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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Unmūla (उन्मूल) refers to “uprooted (trees)”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.15 (“The penance and reign of Tārakāsura”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated: “[...] At the same time, several phenomena of evil portent forboding misery and distress happened, when the son of Varāṅgī was born making the gods miserable. [...] The earth with all the mountains quaked; the quarters blazed; the rivers and oceans were particularly agitated. The rough wind blew with a hissing noise. Gusts of wind with troops of tempests and dust for banner uprooted [i.e., unmūla] several trees. [...]”.

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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.

Shaiva philosophy

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (philosophy)

Unmūla (उन्मूल) refers to “completely eradicating (a philosophical standpoint)”, according to the Īśvarapratyabhijñāvivṛtivimarśinī 2.138.—Accordingly, “[...] [The latter argument] completely eradicates (unmūla) the very nature of the object of knowledge—that is to say, the external [object]—by showing that [this contradictory nature can] not exist. For the first refuting argument functions while completely disregarding the nature of the object of knowledge—[i.e.] whether it has parts or is devoid of parts, whether it is contradicted or not [by this or that particular property]—rather, [it functions] through a global refutation ([lit. ‘by devouring everything’]), thus: ‘[What is] distinct from the manifesting consciousness is not manifest’”.

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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Unmūla (उन्मूल) refers to “rooting out (intentional thought)”, according to the Yogatārāvalī: a short Yoga text of twenty-nine verses presenting Haṭhayoga as the means to Rājayoga (i.e., Samādhi).—Accordingly, while describing the no-mind state: “O wise one, for the sake of accomplishing the no-mind state, we teach you this special method; with your mind focused and looking on the [world of] multiplicity with a detached gaze, root out (unmūla) intentional thought”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Unmūla (उन्मूल).—a. Plucked, destroyed. तमिमं शैलमुन्मूलं करोमि तव गोपते (tamimaṃ śailamunmūlaṃ karomi tava gopate) Rām.7.16.23.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Unmūla (उन्मूल).—adj., f. lā, uprooted, [Rāmāyaṇa] 4, 19, 11.

Unmūla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ud and mūla (मूल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Unmūla (उन्मूल):—[=un-mūla] 1. un-mūla (ud-mū) mfn. eradicated, pulled up by the root, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Rāmāyaṇa; Prabodha-candrodaya]

2) [from un-mūla] 2. unmūla [Nominal verb] [Parasmaipada] unmūlati, to be eradicated, [ṢaḍvBr.] :—[Causal] [Parasmaipada] unmūlayati, to eradicate, pull up by the roots;

2) —to destroy, extirpate, [Mahābhārata; Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara; Prabodha-candrodaya etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Unmūla (उन्मूल):—[(laḥ-lā-laṃ) a.] Rooted up.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Unmūla (उन्मूल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Ucchola, Ummūla.

[Sanskrit to German]

Unmula in German

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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.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Unmūla (उन्मूल):—n. uprooting; destruction; eradication;

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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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Partial matches: Ud, Un, Mula.

Starts with: Unmoolak, Unmulaka, Unmulam, Unmulan, Unmulana, Unmulaniya, Unmulay, Unmulayat.

Full-text: Ummula, Unmulam, Unmulita, Unmulaniya, Unmul, Ucchola, Ari-unmulam, Unmulana, Unmulay, Mul, Vinashana.

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Purana Bulletin

Wise Sayings from the Puranas < [Purana, Volume 7, Part 1 (1965)]

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Archives of Social Sciences of Religions

The Scholars of the Palace < [Volume 149 (2010)]

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