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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 245, col. 1.
    abhidhāmūla Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-laḥ-lā-lam) (In Rhetoric.)

    Founded on the literal or original signification of the word

    or words; see vyañjanā, añjana and dhvani; e. g. Kāvyapr.:

    abhidhāmūlaṃ tvāha (scil. añjanam); or Sāhityad.: abhidhāla-

    kṣaṇāmūlā śabdasya vyañjanā dvidhā; comm.: abhidhāmūlāmāha

    &c.; or vivakṣitānyaparavācyastvabhidhāmūlaḥ (scil. dhvaniḥ). Comp.

    abhidhāśraya. E. abhidhā and mūla.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 63, col. 2.
    abhi-dhā—mūla mfn. founded on the literal meaning of a word.