माला [मल् संज्ञायां कर्तरि घञ्]
1 A garland, wreath, chaplet; अनधिगतप- रिमलापि हि हरति दृशं मालतीमाला Vās.
2 A row, line, series, succession; गंडोड्डीनालिमाला Māl. 1. 1; आबद्धमा- लाः Me. 9.
3 A group, cluster, collection.
4 A string, necklace; as in रत्नमाला.
5 A rosary, chain; as in अक्षमाला.
6 A streak; as in तडिन्माला, विद्युन्माला.
7 A series of epithets.
8 (In dramas) The offering of several things to obtain a wish.
−Comp.
−उपमा a variety of Upamā or simile, in which one Upameya is compared to several Upamānas; e. g. अनयेनेव राज्यश्री- दैन्यनेव मनस्विता । मम्लौ साथ विषादेन प- द्मिनीव हिमांभसा K. P. 10.
−कंटः N. of a plant (अपामार्ग). −करः, −कारः 1. a garland-maker, florist, gardener; कृती मालाकारो बकुलभुपि कुत्रापि निदधे Bv. 1. 54; Pt. 1. 220. −2. the tribe of gardeners.
−गुणः a necklace.
−तृणं a kind of fragrant grass.
−दीपकं a variety of दीपक; Mammaṭa thus defines it: −मालादीपकमाद्यं चे- द्यथोत्तरगुणावहम् K. P. 10; see the example given ad loc.
−धर a. wearing a garland.