As a deity name
Name 285 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
मलना
to rub; to anoint
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- Proto-Indo-Iranian *marH- Proto-Indo-European *merh₂-influ. Sanskrit मॄ (mṝ) Sanskrit *मलति (*malati) Prakrit 𑀫𑀮𑀇 (malaï) Hindi मलना Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀮𑀇 (malaï), from Sanskrit *मलति (*malati), from मॄ (mṝ, “to crush”), from Proto-…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to rub (a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit)
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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