sopAnamAlA
sopānamālā , lit. ladder-garland , acc. to pw (from Kern ) winding staircase ; Speyer flowery ladder ; in any case fig. , as leading to heaven: °māleva divo babhūva Jm 80.22 ( vs ; subject, the kingʼs rule); -mahāsvarga- °mālāṃ RP 1.3 ( vs , here said of the text of RP itself).