Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

mālā माला – garland; necklace; wreath

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

garland; necklace; wreath

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

mālā mālā. See under māla, p. 774.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

mā́lā f. UṆĀDIS. 2,28. 1〉 Kranz AK. 2,6,3,36. H. 651. H. an. 2,506. MED. l. 44. HALĀY. 2,397. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,8,17. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 3,8,18. GOBH. 3,5,10. KAUŚ. 36. KAUŚ. 38. MBH. 3,16125. fg. nalada˚ (solche Compp. haben nach gaṇa gho- ṣādi zu P. 6,2,85 den Ton auf der ersten Silbe) ĀŚV. ŚR. 6,10. mandāra˚ ŚĀK. 161. vakula˚ ṚT. 2,25. suvarṇacampaka˚ Schol. zu CAURAP. 1. ˚dāman R. 2,33,2. pṛthutaraguṇamāla adj. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,505, Śl. 16. lāvaṇyamālā Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,506, Śl. 24. ābaddhamāla adj. MEGH. 9. navadalamāla (tamāla) GĪT. 1,29. pratisūryāṇāṃ mālā VARĀH. BṚH. S. 37,2. — 2〉 Rosenkranz Verz. d. Oxf. H. 93,a,36. fgg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 102,a,30. śuddhasphaṭika˚ PAÑCAR. 1,7,83. — 3〉 Halsband: ratnamālālaṃkṛtakaṇṭha PAÑCAT. 255,19. PAÑCAT. 255,25. dhṛtakanakamāla (śvan) Spr. 2822. mahāśaṅkhamayī (s. u. mahāśaṅkhamaya). nārācamālāṃ (raudracāpapramuktāṃ) rāmasya lalāṭe pratyamuñcata R. 6,79,61. — 4〉 Reihe, Streif H. 1423. H. an. upapakṣma˚ SUŚR. 2,338,3. taḍinmālā Spr. 993. vidyunmālākula (nabhas) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 25,5. jvālā˚ MĀRK. P. 21,86. samudraṃ pracaladūrmimālākulam Spr. 1876. kiṃ mālāḥ kumudasya Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,502, Śl. 2. ali˚ MĀLATĪM. 1,7. meghānām KĀVYĀD. 2,118. megha˚ MBH. 3,16126 (ein Kranz von Wolken). KĀM. NĪTIS. 3,11. H. 165. HALĀY. 1,59. chattramālāḥ (so die ed. Bomb.) MBH. 7,1573. ṣṭhīvanaṃ śmaśrumālāsu RĀJA-TAR. 6,157. ābaddhamāla adj. (zugleich Kranz) MEGH. 9. nāmnāṃ mālā (vgl. nāmamālā) eine in Reihen geordnete Sammlung von Wörtern, Wörterbuch (mit Ausschluss der Wurzeln) H. 1. krama˚ Bez. einer best. Lese- oder Schreibweise Ind. St. 3,269. mālā schlechtweg Verz. d. B. H. No. 368. — 5〉 Trigonella corniculata Lin. MED.; vgl. marunmālā. — 6〉 N. verschiedener Metra: a〉 a. b: – – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – –; c. d: ⏑ – ⏑ – – ⏑ ⏑ – ⏑ – – Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,514. — b〉 4 Mal ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ – COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 161 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. X, 2). Ind. St. 8,390; vgl. sraj. — c〉 ein Prākrit-Metrum von 45×2 und 43 + 27 Moren COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 156 (25). — 7〉 N. pr. eines Flusses MBH. 2,795. LASSEN (Z. f. d. K. d. M. 2,23) und MUIR (ST. 2,423) fassen mālāṃ carmaṇvatīm als einen Fluss auf. — 8〉 Titel eines Wörterbuchs (vgl. nāma˚) H. 170, Sch. — Vgl. akṣamāla, akṣamālā (auch AV. PARIŚ. 43,4,11. R. 6,82,84), kāñcana˚, kāraṇa˚, ketumāla, gaṇḍamālā, candra˚, japa˚, dīpa˚, nakṣatra˚ (*Z. 4 lies 105,13 st. 106,9), nara˚, nāma˚, pattramāla, puṣpamālā, prati˚, pramāṇa˚, bhakta˚, maṇi˚, mandāra˚, mayūkha˚, marunmālā, mahāmāla, mālatīmālā, muṇḍa˚, ratna˚, vana˚, vandana˚, varṇa˚, vākya˚, haṃsa˚, hema˚.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

mālā 4〉 Reihe im Gegens. zu kevala SĀH. D. 671. SĀH. D. 675 (wo mālākevalarūpatvāt zu schreiben ist). mālārūpatā SĀH. D. 199,19. In der Dramatik das Darbringen (Anbieten) mehrerer Dinge um das Gewünschte zu erreichen SĀH. D. 459. SĀH. D. 434. Beispiel ŚĀK. 69.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

mālā [mal saṃjñāyāṃ kartari ghañ] 1 A garland, wreath, chaplet; anadhigataparimalāpi hi harati dṛśaṃ mālatīmālā Vās. 2 A row, line, series, succession; gaṃḍoḍḍīnālimālā Māl. 1. 1; ābaddhamālāḥ Me. 9. 3 A group, cluster, collection. 4 A string, necklace; as in ratnamālā. 5 A rosary, chain; as in akṣamālā. 6 A streak; as in taḍinmālā, vidyunmālā. 7 A series of epithets. 8 (In dramas) The offering of several things to obtain a wish. Comp. — upamā a variety of Upamā or simile, in which ([Page 0863-c]) one Upameya is compared to several Upamānas; e. g. anayeneva rājyaśrīdainyaneva manasvitā . mamlau sātha viṣādena padminīva himāṃbhasā K. P. 10. — kaṃṭaḥ N. of a plant (apāmārga). — karaḥ, -kāraḥ 1 a garland-maker, florist, gardener; kṛtī mālākāro bakulabhupi kutrāpi nidadhe Bv. 1. 54; Pt. 1. 220. 2 the tribe of gardeners. — guṇaḥ a necklace. — tṛṇaṃ a kind of fragrant grass. — dīpakaṃ a variety of dīpaka; Mammaṭa thus defines it: — mālādīpakamādyaṃ cedyathottaraguṇāvaham K. P. 10; see the example given ad loc. — dhara a. wearing a garland.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

mālā mālā f. rangée, série. Guirlande; collier; chapelet. mālākā f. mms. mālākāra m. (kṛ) fleuriste qui fait des guirlandes, jardinier-fleuriste. mālātṛṇaka m. andropogon schœnanthus, bot. mālāphala n. graine de l'elæocarpus dont on fait des chapelets.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 43–49: False Yogis 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 2.35-2.40: Jīva und Karma 1 occurrence

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