Mūla
Mūla,(nt.) [Vedic mūra & mūla.The root is given as mūl in 2 meanings,viz.lit.“rohane” Dhtm 859,and fig.“patiṭṭhāyaṁ” Dhtm 391] 1.(lit.) root A.II,200= M.I,233; DhA.I,270; IV,200 (opp.patti); Vism.270 (rukkha°=rukkha-samīpaṁ); Pv.II,96 (sa° with the root); PvA.43 (rukkhassa mūle at the foot of).-- 2.foot,bottom Vin.II,269 (patta°); PvA.73 (pāda°),76 (id.).rukkha° foot of a tree:see under rukkha for special meaning.-- 3.(appld) ground for,reason,cause,condition,defd as “hetu,nidāna,sambhava” etc.at Nd2 s.v.; Sn.14=369 (akusalā mũlā n.pl.=ākāra or patiṭṭhā SnA 23); Pv.II,333 (sa° with its cause); Dukp 272,297,312,320; Miln.12 (& khandha-yamaka,with ref.to the Yamaka).Very freq.in this sense as referring to the three lobha,dosa,moha as conditioning akusala (& absence of them=kusala),e.g.at D.III,214,275; A.I,201; 203; Vbh.106 sq.,169,361; Yam I.1; Vism.454; cp.Nd2 517; VbhA.382.-- 4.origin,source,foundation,root (fig.) Vin.I,231=D.II,91 (dukkhassa); Vin.II,304; Sn.916,968 (cp.Nd1 344,490); Th.1,1027 (brahmacariyassa); Dh.247,337.Freq.in formula (may be taken to no.1) [pahīna] ucchinna-mūla tālâvatthukata etc.with ref.to the origin of saṁsāra,e.g.at S.II,62,88; III,10,27,161,193; IV,253,292,376.See Nd2 p.205 s.v.pahīna,in extenso.-- 5.beginning,base,in mūladivasa the initial day DA.I,311; also in phrase mūlakāraṇato right from the beginning VvA.132 (cp.BSk.mūlaṁ kramataś ca id.Divy 491).-- 6.“substance,” foundation,i.e.worth,money,capital,price,remuneration Miln.334 (kamma°); DhA.I,270 (?); PvA.273; Mhvs 27,23.amūla unpaid Mhvs 30,17 (kamma labour).--iṇa° borrowed capital D.I,71.
--kanda eatable tuber DhA.III,130; IV,78 (mūlaka°).See also kanda.--kammaṭṭhāna fundamental k.or k.of causes SnA 54.--ghacca radically extirpated Dh.250,263.--ṭṭha one who is the cause of something,an instigator Vin.III,75.--dassāvin knowing the cause or reason Sn.1043,cp.Nd2 517.--phala (eatable) fruit,consisting of roots; roots as fruit Sn.239.--bandhana fundamental bond (?) or set of causes (?) Sn.524 sq.,530 sq.,cp.SnA 429--431.--bīja having seeds in roots,i.e.propagated by roots,one of the classes of plants enumd under bījagāma (q.v.).--rasa taste of roots,or juice made fr.roots VbhA.69; see under rasa.(Page 539)