Mālaka
Mālaka,(Māḷaka) [fr.māla or māḷa] a circular (consecrated) enclosure,round,yard (cp.Geiger,Mhvs.trsl.99:“m.is a space marked off and usually terraced,within which sacred functions were carried out.In the Mahāvihāra (Tiss’ārāma) at Anurādhapura there were 32 mālakas; Dpvs XIV.78; Mhvs 15,192.The sacred Bodhi-tree e.g.was surrounded by a malaka”).-- The word is peculiar to the late (Jātaka-) literature,& is not found in the older texts.-- J.I,449 (vikkama°); IV,306; V,49 (visāla°),138 (id.,spelling maḷaka); Mhvs 15,36 (Mahā-mucala°); 16,15; 32,58 (saṅghassa kamma°,encl.for ceremonial acts of the S.,cp.15,29); DhA.IV,115 (°sīmā); Vism.342 (vitakka°).(Page 530)