muḷāla

Muḷāla & Muḷālī

feminine the stalk of the lotus: muḷālī Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); muḷāli Ja.vi.530 (= muḷālaka C.); muḷālikā Vin.i.215 (bhisa +); bhisa-muḷālaṃ (nt.) (collective cpd. fibre & stalks Vin.ii.201 = SN.ii.269; SN.iv.94; SN.v.39; Vism.361; Vb-a.66
muḷāli-puppha a lotus Thag.1089.

cp. Vedic mulālin. Zimmer, Altind Leben 70 mentions Bisa, Śāluka & Mulālin as edible roots of lotus kinds
■ Geiger, P.Gr. 12 & 43 puts muḷāla = Sk. mṛṇāla