Pāli Dictionary

mālā

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

māla, āveḷā, papupphaka

general

  • මාලාවක්; මල් වැලක්; මල් නූලක්

  • garland; wreath; a string of flowers

  • AN 10.176

    yā tā māturakkhitā piturakkhitā mātāpiturakkhitā bhāturakkhitā bhaginirakkhitā ñātirakkhitā gottarakkhitā dhammarakkhitā sasāmikā saparidaṇḍā antamaso mālāguḷaparikkhittā'pi

  • AN 4.85

    so ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavh'ābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā, na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.

  • මල; මල් පිපෙන ශාකයක් (සමූහයක් ලෙස)

  • flower; a flowering plant (collectively)

  • DN 17

    atha kho, ānanda, rañño mahāsudassanassa etadahosi, yaṃnūn'āhaṃ imāsu pokkharaṇīsu evarūpaṃ mālaṃ ropāpeyyaṃ uppalaṃ padumaṃ kumudaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ sabb'otukaṃ sabbajanassa anāvaṭan'ti.

  • (ව්‍යාකරණ ග්‍රන්ථවල) විභක්ති වගුවක්, එනම් හැඩගැසුණු ස්වරූප ලැයිස්තුවක්

  • (in grammatical treatises) an inflection paradigm, i.e. a listed ‘string’ of declined/conjugated forms

mala

approximate

malrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

mal1අපිරිසිදු; පැල්ලම

Synonyms

kāḷaka, asucīka

Antonyms

vītamala, nimmala, amala

mind

  • අපිරිසිදුකම; කිලුට; දූෂණය

  • dirt; impurity; stain; defilement (physical or mental)

  • Dhp 239

    anupubbena medhāvī, thokaṃ thokaṃ khaṇe khaṇe, kammāro rajatass'eva, niddhame malam'attano.

  • MN 40

    imesaṃ kho ahaṃ, bhikkhave, samaṇamalānaṃ samaṇadosānaṃ samaṇakasaṭānaṃ āpāyikānaṃ ṭhānānaṃ duggativedaniyānaṃ appahānā, na samaṇasāmīcippaṭipadaṃ paṭipanno'ti vadāmi.

general

  • මලකඩ (ලෝහයේ)

  • rust (of metal)

  • Dhp 240

    ayasā'va malaṃ samuṭṭhitaṃ, tat'uṭṭhāya tam'eva khādati, evaṃ atidhonacārinaṃ, sakakammāni nayanti duggatiṃ.

māla1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maṇḍapa

general

  • වටකුරු වේදිකාවක්; වටකුරු මණ්ඩපයක්; වටකුරු ගිලෙන ස්ථානයක්

  • a circular enclosure; pavilion; round open hall or yard

  • MN 92

    keṇiyo pana jaṭilo sāmaṃ'y'eva maṇḍalamālaṃ paṭiyādeti.

māla2

approximate

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

mālā, āveḷā, papupphaka

general

  • මාලාව; මල් වළල්ල (mālā හි වෙනස් රුවක්)

  • garland; wreath (byform of mālā)

māḷa

approximate

māḷastem

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • රැස්වීම් ශාලාව; මණ්ඩපය

  • house; hall; pavilion (often round-roofed, used for gatherings)

  • AN 6.61

    tena kho pana samayena sambahulānaṃ therānaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkantānaṃ maṇḍalamāḷe sannisinnānaṃ sannipatitānaṃ ayam'antarākathā udapādi, vuttam'idaṃ, āvuso, bhagavatā pārāyane metteyyapañhe.

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