Malay, Mālay, Malāy: 4 definitions
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Malay means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: archive.org: Aspects of Bengal society: Ship-building and commerceMalay is the name of an ancient city mentioned by the author of the Kavikankan’s Chandikāvya pp. 195-202.—Accordingly, after the performance of the usual ceremonies before sailing, the merchant Dhanapati passed the following places: [...]—all by the side of the Ganges. Then he reached the very celebrated inland port of Bengal known as Saptagram near the Tribeni. The poet here incidentally praised this port and gave it a superiour place among the following ports and places: [e.g., Malay, etc...]. According to the poet the merchants of the above places visit Saptagram but the merchants of Saptagram do never visit those ports and places.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
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Sanskrit dictionary
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryMalay in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a south Indian mountain abounding in sandal trees wherefrom cool and fragrant air-currents are said to emanante; the part of Western Ghats lying South of Mysore and east of Travancore; ~[giri] the Malay mountain; —[samira] air-current emanating from the Malay-mountain..—malay (मलय) is alternatively transliterated as Malaya.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+90): Malay apple, Malay banyan, Malay bush-beech, Malay ginger, Malay guttapercha, Malay padauk, Malay vembu, Malay-jamun, Malaya, Malaya Mahadeva, Malaya-pu-tunnamaram, Malayabhubhrit, Malayabhumi, Malayacala, Malayacalakhanda, Malayacam, Malayachala, Malayadesha, Malayadhvaja, Malayadhvajanarapati.
Ends with: Amalay, Himalay, Kamalay, Kudmalay, Kumalay, Nakshatramalay, Paravatamalay, Parimalay, Sely malay, Tsitohimbadimalay, Tsitohizambadimalay, Vimalay, Visramalay.
Full-text (+96): Malayan, Cenkuttan, Malay padauk, Malay vembu, Kiricu, Leucopogon malayanus, Sely malay, Malay bush-beech, Malay banyan, Euodia malayana, Malay guttapercha, Mischocarpus lessertianus, Memecylon lancifolium, Calamus longispathus, Malay ginger, Great malay beam, Malay apple, Malaya, Calanthe monophylla, Lindera selangorensis.
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Search found 25 books and stories containing Malay, Mālay, Malāy; (plurals include: Malaies, Mālaies, Malāies). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
India and Malaysia: The Links that Bind < [April - June 1976]
South Indian Culture Contacts in Nusantara < [January 1969]
The Golden Age of Hindu-Javanese Art < [November-December 1932]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Part 5 - The Malay Peninsula < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]
Part 6 - The East Indian Archipelago < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]
Conclusion < [Appendix 8.2 - The Romance of Betel-Chewing]
Vietnamese Buddhist Art (by Nguyen Ngoc Vinh)
3. History of South East Asia < [Chapter 2 - Similarity of Buddhist monuments in South Vietnam and South East Asia]
2. Avalokitesvara images in Champa < [Chapter 3 - Unifying factors of the Avalokitesvara Images in South Vietnam and South East Asia]
6. Avalokitesvara images in Indonesia < [Chapter 3 - Unifying factors of the Avalokitesvara Images in South Vietnam and South East Asia]
Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia (by Shilpa V. Sonawane)
Part 1.3 - Indigenous Indonesia Hindu Notable Kingdom < [Chapter 4 - Inter-Disciplinary Analysis]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Introduction < [Chapter III - Rajendra I (a.d. 1012 to 1044)]
Temples in Nagapattinam < [Chapter II - Temples of Rajaraja I’s Time]
Indian Medicinal Plants (by Kanhoba Ranchoddas Kirtikar)
58. Papaver rhoeas, Linn. < [Papaveraceae (poppy family)]
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57. Nelumbium speciosum, Willd. (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) < [Nymphaeaceae (water lilies family)]