Pāli Dictionary

kula

kulrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kul1be close

Synonyms


general

  • family; household; clan; lineage; a good or respectable family; (in Buddhist context) a supporting family, a family of lay supporters

  • Thag 3.10

    paccati munino bhattaṃ, thokaṃ thokaṃ kule kule, piṇḍikāya carissāmi, atthi jaṅghābalaṃ mamā'ti.

  • Kp 9

    santussako ca subharo ca, appakicco ca sallahukavutti, sant'indriyo ca nipako ca, appagabbho kulesu ananugiddho.

  • class; caste; social grade; kind; species; genus

  • (as adjective, often in compounds) belonging to a family; of a good family; born in a household

  • MN 93

    āyantu bhonto ye tattha khattiyakulā brāhmaṇakulā rājaññakulā uppannā, sākassa vā sālassa vā salaḷassa vā candanassa vā padumakassa vā uttar'āraṇiṃ ādāya, aggiṃ abhinibbattentu, tejo pātukarontu.

kūla

approximate

kūlrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

kūl1obstruct; embank

Synonyms


general

  • a river-bank, slope, embankment

  • Snp 5.1

    so assakassa visaye, aḷakassa samāsane, vasi godhāvarīkūle, uñchena ca phalena ca.

  • MN 88

    yadā uparipabbate mahāmegho abhippavuṭṭho hoti, ath'āyaṃ aciravatī nadī ubhato kūlāni saṃvissandantī gacchati, evam'eva kho, bhante, āyasmā ānando imāya bāhitikāya attano ticīvaraṃ karissati.

  • a heap, mound, pile

kulati

kularoottisuffix

via inflected form kula · 2nd person·imperative singular

Part of speech

verb


general

  • obstructs; constrains; holds back

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