माला [mālā] [मल् संज्ञायां कर्तरि घञ्]
A garland, wreath, chaplet; अनधिगतपरिमलापि हि हरति दृशं मालतीमाला
[Vās.] A row, line, series, succession; गण़्डोट्टीनालिमाला
[Māl.1.1;] आवद्धमालाः
[Me.9.] A group, cluster, collection.
A string, necklace; as in रत्नमाला.
A rosary, chain; as in अक्षमाला.
A streak; as in तडिन्माला, विद्युन्माला.
A series of epithets.
(In dramas) The offering of several things to obtain a wish.
A vocabulary, dictionary. -Comp.
-उपमा a variety of Upamā or simile, in which one Upameya is compared to several Upamānas; e. g. अनयेनेव राज्यश्रीर्दैन्येनेव मनस्विता । मम्लौ साथ विषादेन पद्मिनीव हिमाम्भसा
[K. P.1.] -कण्टः N. N. of a plant (अपामार्ग).
करः, कारः a garland-maker, florist, gardener; कृती मालाकारो बकुलमपि कुत्रापि निदधे
[Bv.1.54;] [Pt.1.22.] the tribe of gardeners.
-गुणः a necklace. ˚परिक्षिप्ता a marriageable woman.
-गुणा a species of venomous spider.
-तृणम् a kind of fragrant grass.
-दीपकम् a variety of दीपक; Mammaṭa thus defines it: मालादीपक- माद्यं चेद्यथोत्तरगुणावहम्
[K. P.1;] see the example given ad loc.
-धर a. a. wearing a garland.
-रम् a kind of metre.