Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[mal saṃjñāyāṃ kartari ghañ] 1 A garland, wreath, chaplet; anadhigatapa- rimalāpi hi harati dṛśaṃ mālatīmālā Vās.
2 A row, line, series, succession; gaṃḍoḍḍīnālimālā Māl. 1. 1; ābaddhamā- lāḥ Me. 9.
3 A group, cluster, collection.
4 A string, neck- lace; as in ratnamālā.
5 A rosary, chain; as in akṣamālā.
6 A streak; as in taḍinmālā, vidyunmālā.
7 A series of epithets.
8 (In dramas) The offering of...