Māḷa (and Māla) [non-Aryan, cf. Tamil māḍam house, hall] a sort of pavilion, a hall D I 2 (maṇḍala°, same at Snp page 104, which passage Pj II 447 explains as "savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ"); Vin I 140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda; explained at Vin III 201. In the same sequence of Vibh 251 explained at Vibh-a 366 as "bhojana-sālā-sadiso maṇḍala-māḷo; Vinayaṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasaṅgahito caturassa-pāsādo ti vuttaṃ"); Miln 46, 47. — Cf. mālaka.° [The BHS form is either māla, e.g. Mvu II 274, or māḍa, e.g. Mvy 226, 43.]
(masc, masc, dial) house; hall; pavilion