Mulakanda, Mūlakanda, Mūlakandā, Mula-kanda, Mulakamda: 6 definitions
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Mulakanda means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)
Source: Wisdom Library: Rasa-śāstraMūlakandā (मूलकन्दा):—One of the sixty-four Divyauṣadhi, which are powerful drugs for solidifying mercury (rasa), according to Rasaprakāśa-sudhākara (chapter 9).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarymūlakanda : (m.) a bulbous root.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryMūlakanda refers to: eatable tuber DhA. III, 130; IV, 78 (mūlaka°). See also kanda.
Note: mūlakanda is a Pali compound consisting of the words mūla and kanda.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarymuḷakaṇḍa (मुळकंड).—n muḷakuṇḍī f (mūḷa & kanda) muḷakhaṇḍa n muḷa- khaṇḍī f (mūḷa & khaṇḍa) A root or a part of the root, a single ramification.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishmuḷakaṇḍa (मुळकंड).—n-kuṇḍī f-khaṇḍa n-khaṇḍī f A root or a part of it.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusMūlakaṃda (ಮೂಲಕಂದ):—
1) [noun] the plant Ipomoea digitata of Convolvulaceae family.
2) [noun] its yam.
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Mūlakaṃda (ಮೂಲಕಂದ):—[noun] the lowest of the six mystic circles in human body, supposed to be situated between the anus and the genital organ.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Ends with: Jagadankuramulakanda.
Full-text: Mulakantam, Divyaushadhi.
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