mAlutA
mālutā , ( 1 ) a high number ( cf. prec. ): Gv 106.5 (seems to correspond to māluda ); ( 2 ) (= mālu , q.v. , with Pali and AMg. correspondents), n. of a creeper, symbol of cause of unhappiness (because it chokes trees on which it grows): (kāmāḥ …) mālutā-latevāsukhadā(ḥ) LV 212.17 (prose; v.l. mārutā°, but Tib. ḥkhri śiṅ ma lu ta ); mālutā-latā-jālāvabaddheṣu ( mss. mārutā°, ed. em. ) MadhK 441.5 (prose).