adjective carrying, wearing, only in cpd. mālā˚; (māla˚), wearing a garland (of flowers Ja.iv.60, Ja.iv.82; Ja.v.45; where it interchanges with ˚dhārin (e.g. Vv.32#3; variant reading at Pv-a.211; cp. BSk. -dhārin Mvu.i.124)
■ f. -bhārinī Ja.iii.530; Vv-a.12; and -bhārī Thag.459 (as variant reading; T. ˚dhārī). See also under mālā.

fr. bhṛ; cp. bhāra