Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“poison”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“poison”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
मूलक · noun · masculine
मूली · चौंतीस प्रकार के स्थावर विषों में से एक प्रकार का विष · मूल स्वरूप — Śabdasāgara
मूलक · adj
उत्पन्न करनेवाला । जनक । जैसे, अनर्थमूलक, भ्रांतिमूलक · मूल नक्षत्र में उत्पन्न — Śabdasāgara
मूलक · mūlak · s.m.
An esculent root; a radish (i.q. mūlī, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1093
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(ifc.) rooted in, springing from (-tva ), Sch. &c.
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M3 · meaning shifts "mūlaka" is derived from "mūla" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
mūla n. (or m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(ā or ī). ; prob. for 3. mūra 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. (mūlaṃ √ kṛ or bandh, 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.
mūlaka mf(ikā)n. (ifc.) rooted in, springing from (-tva n.), MBh.; Jaim., Sch. &c.
born under the constellation Mūla, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 28
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
mūlaka mf(ikā)n. (ifc.) rooted in, springing from (-tva n.), MBh.; Jaim., Sch. &c.
born under the constellation Mūla, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 28
mūlaka m. n. a radish, Mn.; Yājñ. &c.
a sort of yam, W.
mūlaka m. a kind of vegetable poison, L.
mūla n. (or m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(ā or ī). ; prob. for 3. mūra 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. (mūlaṃ √ kṛ or bandh, 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.
Alternative readings
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