Mūla (nt.) [Vedic mūra & mūla. The root is given as mūl in 2 meanings, viz. lit. "rohane" Dhtm 859, and fig. "patiṭṭhāyaŋ" Dhtm 391] 1. (lit.) root A ii.200= M i.233; DhA i.270; iv.200 (opp. patti); Vism 270 (rukkha˚=rukkha -- samīpaŋ); 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 saŋsāra, 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 phrasemūlakāraṇato right from the beginning VvA 132 (cp. BSk. mūlaŋ 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.). -- rasataste of roots, or juice made fr. roots VbhA 69; see under rasa.