mAla · masculine · māla 1.1
māla , ( 1 = Skt. mālā, garland , as prior member of cpd. , so also in Skt. , see BR : samantajvālā-māla-paryeṣitām (Tārām) Mmk 65.14 ;) ( 2 ) = māḍa , hall, pavilion , [Page431-b] in maṇḍala-māḍa, °māla , q.v. Perhaps this same word is to be recognized in the Bhvr. cpd. candana-māla, having halls of sandalwood , ep. of prāsāda, palace , in Divy 43.1, 7 ; 49.27 ff. , and of a vihāra in Karmav 64.1 . But Lévi in his note ad loc. identifies ( 3 ) -māla here with mālā , q.v. , and supports his theory with the cpd. mālāvihāra , q.v. ; he may be right (in that case, having tops or crowning pavilions of sandālwood ); the matter seems to me doubtful.
a circular enclosure; a round yard
Māla and Māḷa (?) 1. mud [is it mis-spelling of mala?], in pakka-m-kalala (boiling mud) Ja VI 400. Kern, Toev. sub voce believes to see the same word in phrase mālā-kacavara at Ja II 416 (but very doubtful). 2. perhaps = froth, dirty surface, in pheṇa° Miln 117 (cf. mālin 2), where it may however be māla ("wreaths of foam").
(masc, masc) pavilion; tent circular enclosure, round yard
(nt, nt, from mālā) garland; wreath Construction: mālā + a