Kulya: 18 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: archive.org: Puranic EncyclopediaKulya (कुल्य).—A Ṛṣi who belonged to the line of disciples of Vyāsa. (Bhāgavata, 12th Skandha).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) Kulya (कुल्य).—A disciple of Pauṣyañji; learnt a hundred Sāma samhitas.*
- * Bhāgavata-purāṇa XII. 6. 79.
1b) A son of Āṇḍira, after whom the Kulya deśa was called.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 74. 6.
1c) One of the four sons of Janāpīḍa; his country, Kulayāḥ.*
- * Vāyu-purāṇa 99. 6.
1d) The people of a southern kingdom,1 a Janapada.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)
Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)Kulya (कुल्य) refers to a “stream of water”, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, [while discussing the treatment of hawks]: “[...] [Hawks] should be kept on a platform in a garden, well-guarded by porters and cooled with the water from artificial streams (sarat-kulya) shaded with tall trees standing close to each other [saratkulyāmbuśītāyāṃ niviḍocchritabhūruhaiḥ], where the fierce rays of the sun cannot penetrate. [...]”.
This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.
India history and geography
Source: Wisdom Library: India HistoryKulya (कुल्य) is the name of a country included within Dakṣiṇapatha which was situated to the south of the Vindhyas according to the Yādavaprakāśa. Dakṣiṇāpatha is a place-name ending is patha mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossaryKulya.—(IE 8-6), a measure of capacity equal to 8 droṇas. (IE 8-6; EI 29), a land measure; shortened form of kulyavāpa. Note: kulya is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Kulyā.—(EI 13), a channel for irrigation. Note: kulyā is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kulya in India is the name of a plant defined with Litsea monopetala in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Litsea polyantha Jussieu (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· FBI (1886)
· Annales du muséum national d’histoire naturelle (1805)
· Synopsis Plantarum (Persoon) (1806)
· Plantarum Rariorum Horti Caesarei Schoenbrunnensis (1797)
· Plants of the Coast of Coromandel (1798)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykulyā (कुल्या).—f S A canal or factitious river: also a ditch, dyke, trench, a channel for irrigation. Compounds such as ghṛtakulyā, madhukulyā, kṣīrakulyā, takrakulyā occur in gourmand-usage.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkulyā (कुल्या).—f A canal or factitious river. ghṛta kulyā, madhukulyā.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKulya (कुल्य).—a. [kula-yat]
1) Relating to a family, race, or corporation.
2) Well-born.
-lyaḥ A respectable man. °मातृबन्धुकुल्यगुणवत् सामन्तानामन्यतमेन° (mātṛbandhukulyaguṇavat sāmantānāmanyatamena°) Kau. A.1.17.
-lyam 1 Friendly inquiry after family affairs (condolence, congratulation &c.).
2) A bone; 'अस्थि कुल्यं स्यात् (asthi kulyaṃ syāt)' Ratna.; Mv.2.16.
3) Flesh.
4) A winnowing basket.
-lyā 1 A virtuous woman.
2) A small river, canal, stream; कुल्याम्भोभिः पवनचपलैः शाखिनो धौतमूलाः (kulyāmbhobhiḥ pavanacapalaiḥ śākhino dhautamūlāḥ) Ś.1.15; कुल्येवोद्यानपादपान् (kulyevodyānapādapān) R.12.3,7.49; Uttararāmacarita 3.23, शाल्यर्थं कुल्याः प्रणीयन्ते (śālyarthaṃ kulyāḥ praṇīyante) Mahābhārata on P.III.6.5.
3) A dike, trench.
4) A measure of grain equal to 8 droṇas.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulya (कुल्य).—mfn.
(-lyaḥ-lyā-lyaṃ) 1. Of a good family, well-born, well descended. 2. Of or relating to a family or race. m.
(-lyaḥ) A counsellor. f.
(-lyā) 1. A river in general. 2. A canal, a channel for irrigation. 3. A ditch, a dyke or trench. 4. A drug or medicinal plant, (Celtis orientalis:) see jīvantī. 5. A chaste or virtuous woman, n.
(-lyaṃ) 1. A bone. 2. A measure of eight Dronas: see droṇa 3. A winnowing basket. 4. Flesh. 5. Friendly inquiry after family affairs or domestic accidents, condolence, congratulation, &c. E. kul to accumulate, and yat affix, &c.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulya (कुल्य).—i. e. kula + ya, adj., f. yā, Referring or belonging to a family, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 7, 6, 12; [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 24.
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Kulyā (कुल्या).—f. 1. A rivulet, a canal, Mahābhārata 3, 10408. 2. The name of a river, Mahābhārata 13, 1742.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulya (कुल्य).—1. [adjective] belonging to a family; also = kulīna.
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Kulya (कुल्य).—2. [adjective] belonging to a river.
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Kulya (कुल्य).—3. [neuter] place for preserving the bones of a burnt corpse.
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Kulyā (कुल्या).—[feminine] river, channel.
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Kūlya (कूल्य).—[adjective] belonging to a bank or shore.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kulya (कुल्य):—[from kula] 1a mf(ā)n. relating to a family or race, [Bhartṛhari iii, 24] (ifc.), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vii, 6, 12; x, 57, 1] (cf. rāja-k)
2) [v.s. ...] belonging to a congregation or corporation, [Horace H. Wilson]
3) [v.s. ...] of good family, well-descended, [Pāṇini 4-1, 140]
4) [v.s. ...] m. a respectable man, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] Name of a teacher (the pupil of Pauṣpañji), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa xii, 6, 79]
6) Kulyā (कुल्या):—[from kulya > kula] a f. (perhaps) custom or habit of a family, [Atharva-veda xi, 3, 13]
7) [v.s. ...] a virtuous or respectable woman, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] the medicinal plant Celtis orientalis (= jīvantikauṣadhi), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] the plant Solanum longum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) Kulya (कुल्य):—[from kula] n. friendly inquiry after family affairs or domestic accidents (condolence, congratulation, etc.), [Horace H. Wilson]
11) 1b 1. kulyā. See kula.
12) 2. kulya mfn. ([from] 2. kulyā), presiding over a river (as a deity), [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 37.]
13) Kulyā (कुल्या):—[from kulya] 2. kulyā f. a small river, canal, channel for irrigation, ditch, dyke or trench, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda] etc.
14) [v.s. ...] (ifc. f(ā). ), [Raghuvaṃśa vii, 46]
15) [v.s. ...] Name of a river, [Mahābhārata xiii, 1742.]
16) Kulya (कुल्य):—3. kulya n. a receptacle for bones (left from a burnt corpse), [Mahābhārata i, 150, 13; Harivaṃśa 2098]
17) a bone, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
18) flesh, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
19) a winnowing basket, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
20) a measure of eight Droṇas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
21) Kūlya (कूल्य):—[from kūla] mfn. belonging to a bank, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā xvi, 42.]
22) Kūlyā (कूल्या):—[from kūlya > kūla] f. a stream, [Hir.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKulya (कुल्य):—(lyaṃ) 1. n. A bone; a measure; flesh; kind inquiry. m. A counseller. f. (lyā) A river; a chaste woman. a. Well born, well bred.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Kulyā (कुल्या) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kullā.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKulya (ಕುಲ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] an artificial waterway for transportation or irrigation; canal.
2) [noun] a deep, broad ditch dug around a fortress or castle, and often filled with water, for protection against invasion.
3) [noun] a measure of eight drōṇas.
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Kulya (ಕುಲ್ಯ):—
1) [adjective] of, born or coming from to a noble family.
2) [adjective] of or related to a family.
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Kulya (ಕುಲ್ಯ):—
1) [noun] a man of high birth.
2) [noun] a taking care of the family.
3) [noun] any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full-grown vertebrate animals; a bone.
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Kulya (ಕುಲ್ಯ):—[noun] a clan among tribal people of Gujarāt state in the western India.
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)
Starts with: Kulyaha, Kulyaha, Kulyaka, Kulyapura, Kulyavapa, Kulyay, Kulyaya.
Ends with (+27): Ananukulya, Anukulya, Apratikulya, Aryakulya, Bahukulya, Brahmakulya, Cakrakulya, Candrakulya, Chakrakulya, Chandrakulya, Dadhikulya, Daivanukulya, Danakulya, Daushkulya, Devakulya, Dravyanukulya, Drumakulya, Gajopakulya, Ghritakulya, Grahanukulya.
Full-text (+36): Rishikulya, Dadhikulya, Kulla, Sakulya, Danakulya, Madhukulya, Devakulya, Upakulya, Pratikulya, Cakrakulya, Ghritakulya, Candrakulya, Pitrikulya, Anukulya, Kulyavapa, Bahukulina, Cakraparni, Pratikulika, Anukuliyam, Svakulya.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
6. Derivation of the term Nadī < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Ancient Depictions of the Purāṇas < [Chapter 1 - An Introduction of the Purāṇas]
Table: Janapadas or State < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
The concept of Bhāratavarṣa < [Chapter 4 - Geographical history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
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