n. (in med.) any bodily excretion or secretion (especially those of the dhātu-s q.v,described as phlegm from chyle, bile from the blood, nose mucus and ear wax from the flesh, perspiration from the fat, nails and hair from the bones, rheum of the eye from the brain; see also the 12 impurities of the body enumerated in ) etc.
n. a lotus carried in the hand (as symbolizing good fortune or prosperity;thus when lakṣmī- was churned out of the ocean, she appeared holding a lotus)
मल a. [मृज्यते शोध्यते मृज्-कल टिलोपः Tv.] 1 Dirty, foul; आमिषं यच्च पूर्वेषां राजसं च मलं भृशम् Rām.7.74.16. -2 Mean, covetous. -3 Unbelieving, infidel, godless. -4 Wicked. -लः, -लम् 1 Dirt, filth, impurity, dust, any impure matter; मलदायकाः खलाः K.2; छाया न मूर्छति मलोपहतप्रसादे शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा Ś.7.32. -2 Dregs, refuse, sediment, excrement, feces, dung. -3 Dross (of metals), rust, alloy. -4 Moral taint or impurity, sin; फलैधःकुसुमस्तेयमधैर्यं च मलावहम् Ms.11.7. -5 Any impure secretion of the body; (according to Manu these excretions are twelve:-- वसा शुक्रमसृङ् मज्जा मूत्रविड् घ्राणकर्णविट् । श्लेष्माश्रुदूषिका स्वेदो द्वादशैते नृणां मलाः Ms.5.135). -6 Camphor. -7 Cuttle-fish bone. -8 Tanned leather; a leather-garment. -9 The three humours of the body (वात, पित्त and कफ). -लम् A kind of base metal. -Comp. -अपकर्षणम् 1 removing the dirt, purification. -2 removal of sin. -अपहा 1 a particular preparation. -2 N. of a river; नन्दिनी नलिनी सीता मालती च मलापहा. -अयनम् the rectum. -अरिः a kind of natron. -अव- रोधः constipation of the bowels. -आकर्षिन् m. a sweeper, a scavenger. -आभ a. dirty-looking. -आवाह a. 1 causing dirt, dirtying, soiling. -2 defiling, polluting; Ms.11.7. -आशयः the stomach; bowels. -उद्भवम् the rust of iron (मण्डूर). -उत्सर्गः evacuation of the feces, voiding the excrement. -उद्वासा a woman who has put off her soiled clothes. -उपहत a. soiled, tarnished with dirt; Ś7.32. -कर्षण a. cleansing. -घ्न a. cleansing, detergent. (-घ्नः) the bulbous root of शाल्मली. (-घ्नी) N. of a plant (नागदमनी). -जम् pus, matter. -दूषित a. dirty, foul, soiled. -द्रवः purging, diarrhœa. -द्राविन् a. purging. (-m. the Jayapāla tree. -धात्री a nurse who attends to a child's necessities. -धारिन् m. a religious mendicant of the Jaina sect. -पङ्किन् a. covered with dust and mire; निराहारा कृशा रुक्षा जटिला मलपङ्किनी Mb.5.186. 2. -पूः (यूः) Ficus Oppositifolia (Mar. काळा किंवा धेड- उंबर). -पृष्ठम् the first (or outer) page of a book.
-भुज् m. a crow. -मल्लकः a strip of cloth covering the privities (कौपीन); Dk.2.2. -मासः an intercalary month (so called because during that month religious ceremonies are not performed); 'अमावास्याद्वयं यत्र रवि- संक्रान्तिवर्जितम् । मलमासः स विज्ञेयः...' -मूत्रपरित्यागः evacuation of feces and urine. -वासस् f. a woman in her courses. -विशोधन a. cleansing away filth. -विष्टम्भः constipation. -विसर्गः, -विसर्जनम्, -शुद्धिः f. evacuation of the bowels. -हन्तृ m. = मलघ्नः. -हारक a. removing dirt or sin.
मलयः 1 N. of a mountain range in the south of India, abounding in sandal trees; (poets usually represent the breeze from the Malaya mountain as wafting the odour of sandal trees and other plants growing thereon, which peculiarly affects persons who are smit with love); स्तनाविव दिशस्तस्याः शैलौ मलयदर्दुरौ R.4.51; 9.25;13.2; विना मलयमन्यत्र चन्दनं न प्ररोहति Pt.1.41; मलये भिल्लपुरन्ध्री चन्दनतरुकाष्ठमिन्धनं कुरुते Subhāṣ. -2 N. of the country lying to the east of the Malaya range, Malabar. -3 A garden. -4 The garden of Indra. -5 The side of a mountain. -6 (In music) A kind of measure. -Comp. -अचलः, -अद्रिः, -गिरिः, -पर्वतः &c. the Malaya mountain. -अनिलः, -वातः, -समीरः the wind blowing from the Malaya mountain, south-wind; ललितलवङ्गलतापरिशीलनकोमलमलयसमीरे Gīt.1; cf. अपगतदाक्षिण्य दक्षिणानिलहतक पूर्णास्ते मनोरथाः कृतं कर्तव्यं वहेदानीं यथेष्टम् K.; Dk.1.1. -उद्भवम् sandal-wood. -जः a sandal tree; अयि मलयज महिमायं कस्य गिरामस्तु विषयस्ते Bv.1.11. (-जः, -जम्) sandal-wood. (-जम्) an epithet of Rāhu. ˚रजस् n. the dust of sandal. -द्रुमः a sandal tree. -वासिनी an epithet of Durgā.
अमल a. [न. ब.] 1 Free from dirt or impurities, pure, undefiled, stainless, spotless; कपालमेवामलशेखरश्रीः । (बभूव) Ku.7.32,33; लोकानमलान् प्रतिपद्यते Bg.14.14. अमलाः सुहृदः Pt.2.171 pure, sincere. -2 White, bright, shining; कर्णावसक्तामलदन्तपत्रम् Ku.7.23; R.6.8. -ला 1 N. of the goddess Lakṣmī. -2 The navel cord. -3 N. of a tree (Mar. आंवळा) Emblica Officinalis Gaertn; also of a plant (सातलावृक्ष) also n. in this sense. यथा वै द्वे वामलके Ch. Up.7.3.1. -लम् 1 Purity. -2 Talc. -3 The Supreme Spirit. -Comp. -आत्मन् a. Of pure or undefiled mind. -गर्भः N. of a Bodhisattva. -पतत्रिन् m. (त्री) the wild goose; माधुर्यादमलपतत्रिणां कुलानि Śi.8. 12. -रत्नम्, -मणिः a crystal.
आमलकः की 1 The tree, Emblic Myrobalan, Emblica Officinalis Gaertn (Mar. आंवळा). -2 N. of another tree (वासक). -कम् Fruit of the Emblic Myrobalan; बदरामलकाम्रदाडिमानाम् Bv.2.8.
कमल a. 1 Desirous. -2 Palered. -लः 1 The &Sārasa bird. -2 A kind of deer. -3 N. of Brahmā. -ली A collection of lotuses. -लम् [कम्-कलच्] 1 A lotus; कमल- मनम्भसि कमले च कुवलये तानि कनकललतिकायाम् K. P.1; so हस्त˚, नेत्र˚, चरण˚, &c. -2 Water; N.1.13; सकमलं कमलम् Ki.5.25. कमलासन-कमलेक्षण-कमलारिकिरीट-कमलभृद्वाहैः Subhās. (लक्ष्मीप्रशंसा). -3 Copper. -4 A medicament, drug. -5 The Sārasa bird. -6 The bladder, the right lobe of the lungs. -Comp. -अक्षः 1 The lotus-seed. -2 Viṣṇu; कमलाक्षः पद्मबीजे विष्णावपि पुमान् भवेत् Nm. -अक्षी a lotus-eyed lady. -आकरः 1 an assemblage of lotuses. हरिदश्वः कमलाकरान्. -2 a lake full of lotuses. -आलया an epithet of Lakṣmī; Mu.2. -आसनः 'lotus-seated' N. of Brahmā; क्रान्तानि पूर्वं कमलासनेन Ku.7.7. -ईक्षणः N. of Viṣṇu. -ईक्षणा a lotus-eyed lady. -उत्तरम् safflower. -खण्डम् an assemblage of lotuses. -जम् 1 an epithet of Brahmā. -2 the lunar asterism called Rohiṇī. -जन्मन् -m., -पत्त्राक्ष N. of Kṛiṣṇa त्वत्तः कमलपत्त्राक्ष Bg.11.2. -भवः, -योनिः, -संभवः 'lotus-born', epithet of Brahmā. -भृत् A cloud. Hence कमलभृद्वाहः (= मेघवाहनः = इन्द्रः) cf. कमलासन-कमलेक्षण- कमलारिकिरीट-कमलभृद्वाहैः । नुतपदकमला कमला करधृतकमला करोतु मे कमलम् ॥ Subhās.
कुल्मलम् 1 Sin. -2 The part of an arrow by which the head is attached to the shaft.
कुल्माषम् (-सम्) Gruel. -षः 1 A kind of grain. half-ripe barley; स हेम्यं कुल्माषान्खादन्तं बिभिक्षे Ch. Up. 1.1.2. -2 A hotch potch of half-boiled rice and pulse; Bhāg.5.9.11. -3 A kind f disease. -Comp. -अभिषुतम् gruel.
पक्ष्मल a. 1 Having strong, long or beautiful eyelashes; पक्ष्मलाक्ष्याः Ś.3.24. -2 Hairy, shaggy; मृदितपक्ष्मल- रल्लकाङ्गः Śi.4.61. -3 Downy, soft. -Comp. -दृश् f. a woman with long eyelashes.
यमल a. Twin, one of a couple. -लः The number 'two'. -लौ (dual) A pair. -लम्, -ली A pair, couple. -ला A kind of hiccough. -ली A dress consisting of two pieces. -Comp. -अर्जुनौ two Arjuna trees (uprooted by Kṛiṣṇa in childhood); Bhāg.1.1.23-24. -छदः Bauhinia Variegata (Mar. कांचन-आपटा). -पत्रः N. of two trees (कोविदार and अश्मन्तक). -पत्रम् The treaty of alliance.
विमल a. 1 Pure, stainless, spotless, clean (fig also). -2 Clear, limpid, pellucid, transparent (as water); विमलं जलम्. -3 White, bright. -लः 1 An Arhat. -2 A magical formula recited over weapons. -3 A lunar year. -लम् 1 Silver-gilt. -2 Talc. -Comp. -अक्ष a. Having ten hair-curlings (आवर्त) (as a horse); तस्य सर्वगुणोपेता विमलाक्षा हयोत्तमाः Mb.3.161.24. -अद्रिः the mountain Girnār in Gujarāt (famous for its inscriptions). -दानम् an offering to a deity. -मणिः a crystal.
श्यामल a. Black, dark-blue, blackish; दशरथतनयं श्यामलं शान्तमूर्तिम् Rāma-rakṣā 26; निशितश्यामलस्निग्धमुखी शक्तिः Ve.4; Śi.18.36; श्यामलानोकश्रीः U.2.25. -लः 1 Black colour. -2 Black pepper. -3 A large bee. -4 The sacred fig-tree. -ला N. of Durgā.
n., C. also m., dirt, filth, impurity (also morally); bodily secretion; n. kind of base metal, brass (?): -karshana, a. remov ing dirt; -gñu, a. dirty-kneed; -tva, n. being a stain; -dâyaka, a. attaching a stigma to any one; -digdha½a&ndot;ga, a. (î) having the body soiled with mire; -pa&ndot;ka½anulipta½a&ndot; ga, a. (î) having the body besmeared with dirt and mire; -pa&ndot;kin, a. covered with dirt and mire; -mallaka, n. loin-cloth; -mâsa, m. (impure month, no religious rites being performed in it), intercalary month; -mûtra-parityâga, m. evacuation of excre ment and urine.
a. dirty; -vad-vâsas, a. having a soiled garment, menstruating; -vâh in, a. conveying or containing impurities (body); -visodhana, a. washing away dirt; -visargana, n. purification (of a temple); -hâraka, a. removing foulness or sin; -½âva ha, a. productive of impurity, defiling.
m. N. of a mountain range on the west of Malabar (the western Ghâts), abounding in sandal trees: pl. N. of a peo- ple: -ketu, m. N. of a prince; -giri, m. the Malaya range; -ga, a. growing on the Malaya range; m. sandal tree; m. n. sandal wood; sandal: -ragas, n. sandal, -rasa, m. sandal water, -½âlepa, m. sandal ointment; -desa, m. country of Malaya; -druma, m. sandal tree; -dhvaga, m. N.; -parvata, m.the Malaya range; -pura, m. N. of a town; -prabha, m. N. of a prince; -bhû-bhrit, m. the Malaya range; -marut, m. wind blow ing from the Malaya; -mâlin, m. N.; -ruha, m. (growing in the Malaya), sandal tree; -vat-î,f. N.; -simha, m. N.; -½udbhava, n. (?) sandal.
m. n. lotus (called utpala at an earlier stage); â, f. ep. of Lakshmî; sg. & pl. riches; n. water; -ka, n. N. of a town; -garbha, -ga, m. ep. of Brahman; -devî, f. N. of a queen; -nayana, a. lotus-eyed; -nâbha, m. ep. of Vishnu; -netra, n. lotus eyed; -bândhava, m. ep. of the sun; -bhav ana, m. ep. of Brahman; -mati, m. N.; -maya, a. consisting entirely of lotuses; -lok ana, a. lotus-eyed: â, f. N.; -vatî, f. N. of a princess; -vana, n. bed of lotuses: -maya, a. consisting of beds of lotuses; -vardhana, m. N. of a king; -varman, m. N. of a king; -sambhava, m. ep. of Brahman.
m. ep. of Pradyumna; -latâ, f. flowering creeper; -lâvî, f. flower gatherer; -sayana, n. couch of flowers; -sara, a. having flowers as arrows (-tva, n. abst. n.); m. Kâma: -½âsana, m. id.; -sâyaka, m. Kâma; -sâra, m. N. of a mer chant; -surabhi, a. fragrant with flowers; -stabaka, m. bunch of flowers.
a. forming a pair, double; m. twin; the number two; -loka, m. world of Yama; -vat, a. self-restrained, control ling one's passions; -vishaya, m. Yama's realm; -vrata, n. Yama's method; -sikha,m. N. of a Vetâla; -sadana, n. Yama's abode; -sabhâ, f. Yama's tribunal; -sâda ná, n. Yama's abode; -s&usharp;, a. bearing twins; -sûkta, n. the Yama hymn; -svasri, f. Yama's sister, ep. of the Yamunâ.
a. spotless, clear, bright, pure (also fig.); transparent; white (ele phant); m. N.; n. N. of a town: -tâ, f. spotlessness; pureness; -pura, n. N. of a town; -prabhâ, f. N. of a princess; -bud dhi, m. N.; -mati, a. pure-minded; -½âkara, m. N. of a king; -½asvâ, f. N. of a village.
n. whitelotus; -kara, m. (white-rayed), moon: -½ânana, a. moon faced; -kkhatr-ita, den. pp. turned into or representing a white umbrella; -tara, cpv. extremely white; -tegas, a.having a white light; -dîdhiti, m. moon; -dviga, m. goose; -paksha, m. bright half of the month; -pundarîka, n. white lotus; -mani, m. crys tal: -maya, a. made of crystal; -manas, a. pure-hearted; -ruki, a. bright-coloured, white; m. moon; -varman, m. N. of a minis ter; -sapti, m. (having white steeds), ep. of Arguna; -hûna, m. pl. the White Huns.
In one passage of the Rigveda is used of the garments of the Munis. The St. Petersburg Dictionary takes it to mean a ‘leathern garment,’ but Ludwig and Zimmer think it means only ‘soiled/ raiment, which, of course, suits the ordinary sense of the word (‘ dirt ’) in the Atharvaveda, and the character of the long-haired (keśin) hermit (Muni). Cf. Malaga.
‘Leprous,’ is found in the Vājasaneyi Samhitā and the Taittirlya Brāhmaṇa as a designation of one of the victims at the Puruṣamedha (‘human sacrifice’). Cf. Kilāsa.
noun (neuter) a kind of brass or bell-metal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a leathern or dirty garment (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tanned leather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the tip of a scorpion's tail (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) dirt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dust (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
filth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impurity (physical and moral) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the Malas of mercury
[medic.] any bodily excretion or secretion (esp. those of the Dhātus) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) an intercalary month (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an intercalated 13th month (in which no religious ceremonies should be performed) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in music) a kind of measure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a celestial grove (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a garden (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain range on the west of Malabar (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of ṣabha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Garuḍa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Upadvīpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of another country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the country Malabar and (pl.) its inhabitants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the western Ghāts (abounding in sandal trees) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective clean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spotless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stainless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in mus.) a particular Dhruvaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Indian crane (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a pupil of Vaiśampāyana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Asura (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Brahmā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[geogr.] name of a mountain Frequency rank 27389/72933
noun (neuter) bladder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bronze
copper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
drug (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
medicament (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a town built by Kamalā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
particular constellation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
particular number (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
water (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) lotus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lotusflower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Nelumbium speciosum Willd. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 536)
Nymphaea lotus Linn. (G.J. Meulenbeld (1974), 537) Frequency rank 1394/72933
adjective dirty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
foul (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
timid (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) consternation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dejection of mind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
despair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
faintheartedness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pusillanimity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stupefaction (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
weakness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) black salt or soda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the impurity secreted by the eye in the disease kāca (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kācalavaṇa Frequency rank 27462/72933
adjective agreeable (said of the style) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bland (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
charming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pleasing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
soft (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sweet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
tender (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) faeces (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impure excretion from the fluids of the body (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lead (the most impure of metals) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a colour compounded of black and red (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of musical instrument (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective bright (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shining (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sinless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
spotless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unsullied (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective downy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
hairy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having long eyelashes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having long or thick hair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shaggy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
soft (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a fragrant substance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a meeting of learned men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
connubial pleasure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
copulation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dirt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fragrance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several wks. and Comms (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perfume (esp. arising from the trituration of fragrant substances) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
soil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a pair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a singer in a duet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brace (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
couple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the number "two" (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
twins (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) yamala (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a class of Tantra works (of which 3 or 7 or 8 are mentioned) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective bright (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stainless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
transparent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
white (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a lunar year (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a magical formula recited over weapons (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular Samādhi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Bhikṣu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a brother of Yaśas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Devaputra and Bodhimaṇḍapratipāla (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Asura (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one of the mahārasas Frequency rank 22264/72933
noun (neuter) blemish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fault (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
feces (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
harm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impurity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ordure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Dvīpa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the gum or resin of the cotton tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the silk-cotton tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a blue-flowered Eclipta prostrata
a kind of bee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of plant serving as a substitute for the Soma plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
black (the colour) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
black pepper (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of another man (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Arjuna (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sacred fig-tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective dirty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
foul (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having stains or spots (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impure (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sinful (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (feminine) name of the river Godāvarī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ruta Graveolens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Soma plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) "the fruit or seed of the Myrobalan in the hand" (as a symbol of something palpable or clear) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work. on the Vedānta by the next (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Parse Time: 1.329s Search Word: mala Input Encoding: IAST: mala
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