Pāli Dictionary

samala1

saprefixmalastem

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

mal1dirty; stain

general

  • a drain; a gutter; a sewer

  • SN 20.10

    bhūtapubbaṃ, bhikkhave, biḷāro sandhisamalasaṅkaṭīre ṭhito ahosi mudumūsiṃ maggayamāno, yadā'yaṃ mudumūsi gocarāya pakkamissati, tatth'eva naṃ gahetvā khādissāmī'ti.

samala2

saprefixmalastem

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

saraja, asucīka

Antonyms

vimala

general

  • impure; dirty; tainted; contaminated

  • MN 26

    pāturahosi magadhesu pubbe, dhammo asuddho samalehi cintito, apāpur'etaṃ amatassa dvāraṃ, suṇantu dhammaṃ vimalen'ānubuddhaṃ.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

samālā
  1. sa

    own; one’s own; self; personal (reflexive pronoun or adjective, equivalent to Sanskrit sva or Pali saka)

  2. mālā

    garland; wreath; a string of flowers

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