The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Malla [cp. Sk. malla, perhaps a local term, cp. C!nura] a wrestler Vin ii.105 (˚mu&&hika) J iv.81 (two,
named C!nura and Mu&&hika "fister"); Vism 31 (mu&&hika+, i. e. boxing & wrestling as amusements: see
mada 1). Perhaps as "porter" Bdhgh on CV v.29. 5 (see Vin ii.319). At Miln 191 the mall! are mentioned as
a group or company; their designation might here refer to the Mallas, a tribe, as other tribes are given at the
same passage (e. g. Ato*!, Pis!c!). Cp. Bhallaka. -- ga*a troop of professional wrestlers Miln 331. --
mu&&hika boxer Vin ii.105. -- yuddha wrestling contest Miln 232; DhA ii.154; DA i.85. -- yuddhaka a
professional wrestler J iv.81.
Mallaka
Mallaka [cp. Sk. mallaka & mallika] 1. a bowl, a vessel (?) used in bathing Vin ii.106 (mallakena nah!yati;
or is it a kind of scrubber? Bdhgh's expln of this passage (CV v. i.4) on p. 315 is not quite clear; mallaka'
n!ma makara -- dantike chinditv! m(llakam(la -- sa*&h!nena kata -- mallaka' vuccati; akata˚ danta
achinditv! kata'). It may bear some ref. to malla on p. 105 (see malla) & to mallika -- makula (see below
mallik!). -- 2. a cup, drinking vessel A i.250 (udaka˚). -- 3. a bowl J iii.21 (ka'sa˚=ta&&aka). -- 4. in khe)a˚ a
spittoon Vin i.48; ii.175. -- Note. W. Printz in "Bh!sa's Pr!krit." p. 45, compares -aurasen" ma))aa, Hind"
ma))(a) "cup," maliy! "a small vessel (of wood or cocoanut -- shell) for holding the oil used in unction,"
m!l! "cocoanut -- shell," and adds: probably a Dravidian word.
Mallik!
Mallik! (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. mallik!, Hal!yudha 2, 51; Da*.in 2, 214] Arabian jasmine Dh 54 (tagara˚); J i.62;
iii.291; v.420; Miln 333, 338; DhsA 14; KhA 44. mallika -- makula opening bud of the jasmine Visni
251=VbhA 234 (˚sa*&h!na, in descr, of shape of the 4 canine teeth). -- See also m!lik!.
Ma)orik!
Ma)orik! (f.) [prob. dialectical for m!)aka: cp. mallaka] a stand, (tripod) for a bowl, formed of sticks Vin
ii.124 (=da*.' !dh!raka Bdhgh on p. 318).
Masa
Masa in line "!sadañ ca masañ ja&a'" at J vi.328 is to be combd with ca, and read as camasañ, i. e. a ladle
for sacrificing (C.: aggi -- dahana').
Masati
Masati [m%$] to touch: only in cpd. !masati. The root is expld at Dhtp 305 as "!masana." Another root masu
[m%$?] is at Dhtm 444 given in meaning "macchera." Does this refer to Sk. m%+! (=P. micch!)? Cp. m!sati,
m!sana etc.
Mas!*a
Mas!*a (nt.) [etym.? prob. provincial & local] a coarse cloth of interwoven hemp and other materials D
i.166; M i.308, 345; A i.241, 295; Pug 55. At all passages as a dress worn by certain ascetics.
Mas!raka
Mas!raka [fr. mas!ra?] a kind of couch (mañca) or long- chair; enumd under the 4 kinds of mañc! at Vin
iv.40. -- See also Vin ii.149; iv.357 (where expld as: mañcap!de vijjhitv! tattha a&&aniyo pavesetv! kato:
made by boring a hole into the feet of the bed & putting through a notched end); VvA 8, 9.