माला [ mālā ] [ mālā ] f. a wreath , garland , crown Lit. GṛŚrS. Lit. MBh.

  a string of beads , necklace , rosary. Lit. Kāv. Lit. Pañcat. ( cf. [ akṣa- ] and [ ratna-m ] )

  a row , line , streak Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  a series , regular succession ( with [ nāmnām ] , a collection of words arrayed in a series , a vocabulary , dictionary ; cf. [ nāma-m ] )

  a kind of Krama-pātha ( cf. [ krama-mālā ] )

  N. of various metres Lit. Col.

  ( in rhet.) a series of epithets or similes Lit. W.

  (in dram.) a series of offerings for obtaining any object of desire ( Lit. Śak. iii , 17) Lit. Sāh.

  (in astrol.) a partic. Dala-yoga ( q.v.) Lit. VarBṛS. Sch.

  Trigonella Corniculata Lit. L.

  N. of a river Lit. MBh.

  of a glossary.