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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Mālatīmālā (मालतीमाला) refers to “wearing a garland of Mālatī flowers” and is used to describe Śiva, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.46 (“The arrival of the bridegroom”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “Menā saw with pleasure lord Śiva, the bridegroom of Pārvatī, served by all the gods and who by that time had come there. Śiva had the complexion of the colour of the Campaka flower. He had only one face but retained the three eyes. The face was beaming with a simple smile. He was bedecked in gems and gold and wore a garland of Mālatī flowers (mālatīmālā). The gem-set crown was lustrous. He wore brilliant necklaces. He was bedecked in bangles and bracelets of fine workmanship. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mālatimālā (मालतिमाला) or Mālatīmālā (मालतीमाला).—

1) a garland of jasmine flowers.

2) a kind of metre.

Mālatimālā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mālati and mālā (माला).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Mālatīmālā (मालतीमाला) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—lexicon. Quoted by Mallinātha Oxf. 126^a, by Rāmānanda on Kāśīkhaṇḍa 3, 39.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Mālatīmālā (मालतीमाला):—[=mālatī-mālā] [from mālatī > mālatikā] f. a garland of jasmine blossoms, [Dhūrtasamāgama]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]

3) [v.s. ...] Name of a lexicon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Malatimala in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Malati, Maala, Mala.

Full-text: Mala.

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