मालाmālāकरः, कारः a garland-maker, florist, gardener; कृती मालाकारो बकुलमपि कुत्रापि निदधे Bv.1.54; Pt.1.22.
- करः, कारः a garland-maker, florist, gardener; कृती मालाकारो बकुलमपि कुत्रापि निदधे Bv.1.54; Pt.1.22.
- the tribe of gardeners.
Derived forms and compounds
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-गुणः a necklace. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपरिक्षिप्ता a marriageable woman.
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-गुणा a species of venomous spider.
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-तृणम् a kind of fragrant grass.
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-दीपकम् a variety of दीपक; Mammaṭa thus defines it: मालादीपक- माद्यं चेद्यथोत्तरगुणावहम् K. Parasmaipada1; see the example given ad Locative
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-धर Adjective wearing a garland.
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-रम् a kind of metre.
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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.
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-उपमा a variety of Upamā or simile, in which one Upameya is compared to several Upamānas; Exempli gratia, for example अनयेनेव राज्यश्रीर्दैन्येनेव मनस्विता । मम्लौ साथ विषादेन पद्मिनीव हिमाम्भसा K. Parasmaipada1.
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-कण्टः Name of a plant (अपामार्ग).
