मल [ mala ] [ mála ] n. ( in later language also m. ; prob. fr. √ [ mlai ] ) dirt , filth , dust , impurity (physical and moral) Lit. AV.

(in med.) any bodily excretion or secretion (esp. those of the Dhātus q.v. , described as phlegm from chyle , bile from the blood , nose mucus and ear wax from the flesh , perspiration from the fat , nails and hair from the bones , rheum of the eye from the brain ; cf. also the 12 impurities of the body enumerated in Lit. Mn. v , 135) Lit. Suśr. Lit. Vāgbh.

(with Śaivas) , original sin , natural impurity Lit. Sarvad.

camphor Lit. L.

Os Sepiae Lit. L.

[ mala ] m. the son of a Śūdra and a Mālukī Lit. L.

[ malā ] f. Flacourtia Cataphracta Lit. L.

[ mala ] n. tanned leather , a leathern or dirty garment (?) Lit. RV. x , 136 , 2

a kind of brass or bell-metal Lit. L.

the tip of a scorpion's tail Lit. L. (v.l. [ ala ] )

mfn. dirty , niggardly Lit. L.

unbelieving , godless Lit. L. ( cf. Gk. 1 ; Lat. (malus) ; Lith. (mólis) , (mélynas) . )