मलयmalaya1 N. of a mountain range in the south of India, abounding in sandal trees; (poets usually represent the breeze…
- 1 Name 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.
- Name of the country lying to the east of the Malaya range, Malabar.
- A garden.
- The garden of Indra.
- The side of a mountain.
- (In music) A kind of measure.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अचलः, -अद्रिः, -गिरिः, -पर्वतः etc. the Malaya mountain.
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-अनिलः, -वातः, -समीरः the wind blowing from the Malaya mountain, south-wind; ललितलवङ्गलतापरिशीलनकोमलमलयसमीरे Gīt.1; Compare अपगतदाक्षिण्य दक्षिणानिलहतक पूर्णास्ते मनोरथाः कृतं कर्तव्यं वहेदानीं यथेष्टम् K.; Dk.1.1.
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-उद्भवम् sandal-wood.
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-जः a sandal tree; अयि मलयज महिमायं कस्य गिरामस्तु विषयस्ते Bv.1.11. (-जः, -जम्) sandal-wood. (-जम्) an epithet of Rāhu. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedरजस्Neuter the dust of sandal.
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-द्रुमः a sandal tree.
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-वासिनी an epithet of Durgā.
