adjective · mahallaka 1 · mahallaka 2
old
mahallaka , f. °ikā , adj. and subst. (= prec. ; etym. Pischel 595 , wrongly PTSD ; = Pali and AMg. id. , both mgs. ), ( 1 ) old; an old person, elder ; oftenest of humans: commonly after jīrṇo vṛddho, in stock phrase, SP 72.2 ; 102.10 ; 322.3 ; LV 102.12 ; Mv ii.150.18 ; 425.17 ; Mvy 4097 ; 7657 ; Kv 48.12 ; Av i.228.3 ( prec. by jīrṇa-vṛddho); Suv 176.5 ( prec. by vṛddho jīrṇo); jīrṇānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ °llakānāṃ Divy 112.22 ; mahallaka-mahallikāḥ Śākyā(ḥ) LV 100.11 ; 118.3 , the male and female Śākya-elders ; daharā ca madhyā ca °llakā ca Mv i.262.18 ; °llakas Mmk 593.25 ( vs ; see mahalla ); °kaḥ Mvy 8722 , a senior monk (? Tib. , rgan zhugs , lit. having entered when old ; Chin. also seems to mean one who entered the order after middle life ); of an elephant, °ko hastināgas Divy 370.26 , and °ke (without noun) 'bhiruhya 27; grāme °kāḥ Mv i.302.3 , the elders in the village ; not clear in corrupt line Mv ii.63.7 ( mss. mahallikāya, or maharddhikāya, perh. referring somehow to Hrī?); at end of cpds. , yakṣa-mahallako vā yakṣamahallikā vā Mmk 395.1 , a male or female yakṣa-elder ; so in Māy 225.14 ff. deva-mahallaka and °likā, and a long series of other such cpds. ; ( 2 ) large (so AMg. , and Pali , at least with vihāra, e.g. Vin. ii.166.20 ; iii.156.15 ; this use ignored PTSD , tho noted in Childers ), noted only as ep. of a vihāra: MSV ii.128.12 ; Mvy 8375 °kaḥ, sc. vihāraḥ, and °ka- MSV iii.88.1 , referring to the saṃghāvaśeṣa sin of Prāt 481.4 , where lacuna in BHS text but Chin. (une) grande (demeure) , = Pali Vin. iii.156.15 °kaṃ … vihāraṃ; also °kaṃ … vihāraṃ Prāt 506.10 = id. Pali Vin. iv.47.22 .
old. (masculine), an old man
Mahallaka (adjective/noun) [a distorted mah-ariyaka > ayyaka > allaka; cf. ayyaka] old, venerable, of great age; an old man D I 90 (opposite taruṇa), 94, 114, 247; Snp 313, 603; Nidd II §261 (vuḍḍha m. andhagata etc.) Ja IV 482 (opposite dahara young); Vv 46 1 (= mahanto Vv-a 199); Dhp-a I 7, 278; II 4, 55, 91; Pj II 313. compare mahallakatara Dhp-a II 18. — feminine mahallikā an old woman Miln 16; Mhv 21, 27; Vv-a 105; Pv-a 149 (= addhagata). — [The BHS form is mahalla, e.g. Divy 329, 520.]
【形】 舊的，古舊的。【陽】 老人。~tara,【形】 比較老的，更老的。~llikā,【陰】 老女人。
mahallaka a. Weak, feeble, old. — kaH 1 A eunuch in a king's harem. 2 A large house, palatial building; (cf Mar. mahAla ).
(adj, adj, from mahalla) old; aged; ancient old Construction: √mah + ā + la + ka mahalla + ka
(masc, masc, from mahalla) old man; senior citizen old man Construction: √mah + ā + la + ka mahalla + ka
(adj, adj, from mahalla) large; great; extensive Construction: √mah + ā + la + ka mahalla + ka