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कुल f. n. ( ifc. f(आ). ) a herd, troop, flock, assemblage, multitude, number, &c. (of quadrupeds, birds, insects, &c., or of inanimate objects e.g. गो-कुल, a herd of cows, [R.] &c.; महिषीक्°, a herd of female buffaloes, [Ṛtus.] ; अलि-क्°, a swarm of bees, [Śiś.] ; [Gīt.] &c.; अलक-क्°, a multitude of curls, [BhP.] ) ब्राह्मण-क्° a race, family, community, tribe, caste, set, company ( e.g. , the caste of the Brāhmans, [BhP.] ; पदातीनां कुल, infantry, [Rājat. v, 247] ) चौरस्य-क्° ( ifc. with a gen. sg.) a lot, gang ( e.g. , a gang of thieves), [Pāṇ. 6-3, 21] ; [Kāś.] the residence of a family, seat of a community, inhabited country (as much ground as can be ploughed by two ploughs each drawn by six bulls Comm. on [Mn. vii, 119] ) a house, abode, [MBh.] a noble or eminent family or race, [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. कुल-गिरि high station (in comp. ‘chief, principal’ cf. , &c.) the body, [L.] the front, forepart, [W.] a blue stone, [L.] कौल (with शाक्तs) N. of शक्ति and of the rites observed in her worship ( cf. ) कुल-नक्षत्र = q.v. , [Tantras.] कुल m. m. the chief of a corporation or guild, [L.] कुल-वार = q.v. , [Tantras.] N. of a man, [R. vii, 43, 2]
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