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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

tulākūṭa : (nt.) false weighing.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tulākūṭa refers to: false weighing, false weight (often combined with kaṃsakūṭa & mānakūṭa, false coining & false measuring) D. I, 5=A. II, 209≈; DA. I, 79; DhA. I, 239;

Note: tulākūṭa is a Pali compound consisting of the words tulā and kūṭa.

context information

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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tulākūṭa (तुलाकूट).—a false weight.

Derivable forms: tulākūṭaḥ (तुलाकूटः).

Tulākūṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tulā and kūṭa (कूट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Tulākūṭa (तुलाकूट).—(m. or nt.; = Pali id.), cheating in weights: Śikṣāsamuccaya 269.2 na °ṭena; as [bahuvrīhi], one who cheats in weights, Bodhisattvabhūmi 29.1 (kāṃsakūṭa-, q.v.)-tulākūṭādibhiḥ; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 402.10 (verse) yā gatis tulakūṭānāṃ (ă m.c.)

context information

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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Kuta, Tula.

Starts with: Tulakuta Sutta.

Full-text: Kamsa.

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