Mālā (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. mālā] garland, wreath, chaplet; collectively=flowers; fig. row, line Sn 401; Pug 56; Vism 265 (in simile); Pv ii.316 (gandha, m., vilepana, as a "lady's" toilet outfit); ii.49 (as one of the 8 or 10 standard gifts to a bhikkhu: see dāna, deyyadhamma & yañña); PvA 4=J iii.59 (ratta --kaṇavera˚ a wreath of red K. flowers on his head: apparel of a criminal to be executed. Cp. ratta -- māla -- dhara wearing a red garland J iii.179, an ensign of the executioner); PvA 51, 62. -- asi ˚ -- kamma the sword -- garland torture (so correct under asi!) J iii.178; Dāvs iii.35; dīpa˚ festoons of lamps Mhvs 5, 181; 34, 77 (˚samujjota); nakkhatta˚ the garland of stars VvA 167; puppha˚ a garland or wreath of flowers Mhvs 5, 181. -- On mālā in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 123. In compn māla˚ sometimes stands for mālā˚.

 -- kamma garland -- work, garlands, festoons VvA 188. -- kāra garland -- maker, florist, gardener (cp. Fick, Sociale Gleiderung 38, 182) J v.292; Miln 331; DhA i.208, 334; VvA 170, 253 (˚vīthi). -- kita adorned with garlands, wreathed Vin i.208. -- guṇa "garland -- string," garlands, a cluster of garlands Dh 53 (=mālā -- nikaṭi "makeup" garlands DhA i.419; i. e. a whole line of garlands made as "ekato -- vaṇṭika -- mālā" and "ubhato -- v. -- m.," one & two stalked g., cp. Vin iii.180). mālā guṇaparikkhittā one adorned with a string of gs., i. e. a marriageable woman or a courtesan M i.286=A v.264. -- guḷa a cluster of gs., a bouquet Vin iii.139; SnA 224; VvA 32, 111 (v. l. guṇa). -- cumbaṭaka a cushion of garlands, a chaplet of flowers DhA i.72. -- dāma a wreath of flowers J ii.104. -- dhara wearing a wreath J iii.179 (ratta˚, see also above). -- dhārin wearing a garland or wreath (on the head) Pv iii.11(kusuma˚; v. l. BB ˚bhārin); PvA 169 (v. l. ˚bhārin); f. dhārinī Vv 323 (uppala˚, of a Petī. See also bhārin). -- puṭa a basket for flowers DhA iii.212. -- bhārin wearing a wreath (chaplet) [the reading changes between ˚bhārin & ˚dhārin; the BSk. prefers ˚dhārin, e. g. MVastu i.124 & ˚dhāra at Divy 218] Jiv.60, 82; v.45; PvA 211 (v. l. ˚dhārin); f. ˚bhārinī J iii.530; VvA 12; & bhārī Th 1, 459 (as v. l.; T. reads ˚dhārī). Cp. ˚dhārin. -- vaccha [vaccha here= vṛḳṣa] a small flowering tree or plant, an ornamental plant Vin ii.12; iii.179; Vism 172 (v. l. ˚gaccha); DhA ii.109 (q. v. for expln: taruṇarukkha -- puppha).