neuter · mala 1 · mala 2
impurity
impurity; stain; rust; dirt; dung
Mala (neuter) [Vedic mala, see etymology under malina. Dhātum (395) only knows of one root mal or mall in meaning "dhāraṇa" supporting, thus thinking of māḷaka] anything impure, stain (literal and figurative), dirt. In the canon mostly figurative of impurities. On mala in similes see JPTS , 1907, 122. — S I 38 (itthi malaṃ brahmacariyassa), 43 (the same); A I 105 (issā°); Snp 378, 469, 962, 1132 (= rāgo malaṃ etc. Nidd II §500); Nidd I 15, 478 f.; Dhp 239 f.; Vibh 368 (tīṇi malāni), 389 (nava purisa-malāni); Pv II 3 34 (macchera°); Pv-a 45 (the same), 80 (the same), 17 (citta°); Saddh 220. — compare malatara a greater stain A IV 195 = Dhp 243. — See also māla. -ābhibhū overcoming one's sordidness S I 18; Ja IV 64; -majjana "dirt wiper," a barber Vin IV 308 (kasāvaṭa m. nihīnajacca); Ja III 452; IV 365. {525}
【中】 雜質，污染，鏽，污垢，（家畜的）糞。~tara,【形】 更骯髒的，比較不純的。
mala a. [ mfjyate SoDyate mfj-kala wilopaH Tv. ] 1 Dirty, foul. 2 Mean, covetous. 3 Unbelieving, infidel, godless. 4 Wicked. — laH, -laM 1 Dirt, filth, impurity, dust, any impure matter; maladAyakAH KalAH K. 2 ; CAyA na mUrCati malopahataprasAde SudDe tu darpaRatale sulaBAvakASA Ś. 7. 32. 2 Dregs, refuse, sediment, excrement, feces, dung. 3 Dross (of metals), rust, alloy. 4 Moral taint or impurity, sin. 5 Any impure secretion of the body; (according to Manu these excretions are twelve:- vasA SukramasfN majjA mUtraviq GrARakarRaviw . Sle'mASrudUzikA svedo dvAdaSEte nfRAM malAH Ms. 5. 135. ). 6 Camphor. 7 Cuttle-fish bone. 8 Tanned leather; a leather-garment. 9 The three humours of the body ( vAta, pitta and kaPa ). — laM A kind of base metal. Comp. — apakarzaRaM 1 removing the dirt, purification. 2 removal of sin. — ariH a kind of natron. — avaroDaH constipation of the bowels. — Akarzin m. a sweeper, a scavenger. — Avaha a. 1 causing dirt dirtying, soiling. 2 defiling, polluting. — ASayaH the stomach. — utsargaH evacuation of the feces, voiding the excrement. — udvAsA a woman who has put off her soiled clothes. — upahata a. soiled, tarnished with dirt; Ś. 7. 32. — karzaRa a. cleansing. — Gna a. cleansing, detergent. — (GnaH) the bulbous root of SAlmalI . — (GnI) N. of a plant ( nAgadamanI .) — jaM pus, matter. — dUzita a. dirty, foul, soiled. — dravaH purging, diarrhœa. — drAvin a. purging. ( — m. ) the Jayapāla tree. — DAtrI a nurse who attends to a child's necessities. — DArin m. a religious mendicant ( pb ) of the Jaina sect. — pfzWaM the first (or outer) page of a book. — Buj m. a. crow. — mallakaH a strip of cloth covering the privities ( kOpIna ). — mAsaH an intercalary month (so called because during that month religious ceremonies are not performed). — vAsas f. a woman in her courses. — visargaH, -visarjanaM, -SudDiH f. evacuation of the bowels. — haMtf m. = malaGnaH . — hAraka a. removing dirt or sin.
(nt, nt) dirt; impurity; stain; dross; filth; grime; tarnish; grunge; contaminant impurity, stain, dirt, dung Construction: √mal + a
(nt, nt) rust rust Construction: √mal + a