kúla am, n. (ifc. f(A). ) a herd, troop, flock, assemblage, multitude, number, &c. (of quadrupeds, birds, insects, &c., or of inanimate objects, e.g. go-kula, a herd of cows, [R.] &c.; mahiṣīk°, a herd of female buffaloes, [Ṛtus.]; ali-k°, a swarm of bees, [Śiś.]; [Gīt.] &c.; alaka-k°, a multitude of curls, [BhP.])
a race, family, community, tribe, caste, set, company (e.g. brāhmaṇa-k°, the caste of the Brāhmans, [BhP.]; padātīnāṃ kula, infantry, [Rājat. v, 247])
(ifc. with a gen. sg.) a lot, gang (e.g. caurasya-k°, a gang of thieves), [Pāṇ. vi, 3, 21], [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 [Mn. vii, 119])
a house, abode, [MBh.]
a noble or eminent family or race, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
high station (in comp. ‘chief, principal’, cf. kula-giri, &c.)
the body, [L.]
the front, forepart, [W.]
a blue stone, [L.]
(with Śāktas) N. of Śakti and of the rites observed in her worship (cf. kaula)
= kula-nakṣatra, q.v., [Tantras.]
kúla (as), m. the chief of a corporation or guild, [L.]
= kula-vāra, q.v., [Tantras.]
N. of a man, [R. vii, 43, 2]