mAlA · feminine · mālā 1
garland
mālā , ( 1 ) ( cf. AMg. id. , ‘upper deck or storey on a ship’ , Ratnach. ; see mālikā in Acharya, Dict. Hind. Arch. s.v. , and cf. mālāvihāra, -māla 3), upper part, top, crown , of a building; in navachadanā āveśana-mālā (so mss. each time; Senart em. °śālā) Mv i.328.6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 20 ; 329.1 , the newly-thatched crown (top) of a (potterʼs) workshop . The AMg. mg. could be derived from a mg. pavilion (on top), so cabin (on the deck of a ship); ( 2 ) n. of a goddess or yoginī ( Garland personified): Sādh 324.6 (replacing Mālyā of 157.12 etc. ).
a garland; wreath; flowers; a string of
Mālā (feminine) [cf. Epic Sanskrit mālā] garland, wreath, chaplet; collectively = flowers; figurative row, line Snp 401; Pp 56; Vism 265 (in simile); Pv II 3 16 (gandha, m., vilepana, as a "lady's" toilet outfit); II 49 (as one of the 8 or 10 standard gifts to a bhikkhu: see dāna, deyyadhamma and yañña); Pv-a 4 = Ja III 59 (ratta-kaṇavera° a wreath of red K. flowers on his head: apparel of a criminal to be executed. Cf. ratta-māla-dhara wearing a red garland Ja III 179, an ensign of the executioner); Pv-a 51, 62. — asi° the sword-garland [torture] ja III 178; -kamma the same Dāṭh III 35; dīpa° festoons of lamps Mhv 5, 181; 34, 77 (°samujjota); nakkhatta° the garland of stars Vv-a 167; puppha° a garland or wreath of flowers Mhv 5, 181. — On mālā in similes see JPTS 1907, 123. In compound māla° sometimes stands for mālā°; -kamma garland-work, garlands, festoons Vv-a 188; -kāra garland-maker, florist, gardener (cf. Fick, Soziale Gliederung 38, 182) Ja V 292; Miln 331; Dhp-a I 208, 334; Vv-a 170, 253 (°vīthi); -kita adorned with garlands, wreathed Vin I 208; -guṇa "garland-string," garlands, a cluster of garlands Dhp 53 (= mālā-nikaṭi "makeup" garlands Dhp-a I 419; i.e. a whole line of garlands made as "ekato-vaṇṭika-mālā" and "ubhato-v.-m.," one and two stalked g., cf. Vin III 180). mālā guṇaparikkhittā one adorned with a string of gs., i.e. a marriageable woman or a courtesan M I 286 = A V 264; -guḷa a cluster of gs., a bouquet Vin III 139; Pj II 224; Vv-a 32, 111 (v.l. guṇa); -cumbaṭaka a cushion of garlands, a chaplet of flowers Dhp-a I 72; -dāma a wreath of flowers Ja II 104; -dhara wearing a wreath Ja III 179 (ratta°, see also above); -dhārin wearing a garland or wreath (on the head) Pv III 1 1 (kusuma°; v.l; °bhārin); Pv-a 169 (v.l; °bhārin); feminine dhārinī Vv 32 3 (uppala°, of a petī. See also bhārin); -puṭa a basket for flowers Dhp-a III 212; -bhārin wearing a wreath (chaplet) [the reading changes between °bhārin and °dhārin; the BHS prefers °dhārin, e.g. Mvu I 124 and °dhāra at Divy 218] Ja IV 60, 82; V 45; Pv-a 211 (v.l; °dhārin); f. °bhārinī Ja III 530; Vv-a 12; and bhārī Thag 459 (as v.l.; Text reads °dhārī). Cf. °dhārin; -vaccha [vaccha here = vr̥kṣa] a small flowering tree or plant, an ornamental plant Vin II 12; III 179; Vism 172 (v.l; °gaccha); Dhp-a II 109 (q.v. for explanation: taruṇarukkha-puppha).
【陰】 花環，花圈，花，一串。~kamma,【中】 花環手工，壁畫。~kāra,【陽】 製造花環者，花匠。~gaccha,【陽】 開花植物。~guṇa,【陽】 一串花。~guḷa,【中】 花叢。~cumbaṭaka,【陽】 花冠〔戴在頭上的 花串〕。~dāma,【陽】 花串。~dhara,【形】 戴著花環的。~dhārī, ~bhārī,【形】 戴著花圈的。~puṭa,【陽】 花的容器。~vaccha,【中】 花圃，多花的床。
(fem, fem) garland; wreath garland, wreath, flowers, string of
(fem, fem) (gram) inflection paradigm [lit.] garland
(fem, fem) flower; flowering plant