masculine · mālaka 1 · mālaka 2
a circular enclosure; a round yard
Mālaka and Māḷaka [from māla or māḷa] a circular (consecrated) enclosure, round, yard (cf. Mhv translation 99: "m. is a space marked off and usually terraced, within which sacred functions were carried out. In the Mahāvihāra (Tissārāma) at Anurādhapura there were 32 mālakas; Dīp XIV 78; Mhv 15, 192. The sacred Bodhi-tree e.g. was surrounded by a malaka"). — The word is peculiar to the late (Jātaka) literature, and is not found in the older texts. — Ja I 449 (vikkama°); IV 306; V 49 (visāla°), 138 (the same, spelling maḷaka); Mhv 15, 36 (Mahā-mucala°); 16, 15; 32, 58 (saṅghassa kamma°, enclitic for ceremonial acts of the S., cf. 15, 29); Dhp-a IV 115 (°sīmā); Vism 342 (vitakka°).
(masc, masc) circular enclosure, round yard
(adj, adj, in comps, from mālā) with a garland Construction: mālā + aka