Pāli Dictionary

mala

approximate

malrootasuffix

via inflected form malāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

mal1dirty; stain

Synonyms

kāḷaka, asucīka

Antonyms

vītamala, nimmala, amala

mind

  • 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

  • rust (of metal)

  • Dhp 240

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

māla1

approximate

via inflected form mālāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · masculine

Synonyms

maṇḍapa

general

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

  • MN 92

    keṇiyo pana jaṭilo sāmaṃ'y'eva maṇḍalamālaṃ paṭiyādeti.

māla2

approximate

via inflected form mālāya · dative singular

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Synonyms

mālā, āveḷā, papupphaka

general

  • garland; wreath (byform of mālā)

mālā

approximate

via inflected form mālāya · instrumental singular / dative singular / ablative singular / genitive singular / locative singular

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Synonyms

māla, āveḷā, papupphaka

general

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Malaya
Place

  • A mountainous district in South India.

Malaya2
Place

  • The mountainous central region of Sri Lanka, originally home to the Pulindā people, which repeatedly served as a refuge for kings, monks, and rebels fleeing danger.

Malaya3
Place

  • A mountainous district of Rāmañña.

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