Mallaka, Malla-ka: 17 definitions
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Mallaka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Mallaka (मल्लक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. VI.10.61) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Mallaka) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
An Elder. As he stood one day looking at a ploughed field a sign arose in him of the size of the field. He enlarged it, induced the five jhanas, and, developing insight, became an arahant (Vsm.123).
He is mentioned as consulting Dighabhanaka Abhaya on some problem connected with jhana. Vsm.265f.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
India history and geography
Mallaka.—(EI 21) a measure. Note: mallaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
mallaka : (m.) a vessel; a receiver.
Mallaka, (cp. Sk. mallaka & mallika) 1. a bowl, a vessel (?) used in bathing Vin. II, 106 (mallakena nahāyati; or is it a kind of scrubber? Bdhgh’s explanation of this passage (CV v. I. 4) on p. 315 is not quite clear; mallakaṃ nāma makara-dantike chinditvā mūllakamūla-saṇṭhānena kata-mallakaṃ vuccati; akata° danta achinditvā kataṃ). It may bear some ref. to malla on p. 105 (see malla) & to mallika-makula (see below mallikā).—2. a cup, drinking vessel A. I, 250 (udaka°).—3. a bowl J. III, 21 (kaṃsa°=taṭṭaka).—4. in kheḷa° a spittoon Vin. I, 48; II, 175.—Note. W. Printz in “Bhāsa’s Prākrit. ” p. 45, compares Śaurasenī maḷḷaa, Hindī maḷḷ(a) “cup, ” maliyā “a small vessel (of wood or cocoanut-shell) for holding the oil used in unction, ” mālā “cocoanut-shell, ” and adds: probably a Dravidian word. (Page 525)
1) mallaka (မလ္လက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[malla+ṇvu,ṭī-458]
[မလ္လ+ဏွု၊ ဓာန်ဋီ-၄၅၈]
2) mallaka (မလ္လက) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[malla+ka．rū,nhā．4va7．matha+a．tha- lla-pru．nīti,sutta．1243．]
[မလ္လ+က။ရူ၊နှာ။၄ဝ၇။မထ+အ။ထ-ကို လ္လ-ပြု။နီတိ၊သုတ္တ။၁၂၄၃။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) mallaka—
(Burmese text): လက်ပန်းသည်၊ လက်ဝှေ့သမား။
(Auto-Translation): Boxing is a sport.
2) mallaka—
(Burmese text): (၁) စလောင်း။ (ဝါ) ရေသောက်ခွက် (ဓာန်သျ၊သစ်)။ မြေညက်ဖြင့် ပြုလုပ်အပ်သော စလောင်း။ အိုးဖုံးခွက် (တောင်ပေါက်၊သျ)။ (၂) ကြေးတွန်းစရာ အရာဝတ္ထု (ဝါ) ကြေးပွတ်။ (မကာရ်းသွားသဏ္ဌာန်ဖြတ်၍ ထွေးခံ၏ အောက်ခံဖြစ်သော ခွေဝိုင်းသဏ္ဌာန်ပြုလုပ်အပ်သော ကြေးတွန်းစရာ အရာဝတ္ထု)။ (၃) ပြတို့။ ထွေးခံ။ မလ္လကမူလသဏ္ဌာန-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Cup. (Yellow) Drinking cup (material: clay or wood). A cup made with a clay base. (2) Brass weight object (Yellow) Brass weight. (An object used for weighing, shaped as a round disc with a dome-like top). (3) Pendant. Dome-shaped. Traditional form - see.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Sanskrit dictionary
Mallaka (मल्लक).—
1) A lamp-stand.
2) An oil-vessel, a lampvesssel.
3) A lamp.
4) A cup made out of a cocoanut shell.
5) A tooth.
6) A kind of jasmine.
7) A bowl; मोदकमल्लकं निक्षिप्य (modakamallakaṃ nikṣipya) Pratijñā. Y.3.
Derivable forms: mallakaḥ (मल्लकः).
Mallaka (मल्लक).—m. (= prec.; Sanskrit Lex. and Pali id., AMg. mallaga, an earthen bowl, [Ardha-Māgadhī Dictionary]; compare khaṇḍa-, koṭṭa-, kroḍa-mallaka), pot, bowl, vessel: Divyāvadāna 172.7, 10; 174.26 mallakaś; 176.21; 177.8; in [bahuvrīhi] cpds. rikta-, pūrṇa- mallaka (regularly preceded by rikta-, pūrṇa-hasta), with empty (full) bowl: Divyāvadāna 171.18 ff.; 172.1, 3, 6; 176.3 ff.
Mallaka (मल्लक).—mf.
(-llakaḥ-llikā) An oil-vessel, a vessel made of the shell of a cocoanut for holding oil, whether for culinary purposes or for burning as a lamp. m.
(-kaḥ) A tooth. E. mall to hold, aff. vun .
Mallaka (मल्लक).—[malla + ka], I. m. 1. A tooth. 2. A leaf to wrap up something, or a cup, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 126, 9 v. r.; cf. Wilson, Hind. Th. i. 2 ed. 134, n., and Stenzler, n. Ii. m., and f. likā, An oil vessel.
Mallaka (मल्लक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Subhāshitāvali by Vallabhadeva]
1) Mallaka (मल्लक):—[from malla] m. a tooth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] a lamp-stand, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] a lamp, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] a vessel made out of a cocoa-nut shell, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] any vessel, [Divyāvadāna]
6) [v.s. ...] a cup or leaf in which anything is wrapped, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a Brāhman, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]
8) [v.s. ...] [plural] Name of a people, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
Mallaka (मल्लक):—[(kaḥ-kā)] 1. m. f. An oil vessel made of a cocoanut. m. A tooth.
Mallaka (मल्लक):—m. f. [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 5, 37.]
1) m. a) Zahn [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 584.] — b) Lampengestell; Lampe; ein aus einer Kokosnuss verfertigtes Geschirr [MATHUREŚA] zu [Amarakoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) pl. Nomen proprium eines Volkes [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57, 43.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Brahmanen [Rājataraṅgiṇī 8, 2320.] —
2) f. mallikā [Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 2, 20.] a) Jasminum Zambac, sowohl die Pflanze als auch die Blüthe, [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 3, 166, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2,] [Scholiast] [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 32. 4, 117.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 2, 50.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1148.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 81.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 136. fg.] [Halāyudha 2, 51.] [Mahābhārata 2, 2178. 4, 261.] [Harivaṃśa 12678.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 79, 32.] [Suśruta 1, 223, 18.] [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 47.] [Spr. 849. 1370. 2130.] [Siddhāntaśiromaṇi 12, 2.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 167.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 3, 59.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 6, 16.] [kāvyādarśa 2, 215.] Am Ende eines adj. comp. [Raghuvaṃśa 16, 50.] mālāmutphullamallikām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 8, 8, 44.] — b) ein irdenes Trinkgeschirr von best. Form [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1024.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 161.] im Prākrit [Mṛcchakaṭikā 126, 9 v. l.] — c) = mallaka b. [MATHUREŚA] zu [Amarakoṣa] [Śabdakalpadruma] Vgl. mallikāchad . — d) ein best. Fisch [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — e) Name zweier Metra: α) 4 Mal {Ç} [Colebrooke II, 159 (III), 6).] — β) 4 Mal {Ç} {Ç} [Colebrooke II, 163 (XVIII, 6).] — Vgl. kroḍamallaka, kastūrīmallikā, kṛṣṇa, giri, tripura, nava (auch [Raghuvaṃśa 9, 41.] [Ṛtusaṃhāra 6, 6]), nīla, bhadra, mala, mālla .
Mallaka (मल्लक):——
1) m. — a) *Zahn. — b) *Lampengestell. — c) *Lampe. — d) *ein aus einer Cocosnuss verfertigtes Geschirr. — e) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) eines Brahmanen. —
2) f. mallikā — a) Jasminum Sambac ( die Pflanze und die Blüthe ). Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ebenso. — b) ein irdenes Geschirr von best. Form. Nur im Prākrit zu belegen. — c) * =
1) b) c) d). — d) *ein best. Fisch. — e) Name zweier Metra.
Mallaka (मल्लक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Mallaga, Mallaya.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ka, Malla.
Starts with (+0): Mallaka-vundhaka, Mallakacalai, Mallakacatti, Mallakacetti, Mallakajatti, Mallakala, Mallakalaga, Mallakam, Mallakambha, Mallakamulasanthana, Mallakamutthi, Mallakasamputa, Mallakati, Mallakatthera.
Full-text (+17): Malamallaka, Skandhamallaka, Khelamallaka, Shivamallaka, Krodamallaka, Jneyamallaka, Udakamallaka, Mallika, Kamsamallaka, Mallakamutthi, Mallakasamputa, Mallakatthera, Akatamallaka, Mallakacetti, Mallakacatti, Mallaka-vundhaka, Mallakacalai, Mallakajatti, Kottamallaka, Paniyamallaka.
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Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
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Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
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Brahma Purana (critical study) (by Surabhi H. Trivedi)
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Journal of the European Ayurvedic Society (by Inge Wezler)
Regarding Phenaka (trtiyakah phenakah) < [Volume 2 (1992)]
List of Mahabharata people and places (by Laxman Burdak)
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