As a deity name
Name 315 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 355 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अतुल · adj
जो तोला या कूता न जा सके । जिसकी तौल या अंदाज न हो सके · अमित । असीम । अपार । बहुत अधिक । बेअंदाज · जिसकी तुलना या समता न हो सके । अनुपम । बेजोड़ । अद्वितीय — Śabdasāgara
अतुल · noun · masculine
केशव के अनुसार अनुकूल नायक का दूसरा नाम · तिल का पेड़ · तिलक । तिलपुष्पी । ४० कफ । श्लेष्मा । बलगम — Śabdasāgara
अतुल · atul · adj.
(f. -ā), Not weighed; not weighable; immeasurable; incalculable — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 17
अतुल · masculine
a male given name, Atul, from Sanskrit
अतुल
incomparable, unequalled, matchless, unparalleled; immense, vast
Cited formation "अतुल" is अ- + तुल: तुल means "Equal", and the prefix अ- forms negation, lack. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "अतुल" is अ- + तुल: तुल means "Equal", and the prefix अ- forms without, lacking. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §4(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From अ- (a-, “un-”) + तुल (tula, “equal, comparable”). Doublet of अतुल्य (atulya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
unequalled
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
a-tula mfn. unequalled
a-tula m. (destitute of weight), the Sesamum seed and plant.
atula a. [na. ba.] Unequalled, unsurpassed, matchless, peerless, incomparable, very great; bhayamatulaṃ gurulokāt Pt. 5. 31; so ˚parākrama, ˚rūpa &c. — laḥ The sesamum seed and plant (tilakavṛkṣa).
atula mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Unequalled. m. (-laḥ) A plant that has an oily seed, (Sesamum orientale.) E. a neg. tula to be like, ka aff.
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