As a deity name
Name 468 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मल्लिका · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार का वेला जिसे मोतिया कहते है · आठ अक्षरों का एक वर्णिक छंद जिसके प्रत्यके चरण में रगण, जगण और अंत में एक गुरू और एक लघु होता है । जैसे— एक काल रामदेव । सोधु बंधु करत सेव । शोभिजै सबै सो और । मंत्रि मित्र ठौर ठौर · सुमुखि वृत्ति का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
मल्लिका · mallikā · s.f.
Arabian jasmine, Jasminum zambac — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1065
Cited formation "मल्लिका" is मल्लिक + -आ: मल्लिक means "एक प्रकार का हंस जिसके पैर और चोंच काली होती है", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मल्लिका" is मल्लिक + -आ: मल्लिक means "एक प्रकार का हंस जिसके पैर और चोंच काली होती है", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Jasminum Zambac (both the plant and the flower; ifc. ikā), &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mallikā" is the feminine form of "mallika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "mallika" is derived from "malli" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
malli m. the act of having, holding, possessing, W. (cf. mali)
N. of the 19th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, L.
mallika m. a kind of goose with dark-coloured or brown legs and bill, L.
a shuttle, L.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
mallikā f. Jasminum Zambac (both the plant and the flower; ifc. f(ikā). ), MBh.; R.; Hariv. &c.
an earthenware vessel of a peculiar form, Mṛcch.
a lamp-stand, L.
a lamp, L.
any vessel made out of a cocoa-nut shell, L.
mallika m. a kind of goose with dark-coloured or brown legs and bill, L.
a shuttle, L.
malli m. the act of having, holding, possessing, W. (cf. mali)
N. of the 19th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, L.
Alternative readings
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