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मूल f. n. (or m.g. अर्धर्चा-दि; ifc. f(आ or ई). ; prob. for 3.मू॑र See above) ‘firmly fixed’, a root (of any plant or tree; but also fig. the foot or lowest part or bottom of anything), [RV.] &c. &c. (मूलं √ कृ or बन्ध्, to take or strike root) a radish or the root of various other plants (esp. of Arum Campanulatum, of long pepper, and of Costus Speciosus or Arabicus), [L.] the edge (of the horizon), [Megh.] मम मूतम् immediate neighbourhood ( = to my side), [R.] मूलाद् आरभ्य basis, foundation, cause, origin, commencement, beginning ( or आमूलात्, from the beg° ; मूलात्, from the bottom, thoroughly; मूलंक्रमतश् च, right through from beginning, [Divyâv.] ), [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. (ibc. = chief principal cf. below; ifc. = rooted in, based upon, derived from) a chief or principal city, ib. capital (as opp. to ‘interest’), [SāmavBr.] ; [Prab.] an original text (as opp. to the commentary or gloss), [R.] ; [Kathās.] ; [Suśr.] a king's original or proper territory, [Mn. vii, 184] a temporary (as opp. to the rightful) owner, [Mn. viii, 202] an old or hereditary servant, a native inhabitant, [MW.] the square root, [Sūryas.] मूत-बन्ध a partic. position of the fingers (= ), [Pañcar.] a copse, thicket, [L.] मूल f. n. also m. and f(आ). N. of the 17th (or 19th) lunar mansion, [AV.] &c. &c. मूल m. m. herbs for horses, food, [Divyâv.] N. of सदा-शिव, [Cat.] मूल mfn. mfn. original, first, [Cat.] निज = , own, proper, peculiar, [L.]
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