुलयन्ति (tṛṇamiva tulayanti) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 5.31; मुखं श्लेष्मागारं तदपि � शशाङ्केन तुलितम� (mukha� śleṣmgra� tadapi ca śaśṅkena tulitam) 󲹰ṛh 3.2; Si.8.12.

6) To match, be equal to (with acc.); प्रासादास्त्वा� तुलयितुमलं यत्र तैस्तैर्विशेषै� (prsdstv� tulayitumala� yatra taistairviśeṣai�) Meghadūta 66.

7) To make light of, contemn, despise; अन्त�- सारं घन तुलयितुं नानिलः शक्ष्यति त्वाम् (anta�- sra� ghana tulayitu� nnila� śakṣyati tvm) Meghadūta 2 (where tul also means 'to bear up' or 'carry away'); Śiśuplavadha 15.3.

8) To suspect, examine with distrust; कः श्रद्धास्यति भूतार्थं सर्व� मा� तुलयिष्यति (ka� śraddhsyati bhūtrtha� sarvo m� ٳܱ⾱ṣyپ) Mṛcchakaṭika 3.24;5.43 (where some editions read ū⾱ṣyپ for ٳܱ⾱ṣyپ).

9) To try, put to test, reduce to a wretched state; हा अवस्थे तुलयसि (h avasthe tulayasi) Mṛcchakaṭika 1 (ūⲹ v. l.)

1) To counterbalance, outweigh; तुलयाम लवेनाप� � स्वर्ग� नापुनर्भवम� � भगवत्सङ्गिसङ्गस्� मर्त्यानां किमुताशिषः (tulayma lavenpi na svarga� npunarbhavam | bhagavatsaṅgisaṅgasya martyn� kimutśiṣa�) || Bhgavata 1.8.13.

11) To have in the same degree, attain or reach to.

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Tūl (तूल्).—I. 1 Ā (ūⲹٱ) To fill. -II. 1 P. (ūپ)

1) To ascertain the quantity or weight of.

2) To weigh, measure.

3) To drive out.

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

Tul (तुल्).—[tula] r. 1st and 10th cls. (tolati tulati tolayati-te or irr. tulayati) To weigh or measure. E. bhv-para-saka-se� . pakṣe-cur-ubha0 .

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Tūl (तूल्).—[ū] r. 1st cl. (ūپ) 1. To dismiss, to send forth or turn out. 2. To ascertain quantity or weight; some make this a root of the tenth class (ūⲹٱ.) E. bhv-para-saka-se� . cu--saka-se� .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tul (तुल्).� (akin to �10), i. 10, tolaya and tulaya, [Parasmaipada.] (also [Ātmanepada.] [峾ⲹṇa] 4, 9, 100), � i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To lift, [峾ⲹṇa] 3, 4, 44. 2. To weigh, Mahbhrata 3, 10588. 3. To ponder, Mahbhrata 12, 2394. 4. To suspect, [Mṛcchakaṭik, (ed. Stenzler.)] 33, 5. 5. To compare, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 5, 23. 6. To equal, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 65, 7. To attain, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 13, 75.

� With the prep. , To lift, [峾ⲹṇa] 1, 34, 10 Gorr.

� With sam sam, To weigh, together, Mahbhrata 13, 2607.

� Cf. [Latin] tollo, tuli, latum (for tlatum); (Frequent.), (for Frequent.), (office), [Gothic.] thulan; A. S. tholian, thyldian, athylgian.

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Tūl (तूल्).—i. 1 and 10, To weigh (cf. tul). i. 10, [Ātmanepada.] = ū�.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tul (तुल्).�tolayati & tulayati tulayate [participle] tulita lift up, weigh, examine, compare; equal, match, resemble.

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

1) Tul (तुल्):—[class] 10. tolayati, or tul (only tul also [figuratively]; [Ātmanepada] [Mahbhrata])

—to lift up, raise, [Harivaṃśa; 峾ⲹṇa; Bhaṭṭi-kvya] ([future] [Passive voice] ٴDZ⾱ṣyٱ);

—to determine the weight of anything by lifting it up, weigh, compare by weighing and examining, ponder, examine with distrust, [Mahbhrata] etc.;

—to make equal in weight, equal, compare (with [instrumental case] e.g. na brhmaṇais tulaye bhūtam anyat, ‘I do not compare any other being with Brhmans� [Bhgavata-purṇa v]; or with an [adverb] terminating in -vat), [峾ⲹṇa; Varha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhit] etc.;

—to counterbalance, outweigh, match, possess in the same degree, resemble, reach, [Meghadūta; Śrṅgadhara-paddhati];�([perfect tense] p. tulita), [󲹰ṛh iii] & [Raghuvaṃśa xiii, 75;]

2) cf. [Latin] te-tul-i etc.; τλ�-ναι etc.; [Gothic] thulan.

3) Tūl (तूल्):—[class] 1. 10. lati, layati = Ծṣkṛṣ, [Dhtupṭha];—See also ū�;�cf. Գ-ūⲹ.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Tūl (तूल्):�(ka) ūyati 10. a. To dismiss; to ascertain quantity. Also ūپ.

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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

Tool in Hindi refers in English to:�(nm) length; prolixity; cotton; -[arja] length and breadth; -[tabila] long and huge; —[dena] to magnify, to make prolix; to over-stretch a point; to carry too far; —[pakadana] to take a violent turn, to be over-stretched, to go too far..—tool (तू�) is alternatively transliterated as Tūla.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tū� (ತೂಳ್):—[verb] = ತೂಳು [tulu]1.

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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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Tamil dictionary

: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Tu� (துள்) noun See துள்ளு. [thullu.] Local usage

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Tū� (தூள்) noun < ū.

1. Dust, powder, particle; துகள�. (பிȨகலகண்ட�) [thugal. (pingalagandu)]

2. Medicinal powder; மருந்துச்சூர்ணம். [marunthuchurnam.]

3. Curry powder; கறிப்பொட�. [karippodi.] (W.)

4. Snuff; மூக்குப்பொடி. [mukkuppodi.]

5. Pollen; பூந்தாது. தூளெழுந் தாமரையலர� [punthathu. thulezhun thamaraiyalar] (செவ்வந்திப்புராணம் அகத்தி�. [sevvanthi. pu. agathiya.] 34).

6. The sacred ashes; விபூதி. திருநுண்டூ ளள்ளிச� சாத்தும் [viputhi. thirunundu lallis sathum] (சேதுபுராணம� கடவுள்வா. [sethupuranam kadavulva.] 8).

7. Anything small collectively, as fish, stones, roots, etc.; சிறியவ�. [siriyavai.] (J.)

8. Lowest class of pearls, as very small; சிறுமுத்து. [sirumuthu.] (W.)

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Tool is another spelling for तू� [ū].—n. 1. cotton; cotton-plant; 2. red cotton cloth; 3. thread to braid women's hair;

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