Kul, Kūl: 11 definitions

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Languages
1. Sanskrit
2. Hindi
3. Kannada
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Introduction:

Kul means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Kul in Bangladesh is the name of a plant defined with Ziziphus mauritiana in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Rhamnus jujuba Linnaeus (among others).

2) Kul in India is also identified with Artocarpus gomezianus It has the synonym Artocarpus gomezianus Wall., nom. nudum.

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (1913)
· A Numerical List of Dried Specimens (4660)
· Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Botanique (1847)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Gardeners Dictionary, ed. 8 (1768)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (Lamarck) (1789)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Kul, for example extract dosage, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kul (कुल्).—1 P. (kolati, kulita)

1) To accumulate, collect.

2) To be related; behave as a kinsman.

3) To proceed or go uninterruptedly.

4) To count, reckon.

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Kūl (कूल्).—1 P. (kūlati, kūlita)

1) To cover, hide, screen, protect.

2) To enclose.

3) To keep off, obstruct, prevent.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kul (कुल्).—[kula] r. 1st cl. (kolati) 1. To accumulate. 2. To be of kin, to act as of kin. 3. To flow homogeneously. 4. To count. With āṅ prefixed, to be attentive; with vi to be bewildered, flurried or distressed.

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Kūl (कूल्).—[kūla] r. 1st cl. (kūlati) To cover, to hide, to screen, to enclose: with anu prefixed, to protect, to be kind to, as to a follower or dependent.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kul (कुल्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To accumulate. 2. To be of kin.

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Kūl (कूल्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To hinder.

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Kūl (कूल्).— (kūḍ), i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] To singe, [Suśruta] 2, 435, 20.

— With the prep. ava ava, To singe, [Suśruta] 2, 350, 18.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kūl (कूल्).—kūlayati (cf. kūḍ) singe.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kul (कुल्):—[class] 1. kolati, to accumulate, collect, [Dhātupāṭha xx, 12];

—to be of kin, behave as a kinsman, [ib.];

—to proceed continuously or without interruption, [ib.];

—to count, [ib.]

2) Kūl (कूल्):—1. kūl [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] kūlati, ‘to cover, hide’, or ‘to keep off, obstruct’ (derived from kūla), [Dhātupāṭha xv, 18.]

3) 2. kūl = √2. kūḍ q.v.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Kul (कुल्):—kolati 1. a. To accumulate; to be of kin; to count. With ā to be attentive; with vi and ā to be confused.

2) Kūl (कूल्):—kūlati 1. a. To cover. With anu to favour, to protect.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kul in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Kul in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) total; aggregate; entire; lineage, pedigree; family; —[kalamka] a slur on the fair name of a family; ~[guru] the family priest; ~[deva/devata] Penates, the familydeity; ~[nama] surname: ~[pati] Vice-chancellor (of a University); head of a family; —[parampara] a family tradition; —[purusha] man of a respectable family; —[purohita] family priest; —[maryada] dignity of a family; —[vadhu] woman of a dignified family; —[ka dipaka] lit. light of the family; a son who brings honour to the family; —[ka nama dubana] to bring disgrace to the family; —[mem kalamka/daga lagana] to cause the family to be stigmatised, to cause a slur on the family..—kul (कुल) is alternatively transliterated as Kula.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kuḷ (ಕುಳ್):—

1) [verb] to sit a) to rest the weight of the body upon the buttocks and the back of the thighs, as on a chair; to be seated; b) to rest on the haunches with the forelegs braced (said of quadrupeds); c) to perch or roost (said of birds).

2) [verb] to occupy a seat in the capacity of judge, legislator, etc.

3) [verb] to be in session, as a court or legislature.

4) [verb] to take an examination (for a degree, scholarship, etc.).

5) [verb] to be or remain inactive.

6) [verb] to be located or have a place.

7) [verb] ಕುಳಿತುಕೊ [kulituko] kuḷituko = ಕುಳ್ [kul].

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Kūl (ಕೂಲ್):—[adjective] long; esp., too long; lengthy.

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Kūl (ಕೂಲ್):—

1) [noun] a projection at the bottom (as of an idol) made to fit into a corresponding cavity in the base to fix it (as the idol) firmly.

2) [noun] the last point or portion; an end.

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Kūḷ (ಕೂಳ್):—[noun] = ಕೂಳು [kulu]2.

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Kūḻ (ಕೂೞ್):—[noun] = ಕೂಳು [kulu]2.

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Kūḻ (ಕೂೞ್):—

1) [adjective] disposed to inflict suffering; having or showing indifference to or pleasure in another’s pain; merciless; pitiless; hard-hearted; cruel.

2) [adjective] having or giving out a high degree of heat; of or at a high temperature; hot.

3) [adjective] having a keen edge or fine point.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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