Kulata, Kulatā, Kulaṭa, Kulāṭa: 20 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Kulta.
In Hinduism
Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)
Kulaṭā (कुलटा) refers to an “unchaste woman”, as discussed in the fourteenth chapter [first book] of the Jñānāmṛtasārasaṃhita: a Pāñcarātra text representing a sectarian glorification of Kṛṣṇa and Rādha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Saṃhitā-type works.—Description of the chapter [kulaṭa-utpatti]: [...] Śiva turns to Brahmā and asks him to allot places for fiery wrath of the Devas and Sages. Brahmā says his own wrath is concentrated into the fire; Śiva’s is concentrated in fever; Śeṣa’s wrath is in the venom of his mouth; Indra’s in his thunderbolt; etc. etc. (29-42). When he comes to Kāma’s wrath, Brahmā consults with others present and, after some discussion, determines that it is to reside in exquisitely beautiful, but decidedly unchaste (kulaṭā), women. Thus is explained the origin of prostitutes (43-117).
Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Kulaṭā (कुलटा) refers to an “unchaste woman” (from whom alms should not be accepted), according to the Pātravidhi—a manual of the Lakulīśa Pāśupata school of Śaivism dealing with purification of the initiate’s vessel (pātra) and other concerned issues.—Accordingly, “The ascetic who rejects in delusion the alms ladled out [to him] and offered [by a house-holder] is a man of desire, anger and delusion; his living on alms is an imposture. (24) [Nevertheless], even the [alms] ladled out [in this way] should be avoided if they belonged to a menstruating woman, a eunuch, or also a usurer, an unchaste woman (kulaṭā), or a barren woman. (25)”.
Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
1) Kulatā (कुलता) refers to one of the Twenty-four Sacred Places which on the Indian subcontinent are considered particularly powerful for the practices of the Yogini Tantras. These twenty-four sacred sites [e.g., Kulatā] correspond to twenty-four places on the human body and act in conjunction with yogic practices.—They are known in Sanskrit as: caturviṃśati-pīṭha and in Tibetan as: gnas nyi shu rtsa bzhi.
2) Kulatā (कुलता) is the name of a sacred site (pīṭha) presided over by Mahāvīryā, according to the vārāhyabhyudaya-maṇḍala. It is also known as Kulutā. Mahāvīryā is a deity situated in one of the six petals of the southern lotus, of which the presiding deity is kuleśvarī (presiding lady) named Pāṇḍaravāsinī. The central deity of the vārāhyabhyudaya-maṇḍala is the twelve-armed Vajravarāhī.
Kulatā is one of the twenty-four pīṭhas, or ‘sacred-site’ (six lotuses each having six petals), each corresponding with a part of the human body. Kulatā is to be contemplated as situated in the knees. Besides being associated with a bodily spot, each pīṭha represents an actual place of ancient India frequented particularly by advanced tantric practitioners
Kulatā (कुलता) is one of the two Upaśmaśāna (‘sacred spot’) present within the Kāyacakra (‘circle of body’) which is associated with the Ḍākinī named Pātālavāsinī (‘a woman living underground’), according to the 9th-centruy Vajraḍākatantra. Vākcakra is one of three Cakras within the Tricakra system which embodies twenty-four sacred spots or districts (viz., Kulatā) resided over by twenty-four ‘sacred girls’ (ḍākinīs) whose husbands abide in one’s body in the form of twenty-four ingredients (dhātu) of one’s body.
Kulatā has the presiding Ḍākinī named Mahāvīryā whose husband, or hero (vīra) is named Vajrasattva. The associated internal location are the ‘knees’ and the bodily ingredient (dhātu) is the ‘snivel’. According to the Vajraḍākavivṛti, the districts Kulatā, Maru, Pretapurī and Triśakuni are associated with the family deity of Vārāhī; while in the Abhidhānottarottaratantra there is the Ḍāka deity named Viśvaḍāka standing in the center of the districts named Nagara, Sindhu, Maru and Kulatā.
Kulatā (कुलता) (or Kulutā) refers to one of the Twenty-four Great Sacred Places (Tibetan: gnas chen nyer bzhi) according to the Cakrasaṃvaratantra (Chakrasamvara Tantra).—In the Nyingma tradition, Jigme Lingpa’s Yumka Dechen Gyalmo has incorporated this enumeration. Furthermore, Jigme Lingpa says that “as regards these places, they are entirely present internally, within our own body”.—For example, “the knees are Kulatā”.—This correlation can also be found in the Sampuṭodbhavatantra (“Emergence from Samputa Tantra”) [e.g., “The thumb is said to be Maru, And the knees, Kulatā. The last two are called Auxiliary charnel ground by the ḍākinīs.”]
Kulatā (कुलता) (or Kulitā) is the name of Upachandoha (category of holy sites), according to the 10th-century Ḍākārṇava-tantra: one of the last Tibetan Tantric scriptures belonging to the Buddhist Saṃvara tradition consisting of 51 chapters.—Accordingly: “Now, [the Blessed One] has taught [holy sites] such as the chandoha and upachandoha in sequence. [...] (5) Pretapurī, Gṛhadevī, Saurāṣṭra, and Suvarṇadvīpa are the chandoha [sites]. (6) The upacchandoha [sites] are Nagara, Sindhu, and Maru. Kulitā (for Kulatā or Kulutā) is also the upacchandoha. [...] Girls who are in these places are of [the nature of] the innate, born in their own birthplaces. [...]”.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Biology (plants and animals)
Kulata [कुलटा] in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Rhynchosia minima (L.)DC. from the Fabaceae (Pea) family having the following synonyms: Dolicholus minimus, Dolichos minimus. For the possible medicinal usage of kulata, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
kulaṭā (कुलटा).—f S An unchaste woman.
kulaṭā (कुलटा).—f An unchaste woman.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Kulaṭa (कुलट).—Any son except own, an adopted son.
-ṭā [kulātkulāntaraṃ aṭati śakandhvādi P.VI.1.94 Vār.] An unchaste woman; उच्छिन्नाश्रयकातरेव कुलटा गोत्रान्तरं श्रीर्गता (ucchinnāśrayakātareva kulaṭā gotrāntaraṃ śrīrgatā) Mu.6.5; Y.1.215. यथेष्टं चेष्टन्ते स्फुटकुचतटाः पश्य कुलटाः (yatheṣṭaṃ ceṣṭante sphuṭakucataṭāḥ paśya kulaṭāḥ) Udb.
Derivable forms: kulaṭaḥ (कुलटः).
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Kulāṭa (कुलाट).—A kind of fish.
Derivable forms: kulāṭaḥ (कुलाटः).
Kulaṭa (कुलट).—m.
(-ṭaḥ) Any son except the one begotten, as one adopted, bought, &c. f.
(-ṭā) An unchaste woman. E. kula race, and aṭa who goes, deriv. irr.; by whom the family honour is injured.
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Kulāṭa (कुलाट).—m.
(-ṭaḥ) A small fish. E. kula for kūla a bank, and aṭa who goes; burrowing in the sand and mud.
Kulaṭā (कुलटा).—f. An unchaste woman, [Pañcatantra] 37, 11.
1) Kulaṭa (कुलट):—m. ([from] kula and √aṭ, [Pāṇini 4-1, 127; Kāśikā-vṛtti]), any son except one’s own offspring (an adopted son, bought son, etc.), [Horace H. Wilson]
2) Kulaṭā (कुलटा):—[from kulaṭa] f. ([gana] śakandhv-ādi) an unchaste woman, [Āpastamba-dharma-sūtra; Yājñavalkya] etc. (cf. kumāra-k)
3) [v.s. ...] an honourable female mendicant, [Pāṇini 4-1, 127; Kāśikā-vṛtti]
4) Kulāṭa (कुलाट):—m. a kind of small fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
1) Kulaṭa (कुलट):—(ṭaḥ) 1. m. A bastard. (ṭā) 1. f. An unchaste woman.
2) Kulāṭa (कुलाट):—[kulā+ṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A small fish.
Kulaṭā (कुलटा):—f. gaṇa śakandhvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 94, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2.] [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 2, 13.] eine untreue Frau [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 10.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 529.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 215.] [Pañcatantra I, 192. 37, 11. 110, 24] (im Gegens. zu pativratā). [Sāhityadarpana 45, 5.] Nach [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 127] bildet man von kulaṭā die metronn. kaulaṭeya und kaulaṭineya, nach dem Schol. soll aber kulaṭā in diesem Falle eine ehrbare Bettlerin bedeuten. kumārakulaṭā gaṇa śramaṇādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 2, 1, 70.] Das Wort wird in kula + aṭa zerlegt. Nach [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] soll es auch ein masc. kulaṭa any son except the one begotten, as one adopted, bought, etc. geben.
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Kulāṭa (कुलाट):—m. ein best. kleiner Fisch (kṣudramatsyabheda) [Śabdamālā im Śabdakalpadruma]
Kulaṭa (कुलट):——
1) *jeder nicht selbsterzeugte Sohn. —
2) f. ā — a) eine untreue Frau [Āpastamba’s Dharmasūtra] [Indische sprüche 7788.] — b) *eine ehrbare Bettlerin.
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Kulāṭa (कुलाट):—m. ein best. kleiner Fisch.
Kulaṭā (कुलटा) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Kulaḍā, Kulāla.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Kulaṭā (कुलटा) [Also spelled kulta]:—(nf and a) (an) unchaste (woman), (a) lewd (woman); a trollop; hence ~[pana] (nm).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Kūḷāṭa (ಕೂಳಾಟ):—[noun] a children’s play in which they play sham cooking, feeding etc.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Kulaṭa (कुलट):—n. an adopted son;
2) Kulata (कुलत):—n. addiction; bad habit;
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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