mūlā

nt nom pl of mūla (noun); nt instr sg of mūla (noun); nt abl sg of mūla (noun); nt voc sg of mūla (noun); …

(of a tree) root; base; foot
source; origin; root
money; cash; capital; moola
(vinaya) (of a legal action) beginning; start
original; first; primary
(of money) capital; principal
base; foundation; bottom part
primary text; root text; source text (as opposed to the commentaries and sub-commentaries)

Etymology. √mūl + a; from √mūl 'support'; Sanskrit mūla, mūra [mūl]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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