मालिन्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मालिन्  mfn.  mfn. garlanded, crowned, encircled or surrounded by ( instr. or comp.), [Āpast.]; [MBh.] &c.
मालिन्  f.  m. a gardener, florist ( cf. f.)
मालि    N. of a son of the राक्षस सु-केश, [R.] ( cf.)

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मालिन् [mālin] a.  a. [माला अस्त्यस्य इनि]
Wearing a garland.
(At the end of comp.) Crowned or wreathed with, encircled by; समुद्रमालिनी पृथ्वी; so अंशुमालिन्, मरीचि- मालिन्, ऊर्मिमालिन् &c.; व्यराजतादित्य इवार्चिमाली [Rām.5.54.] 48; युवतिषु कोमलमाल्यमालिनीषु [Śi.7.61.] -m.
A gardener.
A garland-maker, florist.
नी A female florist, the wife of a garland-maker.
 N. N. of the city of Champā.
A girl seven years old representing Durgā at the Durgā festival.
 N. N. of Durgā.
The celestial Ganges.
 N. N. of a metre; see App. ननमय- ययुतेयं मालिनी भोगिलोकैः [V. Ratna.]
 N. N. of the mother of Bibhīṣaṇa.
 N. N. assumed by Draupadī while residing at the Court of Virāṭa.
 N. N. of a river; [Ś.3.7.]
(In music) A particular श्रुति.

Shabda-Sagara

मालिन्  m.  ( -ली) A florist, a gatherer and vendor of flowers, a gardener. f. ( -लिनी)
1. A name of UMĀ or DURGĀ.
2. The Ganges of heaven. 3. The city Champā, the modern Bhāgalpur.
4. A poetical stanza, consisting of alternate verses or hemistichs of eight and seven syllables; it is especially used to conclude a section or canto.
5. The wife of a flower-gatherer, or a female vendor of garlands, &c. 6. A plant, (Hedysarum alhagi.)
7. A shrub, (Echites caryophy- llata.)
8. A girl seventeen years old personating DURGĀ at the festival of that goddess.
 f.  ( -नी) Adj.
1. Wearing a garland.
2. Encircled by.
E. माला a garland, इनि aff., fem. aff. ङीष् .

ROOTS:

माला इनि ङीष् .

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : मालिकः