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tulā

tulā́ f. a balance, weight, [VS. xxx]; [ŚBr. xi]; [Mn.] &c. (°layā dhṛ or °lāṃ with Caus. of adhiruh, ‘to hold in or put on a balance, weigh, compare’; °lāṃ with Caus. of adhi-ruh, ‘to risk’, [Pañcat. i, 16, 9]; °lām adhi- or ā- or sam-ā-ruh, ‘to be in a balance’, be equal with [instr.]; the balance as an ordeal, [Yājñ. ii]; [Mṛcch. ix, 43])

equal measure, equality, resemblance, [Ragh.] &c. (°lām i or gam or ā-yā or ā-lamb or dhā, ‘to resemble any one or anything’ [instr. or in comp.]; °lāṃ na bhṛ, ‘to have no equal’, [Prasannar. i, 37]; °lāṃ with Pass. of nī, ‘to become equal to’ [gen.])

= °la, [Pañcat. i, 14, 14]; [VarBṛ.] &c.

N. of a measure (= 100 Palas), [MBh. iii], [xiv]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.]; [Aṣṭāṅg.]; [ŚārṅgS. i, 31]

a kind of beam in the roof of a house, [VarBṛS. liii, 30.]