कुल [ kula ] [ kúla ] n. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) a herd , troop , flock , assemblage , multitude , number , (of quadrupeds , birds , insects , , or of inanimate objects e.g. [ go-kula ] , a herd of cows Lit. R. ; [ mahiṣīk ] , a herd of female buffaloes Lit. Ṛitus. ; [ ali-k ] , a swarm of bees Lit. Śiś. Lit. Gīt. ; [ alaka-k ] , a multitude of curls Lit. BhP.)

a race , family , community , tribe , caste , set , company (e.g. [ brāhmaṇa-k ] , the caste of the Brāhmans Lit. BhP. ; [ padātīnāṃ kula ] , infantry Lit. Rājat. v , 247)

(ifc. with a gen. sg.) a lot , gang (e.g. [ caurasya-k ] , a gang of thieves) Lit. Pāṇ. 6-3 , 21 Lit. Kāś.

the residence of a family , seat of a community , inhabited country (as much ground as can be ploughed by two ploughs each drawn by six bulls Comm. on Lit. Mn. vii , 119)

a house , abode Lit. MBh.

a noble or eminent family or race Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

high station (in comp. " chief , principal " cf. [ kula-giri ] , )

the body Lit. L.

the front , forepart Lit. W.

a blue stone Lit. L.

(with Śāktas) N. of Śakti and of the rites observed in her worship ( cf. [ kaula ] )

= [ kula-nakṣatra ] q.v. Lit. Tantras.

[ kula ] m. the chief of a corporation or guild Lit. L.

= [ kula-vāra ] q.v. Lit. Tantras.

N. of a man Lit. R. vii , 43 , 2

[ kulā ] f. " a principal day " , N. of the 4th and 8th and 12th and 14th day in a [ pakṣa ] , or half-month Lit. Tantras.

[ kulī ] f. a wife's elder sister Lit. L.

the plant Solanum Jacquini or Solanum longum Lit. L.