mAlaH 1 N. of a district in the ( pb ) west or southwest of Bengal. 2 N. of a tribe of barbarians, a mountaineer. 3 N. of Viṣṇu. — laM 1 A field. 2 A high ground, rising or elevated ground ( mAlamunnataBUtalaM ); kzetramAruhya mAlaM Me. 16 ( SElaprAyamunnatasTalaM Malli. ). 3 A wood near a village. 4 Fraud, deceit. Comp. — cakrakaM the hip-joint.