Pāli Dictionary
general
measurable; comparable (mostly found negated, as atula ‘incomparable’)
DN 16
tulam'atulañ'ca sambhavaṃ, bhavasaṅkhāram'avassaji muni, ajjhattarato samāhito, abhindi kavacam'iv'attasambhavan'ti.
Part of speech
noun · feminine
Root
tul8weigh
general
a balance; a pair of scales; a weighing device
DN 30
tulākūṭa kaṃsakūṭa mānakūṭa ukkoṭana vañcana nikati sāciyoga chedana vadha bandhana viparāmosa ālopa sāhasākārā paṭivirato ahosi.
Dhp 268
na monena munī hoti, mūḷharūpo aviddasu, yo ca tulaṃ'va paggayha, varam'ādāya paṇḍito.
a measure; a weighed-out portion (of something)
a beam or pole for lifting, carrying or supporting; a rafter
a standard; a measure or grade (for something), figuratively
SN 17.15
sace kho tvaṃ, tāta, agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajasi, tādiso, tāta, bhavāhi yādisā sāriputtamoggallānā'ti. esā, bhikkhave, tulā etaṃ pamāṇaṃ mama sāvakānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ, yadidaṃ sāriputtamoggalānā. mā ca kho tvaṃ, tāta, sekhaṃ appattamānasaṃ lābhasakkārasiloko anupāpuṇātū'ti.
Part of speech
noun · neuter
Root
tūl1be light
general
cotton; cotton-wool; down
Thag 19.1
vuṭṭhamhi deve caturaṅgule tiṇe, saṃpupphite meghanibhamhi kānane, nag'antare viṭapisamo sayissaṃ, taṃ me mudū hehiti tūlasannibhaṃ.
SN 20.8
bhavissanti, bhikkhave, anāgatam'addhānaṃ licchavī sukhumālā mudutalunahatthapādā te mudukāsu seyyāsu tūlabimbohanāsu yāvasūriy'uggamanā seyyaṃ kappissanti.
tūla2
approximatePart of speech
adjective
general
made of cotton; cotton-
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