The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Maru1 [cp. Epic Sk. maru] a region destitute of water, a desert. Always combd with ˚kant!ra: Nd1 155 (as
Name); J i.107; VbhA 6; VvA 332; PvA 99, 112.
Maru
Maru2 [Vedic marut, always in pl. maruta1, the gods of the thunder -- storm] 1. pl. mar( the genii, spirits of
the air Sn 681, 688; Miln 278 (n!ga -- yakkha -- nara -- mar(; perhaps in meaning 2); Mhvs 5, 27. -- 2.
gods in general (˚ -- ) Mhvs 15, 211 (˚ga*! hosts of gods); 18, 68 (˚nar! gods and men). -- Cp. m!ruta &
m!luta.
Marumba
Marumba [etym.?] a sort of (sweet -- scented) earth or sand Vin ii.121, 142, 153 (at these passages used for
besprinkling a damp living -- cell); iv.33 (p!s!*!, sakkhar!, ka&hal!, marumb!, v!lik!); Mhvs 29, 8; Dpvs
19, 2; Miln 197 (p!s!*a, sakkhara, khara, m.).
Maruv!
Maruv! (f.) [cp. Sk. m(rv!, perhaps connected with Lat. malva] a species of hemp (Sanseveria
roxburghiana) M i.429. At J ii.115 we find reading mar(dv! & marucav!ka (C.), of uncertain meaning?
Mala
Mala (nt.) [Vedic mala, see etym. under malina. The Dhtm (395) only knows of one root mal or mall in
meaning "dh!ra*a" supporting, thus thinking of m!)aka] anything impure, stain (lit. & fig.), dirt. In the
Canon mostly fig. of impurities. On mala in similes see J.P.T.S., 1907, 122. -- S i.38 (itthi mala'
brahmacariyassa), 43 (id.); A i.105 (iss!˚); Sn 378, 469, 962, 1132 (=r!go mala' etc. Nd2 500); Nd1 15,
478 sq.; Dh 239 sq.; Vbh 368 (t"*i mal!ni), 389 (nava purisa -- mal!ni); Pv ii.334 (macchera˚); PvA 45
(id.), 80 (id.), 17 (citta˚); Sdhp 220. -- Compar. malatara a greater stain A iv.195=Dh 243. -- See also m!la.
-- âbhibh( overcoming one's sordidness S i.18; J iv.64. -- majjana "dirt wiper," a barber Vin iv.308
(kas!va&a m. nih"najacca); J iii.452; iv.365.
-- 525 --
Malina
Malina (adj.) [fr. mal, *mel to make dirty, to which belongs mala. -- Cp. Lat. mulleus reddish, purple; Gr.
me/las black, molu/nw to stain, me/ltos reddish; Lith. mulvas yellowish, mélynas blue; Ohg. m!l stain]
dirty, stained, impure, usually lit. -- J i.467; Miln 324; DhA i.233; VvA 156; PvA 226; VbhA 498.
Malinaka
Malinaka (adj.) [malina+ka] dirty; with ref. to loha, a kind of copper, in the group of copper belonging to
Pis!ca VbhA 63.
Malya
Malya (nt.) [for *m!lya, fr. m!la] flower, garland of flowers Vv 11 ( -- dhara); 21; J v.188 (puppha˚), 420.
The reading at Pv iii.33 (pah(ta˚, adj. having many rows of flowers) is m!lya.
Malla