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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मलmalaa.Dirty, foul; आमिषं यच्च पूर्वेषां राजसं च मलं भृशम् Rām.7.74.16.

    [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 Dirt, filth, impurity, dust, any impure matter; मलदायकाः खलाः K.2; छाया न मूर्छति मलोपहतप्रसादे शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा Ś.7.32.
    5. Dregs, refuse, sediment, excrement, feces, dung.
    6. Dross (of metals), rust, alloy.
    7. Moral taint or impurity, sin; फलैधःकुसुमस्तेयमधैर्यं च मलावहम् Ms.11.7.
    8. 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).
    9. Camphor.
    10. Cuttle-fish bone.
    11. Tanned leather; a leather-garment.
    12. The three humours of the body (वात, पित्त and कफ).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लम्

      1. A kind of base metal.
      2. Compound अपकर्षणम् removing the dirt, purification.
      3. removal of sin.

    • -अपहा

      1. a particular preparation.
      2. Name of a river; नन्दिनी नलिनी सीता मालती च मलापहा.

    • -अयनम् the rectum.

    • -अरिः a kind of natron.

    • -अवरोधः constipation of the bowels.

    • -आकर्षिन् Masculine a sweeper, a scavenger.

    • -आभ Adjective dirty-looking.

    • -आवाह

      1. Adjective
      2. causing dirt, dirtying, soiling.
      3. 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 Adjective soiled, tarnished with dirt; Ś7.32.

    • -कर्षण Adjective cleansing.

    • -घ्न Adjective cleansing, detergent. (-घ्नः) the bulbous root of शाल्मली. (-घ्नी) Name of a plant (नागदमनी).

    • -जम् pus, matter.

    • -दूषित Adjective dirty, foul, soiled.

    • -द्रवः purging, diarrhœa.

    • -द्राविन् Adjective purging. (-Masculine the Jayapāla tree.

    • -धात्री a nurse who attends to a child's necessities.

    • -धारिन् Masculine a religious mendicant of the Jaina sect.

    • -पङ्किन् Adjective covered with dust and mire; निराहारा कृशा रुक्षा जटिला मलपङ्किनी Mb.5.186. 2.

    • -पूः (यूः) Ficus Oppositifolia (Marâthî काळा किंवा धेड- उंबर).

    • -पृष्ठम् the first (or outer) page of a book.

    • -भुज् Masculine 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 Feminine a woman in her courses.

    • -विशोधन Adjective cleansing away filth.

    • -विष्टम्भः constipation.

    • -विसर्गः, -विसर्जनम्, -शुद्धिः Feminine evacuation of the bowels.

    • -हन्तृ Masculine Equivalent to मलघ्नः.

    • -हारक Adjective removing dirt or sin.

    In the Gita3·38

    धूमेनाव्रियते वह्निर्यथादर्शो मलेन च ।

    dhūmenāvriyate vahniryathādarśo malena ca, — As a fire is covered over by smoke, as a mirror by dust, as an embryo is wrapped by the amnion, so this (knowledge) is enveloped by it. 3·38
    • मलेनmalenainstrumental singular of the masculine noun mala (dust, impurity, dirt).
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  2. अनिर्मलanirmalaa.Dirty, foul.

    Dirty, foul.

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  3. अमलamalaa.Free from dirt or impurities, pure, undefiled, stainless, spotless; कपालमेवामलशेखरश्रीः । (बभूव) Ku.7.32,33…

    [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.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ला

      1. Name of the goddess Lakṣmī.
      2. The navel cord.
      3. Name of a tree (Marâthî आंवळा) Emblica Officinalis Gaertn; also of a plant (सातलावृक्ष) also Neuter in this sense. यथा वै द्वे वामलके Ch. Up.7.3.1.

    • -लम्

      1. Purity.
      2. Talc.
      3. The Supreme Spirit.

    • -आत्मन् Adjective Of pure or undefiled mind.

    • -गर्भः Name of a Bodhisattva.

    • -पतत्रिन् Masculine (त्री) the wild goose; माधुर्यादमलपतत्रिणां कुलानि Śi.8. 12.

    • -रत्नम्, -मणिः a crystal.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. मलmala[mál-a] n., C. also m., dirt, filth, impurity (also morally); bodily secretion; n. kind of base metal, brass…

    [mál-a] neuter, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit also masculine, dirt, filth, impurity (also morally); bodily secretion; neuter kind of base metal, brass (?): -karshana, adjective remov ing dirt; -gñu, adjective dirty-kneed; -tva, neuter being a stain; -dâyaka, adjective attaching a stigma to any one; -digdha ͜ aṅga, adjective (î) having the body soiled with mire; -paṅka ͜ anulipta ͜ aṅ ga, adjective (î) having the body besmeared with dirt and mire; -paṅkin, adjective covered with dirt and mire; -mallaka, neuter loin-cloth; -mâsa, masculine (impure month, no religious rites being performed in it), intercalary month; -mûtra-parityâga, masculine evacuation of excre ment and urine.

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  2. अतिमलिनatimalina[ati-malina] a. very dirty; verylow.

    [ati-malina] adjective very dirty; verylow.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. मलmalan. (in later language also m.; prob. fr. √म्लै) dirt, filth, dust, impurity (physical and moral) AV. &c.
    1. neuter gender (in later language also masculine gender; probably from √म्लै) dirt, filth, dust, impurity (physical and moral) AV. etc.
    2. neuter gender (in med.) any bodily excretion or secretion (especially those of the Dha1tus धातु s quod vide, 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; confer, compare also the 12 impurities of the body enumerated in Mn. v, 135) Sus3r. Va1gbh. etc.
    3. neuter gender (with S3aivas शैव s), original sin, natural impurity Sarvad.
    4. neuter gender camphor Lexicographers
    5. neuter gender Os Sepiae Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender the son of a S3u1dra शूद्र and a Ma1luki1 मालुकी Lexicographers
    7. neuter gender tanned leather, a leathern or dirty garment (?) fg-veda x, 136, 2
    8. neuter gender a kind of brass or bell-metal Lexicographers
    9. neuter gender the tip of a scorpion's tail Lexicographers (varia lectio अल)
    10. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective dirty, niggardly Lexicographers
    11. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unbelieving, godless Lexicographers [confer, compare Greek μέλας; Latin ma8lus; Lithuanian mo4lis, me4lynas .]
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  2. अनिर्मलanirmalamfn. dirty, foul, turbid.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective dirty, foul, turbid.

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  3. अन्नमलannamalan. excrement
    1. neuter gender excrement
    2. neuter gender spirituous liquor confer, compare Mn. xi, 93.
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  4. अपमलapamalamfn. spotless, clean, S3a1ntis3. (v.l.).

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective spotless, clean, S3a1ntis3. (varia lectio).

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  5. अप्रतिमल्लapratimallamfn. unrivalled, Mcar.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective unrivalled, Mcar.

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