…Dhp-a.iii.296 (kiṃ mūlakaṃ how dear?).

2. (nt.) = mūla, i.e. root bulb, radish, only in cpd. mūlaka-kanda radish (-root…

…proximity to the Alaka or Mūlaka (the district round Paithan).

In the time of King Reṇu, the Assaka king of Potana was Brahmadatta….

AḷakaMūḷaka

A country on the banks of the Godhāvarī River. It was at a spot between the territories of the Aḷaka and the Assaka kings that Bāvarī lived. Snp.977 To the north of Alaka was Patiṭṭhāna. …

having four roots; having four bases.

having four roots; having four bases.

with six bases.

with its root(s) cut away.

(what is) based on ten items; (a statement or exposition) concerned with ten items.

having two roots; having two bases.

(what is) based on one item; (a statement or exposition) concerned with one item

having what as its root?

with nine bases, with nine roots

having craving as its root.

with three bases; with three root.

indeclinable because of you.

deriving from the preceptor

ignorance; the main root of evil and of continual rebirth (see paṭicca-samuppāda, cp. SN.ii.6, SN.ii.9, SN.ii.12; Snp.p.141 & many other passages) See on term; Cpd. 83 n. 3, 18 …

…bahinikkhamanaṃ mūlakaṃ dukkhaṃ).

cp. Vedic bahis & bahir; the s(ḥ) is restored in doubling of cons. in compound like…

…wrong desire SN.v.273

• -mūlaka (adj.) having its root in excitement AN.iv.339 AN.v.107
• -rāga exciting desire (cp kāmachanda) DN.ii.58…

I. Crude meaning

bulk, massiveness (gross) substance.

1. Esp. used
   1. of an elephant: the bulk of the body, i.e. its back SN.i.95 vāraṇassa Ja.iii.392; hatthi-khandha-vara-gata on th …

…Dhp-a.iv.78 (mūlaka˚) See also kanda.

• -kammaṭṭhāna fundamental k. or k of causes…

1. to let fall away, to lose, to waste SN.ii.29; Ja.iv.214 (vegaṃ); Mil.244 (cittaṃ to lose heart, to despair); Pv-a.78.
2. to set aside, abandon, neglect, omit Vin.i.72 (rājakiccaṃ) Ja.ii.438; Ja.iv …

…Dhp-a.ii.154 (SS; T. reads mūlakaṃ which is explained by Bdhgh as “nitthusaṃ katvā ussedetvā gahita-yava-taṇḍula vuccanti”…

adjective including the root Thig.385; Thag-a.256.

sa³ + mūla + ka

…Snp.p.144; Vism.568;

• -mūlaka rooted in t. (dhammā: 9 items) Pts.i.26, Pts.i.130; Vb.390;
• -lepa…

adjective uprooting, laying bare the roots Ja.i.303 (vāta).

= ummūla