Amulaka, Amūlaka: 2 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAmūlaka (अमूलक).—a.
1) Rootless (lit.); पशवोऽमूला ओषधयोऽ मूलिन्यः (paśavo'mūlā oṣadhayo' mūlinyaḥ) Śat. Br.; (fig.); without basis or support, baseless, groundless.
2) without authority; not being in the original; इहान्वयमुखेनैव सर्वं व्याख्यायते मया । नामूलं लिख्यते किंचित् (ihānvayamukhenaiva sarvaṃ vyākhyāyate mayā | nāmūlaṃ likhyate kiṃcit) Malli. Introduction of Ṭīkā on R.
3) without material cause, as the Pradhāna of the Sāṅkhyas; मूलं मूलाभावादमूलम् (mūlaṃ mūlābhāvādamūlam).
4) Not fixed in the earth, moving.
-lā Name of a plant (agniśikhā, Mar. kaḷalāvī).
See also (synonyms): amūla.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryAmūlaka (अमूलक).—(a-mūlaka), f. °ikā (= Pali id., as adj.), groundless, baseless (of an accusation): Mahāvyutpatti 8494 amūlakābhyā- khyānam; [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 519.7 amūlakena saṃghāvaśeṣeṇa dharme- ṇānudhvaṃsayet; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.108.19 ff.; as subst. nt., ground- less accusation: °kam Mahāvyutpatti 8376, a saṃghāvaśeṣa offense, described [Prātimokṣasūtra des Sarvāstivādins] 481.6—10 and in Pali Vin. iii.163.21 ff. (a monk falsely accuses another monk of a pārājika sin, then of his own accord repents and confesses); Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.88.1.
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Partial matches: Sikkhapada, Amulaka, Ka, Mula, Na.
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