Dictionary meanings for kaula from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (lī f.) [kule bhavaḥ aṇ cf. P. IV. 2. 96] 1 Relating to a family, ancestral, hereditary.
2 Of a noble family, well-born. laḥ A worshipper of śakti according to the left hand ritual. laṃ The doctrine and practices of the left hand Śāktas (for a short description of kauladharma see Karpūr. 1, speech of bhaira- vānaṃda).
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. k/ula), relating or belonging to a family, extending over a whole family or race R. iv, 28, 9 317,1 57313 mf (I) n. heritable in a family BhP. xii, 3, 36 317,1 57314 mf (I) n. sprung from a noble family L. 317,1 57315 mf (I) n. belonging or particular to the Kaulas kOla s Kula7rn2. 317,1 57316
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