1 A bud; āvirbhūtapra- thamamukulāḥ kaṃdalīścānukacchaṃ Me. 21; R. 9. 31; 15. 99.

2 Anything like a bud; ālakṣyadaṃtamukulān (tanayān) S. 7. 17.

3 The body.

4 The soul or spirit.

5 A bud-like junction of the fingers. (mukulīkṛ means ‘to close in the form of a bud’; Ku. 5. 63).