Culla, Cullā: 13 definitions
Introduction:
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Alternative spellings of this word include Chulla.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
the Minor, equivalent of Cula.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
culla : (adj.) small; minor.
Culla, & cūḷa (adj.) (Sk. kṣulla=kṣudra (P. khudda, see khuddaka), with c: k=cuṇṇa: kṣud) small, minor (opp. mahā great, major), often in conn. with names & titles of books, e.g. c° Anāthapiṇḍika=A jr. J.II, 287, cp. Anglo-Indian chota sahīb the younger gentleman (Hind. chhota=culla); or Culla-vagga, the minor section (Vin.II, ) as subordinate to Mahā-vagga (Vin.I, ), Culla-niddesa the minor exposition (following upon Mahā-niddesa); culla-sīla the si ‘ple precepts of ethics (opp. mahā° the detailed sīla) D.I, 5, etc. Otherwise only in cpds.:
1) culla (စုလ္လ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[ci+ula．ci caye,ulo,dvittaṃ．,ṭī．7va4-6.]
[စိ+ဥလ။ စိ စယေ၊ ဥလော၊ ဒွိတ္တံ။ ဓာန်၊ ဋီ။ ၇ဝ၄-၆။]
2) cullā (စုလ္လာ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[culla+a+ā]
[စုလ္လ+အ+အာ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) culla—
(Burmese text): (၁) နည်းသော၊ အနည်းငယ်သော။ စုလ္လကဒ္ဓါန-လည်းကြည့်။ (၂) နိမ့်သော။ (၃) ငယ်သော၊ အငယ်ဖြစ်သော။ စုလ္လနာဋကာ-လည်းကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Few, a little. See also "Summary of Definitions." (2) Low. (3) Young, youthful. See also "Summary of Definitions."
2) cullā—
(Burmese text): ခုံလောက်၊ ဖိုခနောက်။
(Auto-Translation): Chair and table.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Culla (चुल्ल).—a. Blear-eyed.
-llaḥ A blear eye.
Culla (चुल्ल).—in cullākṣa, see cūlla.
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Cūlla (चूल्ल).—(°-) (= Pali culla, cūḷa), in cūllākṣa, adj., small- eyed: Mahāvyutpatti 8834 = Tibetan mig chuṅ ba. The Index records also cullākṣa; Mironov only the latter.
Culla (चुल्ल).—mfn.
(-llaḥ-llā-llaṃ) Blear-eyed. m.
(-llaḥ) A blear eye. f. (-llī) 1. A chimney, a fire place. 2. A funeral pile. E. cull to indicate meaning, affix in vā ṅīp; or ni proposition, lac affix implying moisture of the eyes, and cul substituted for ni.
1) Culla (चुल्ल):—[from cull] mfn. = cilla, blear-eyed, [Pāṇini 5-2, 33], [vArttika] 2, [Patañjali]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a blear eye, [ib.]
Culla (चुल्ल):—(llaḥ) 1. m. A blear eye. f. A chimney; funeral pile. a. Blear-eyed.
Culla (चुल्ल):—adj. triefäugig, m. triefende Augen [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 2, 33, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 11.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 461.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 485.] cullākṣa [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 205.] — Vgl. cilla, pilla .
Culla (चुल्ल):——
1) *Adj. triefäugig. cullākṣa dass. —
2) *m. triefende Augen. —
3) f. ī — a) Kochofen [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 1,547,19.657,21.] — b) *Scheiterhaufen. — c) eine dreifache Halle , von der die eine nach Norden , die andere nach Osten , die dritte nach Westen gerichtet ist.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Culla (ಚುಲ್ಲ):—[adjective] not conforming to what is accepted as standard or decent manner; indecent; mean; unseemly; improper.
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Culla (ಚುಲ್ಲ):—
1) [noun] the quality of being improper, indecent, unseemly.
2) [noun] a man whose behaviour is characterised by such a quality or qualities.
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Culla (ಚುಲ್ಲ):—
1) [noun] the eye with continuous discharge of rheum.
2) [noun] a man with such an eye.
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)
Partial matches: Culla, Ula, A, Ci, Ce.
Starts with (+22): Culla Anathapindika, Culla Dhammapala Jataka, Culla Dhanuggaha, Culla Dhanuggaha Jataka, Culla Kalinga, Culla Kammasadamma, Culla Kancakunda, Culla Kokalika, Culla Kokanada, Culla Kunala Jataka, Culla Kunala Vagga, Culla Lohita, Culla Niddesa, Culla Punna, Culla Rohita, Culla Tundila, Cullabodhi Jataka, Cullacari, Culladaddara, Cullagalla.
Full-text (+103): Cullaka, Cullupatthaka, Cullanataka, Cullati, Cullapantha, Cull, Cilla, Cullam, Culli, Culla Kokalika, Cullapatka, Cuda, Cullanguli, Niddesa, Culla Dhanuggaha, Culla Niddesa, Cullapita, Aggadhanuggaha Pandita, Vedalla Sutta, Dhanuggaha.
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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)
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Lay-Life of India as reflected in Pali Jataka (by Rumki Mondal)
Part 2 - Bodhisattva and Pāramītā-cariyā—Introduction < [Chapter 2 - Jātaka Stories as a Methodological Instrument]
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Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 106: Udañcani-jātaka < [Book I - Ekanipāta]
Jataka 464: Culla-Kuṇāla-jātaka < [Volume 4]
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 18 < [Hindi-Malayalam-English Volume 1]
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Dhammapada (translated from the Pali) (by F. Max Müller)
1. The Dhammapada, a canonical book < [Introduction]
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