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क्रोडमल्लक (kroDamallaka)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
क्रोडमल्लक kroDamallaka
m.
beggar
Monier Williams Cologne
English
क्रोड—मल्लक
m.
a beggar,
Buddh.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
kroḍa-mallaka, m. (cpd. of kroḍa, perh. in mg. hollow? plus mallaka, q.v.), [
(1) a hollow (?) vessel, or at least some kind of begging bowl: Divy 〔89.21〕 tayā kroḍamallakena bhikṣām aṭantyā, but read khaṇḍamallakena with same passage MSV 〔i.89.13〕
cf. Divy 〔90.2〕 = MSV 〔i.90.2〕 (tayā) khaṇḍamallake (MSV °kena) tailasya stokaṃ yācayitvā (MSV yācitvā)
]
(2) Bhvr., lit. one who has (carries) a hollow (?) vessel, i.e. a beggar (also koṭṭa-malla, °laka, and see prec.): Divy 〔85.20〕
〔86.4 ff.〕
〔172.4〕
〔175.29〕
〔191.8〕
〔192.4〕.