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    amalā

    See also amarā.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 81, col. 1.
    a-malā f. N. of the goddess Lakṣmī, L.
    ☞ p. 81, col. 1.
    (amarā, q.v.) the umbilical cord, L.
    ☞ p. 81, col. 1.
    the tree Emblica Officinalis Gaertn., L.
    ☞ p. 81, col. 1.
    the plant Saptalā, L.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 82.
    amalā , strī, (nāsti malaṃ yasyāḥ sā, athavā am
    + kalac striyāṃ ṭāp .) lakṣmīḥ . iti medinī ..
    sātalāvṛkṣaḥ . iti rājanirghaṇṭaḥ .. bhūmyāmalakī .
    ityamaraḥ .. nābhinālā . iti trikāṇḍaśeṣaḥ ..

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 30.
    Amalā. — This plant1 is probably the Emblica officinalis, or

    Myrobalan tree; also called Āmalaka, or Āmalakā.2 [Footnote] 1) Jaiminīya Upaniṣad Brāhmaṇa,

    i. 38, 6. [Footnote] 2) The reading in Chāndogya Upani-

    ṣad, vii. 3, 1, is vāmalake, which may

    give ă° or ā°.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 63, col. 1.
    Amalā , n. of a rākṣasī: Māy 243.26.