Māḷa & Māla

a sort of pavilion, a hall DN.i.2 (maṇḍala˚, same at Snp.p.104, which passage Snp-a.447 explains as “savitānaṃ maṇḍapaṃ”); Vin.i.140 (aṭṭa, māla, pāsāda explained at Vin.iii.201. In the same sequence of Vb.251 explained at Vb-a.366 as “bhojana-sālā-sadiso maṇḍala-māḷo; Vinay’ aṭṭha-kathāyaṃ pana eka-kūṭasangahito caturassa-pāsādo ti vuttaṃ”); Mil.46, Mil.47-Cp. mālaka
■ māla*, e.g. Mvu.ii.274, or māḍa, e.g. Mpt.226, Mpt.43.]

Non-Aryan, cp. Tamil māḍam house, hall