Mulabala, Mula-bala, Mūlabala: 3 definitions

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Mulabala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Mulabala (मुलबल) is a Sanskrit technical term, used in warfare, referring to “hereditary army”. It forms a factor of the six-fold force of the King. It can also be spelled as Maulabala (मौलबल). The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (See the Manubhāṣya 7.184-185)

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mūlabala (मूलबल).—the principal or hereditary force; विन्ध्याटवीमध्येऽवरोधान् मूलबलरक्षितान् निवेशयामासुः (vindhyāṭavīmadhye'varodhān mūlabalarakṣitān niveśayāmāsuḥ) Daśakumāracarita 1.1. [Kāmandaka enumerates six divisions of the army and declares that मौल (maula) (hereditary) is the best of them (Kām.13.2-3.)]

Derivable forms: mūlabalam (मूलबलम्).

Mūlabala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mūla and bala (बल).

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Mūlabala (ಮೂಲಬಲ):—[noun] the core part of an army.

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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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