Dictionary meanings for amūla from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. 1 Rootless(lit.); paśavo'mūlā oṣadhayo mūlinyaḥ Śat. Br.; (fig.) without basis or support, baseless, groundless.
2 Without authority; not being in the original; nāmūlaṃ likhyate kiṃcit Malli.
3 With- out material cause, as the Pradhāna of the Sāṃkhyas; mūlaṃ mūlābhāvādamūlaṃ.
4 Not fixed in the earth, moving. lā N. of a plant (agniśikhā).
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (A cf. Pa1n2. 4-1, 64 Comm.) n. rootless, baseless S3Br. &c 82,1 14189 mf (A cf. Pa1n2. 4-1, 64 Comm.) n. without authority, not resting on authority Comm. on Ya1jn5. 82,1 14190 f. without root, a bulbous plant ([ NBD.; ]) AV. v, 31, 4 82,1 14191 f. the plant Methonica Superba L. Page82,2 010434 14192