adjective entangled, confused, upset, twisted, bewildered Ja.i.123 (salākaggaṃ ˚ṃ karoti to upset or disturb); Vv.84#9 (andha˚); Pv-a.287 (an˚ clear). Often reduplicated as ākulākula thoroughly confused Mil.117, Mil.220; Pv-a.56; ākula-pākula Ud.5 (so read for akkula-pakkula); ākula-samākula Ja.vi.270. On phrase tantākula- jātā gulā-guṇṭhika-jātā see guḷā.

ā + *kul of which Sk
■ P. kula, to Idg *qṷel to turn round, cp. also cakka & carati; lit. meaning “revolving quickly”, & so “confused”