Mallaka
Mallaka,[cp.Sk.mallaka & mallika] 1.a bowl,a vessel (?) used in bathing Vin.II,106 (mallakena nahāyati; or is it a kind of scrubber? Bdhgh’s expln of this passage (CV v.I.4) on p.315 is not quite clear; mallakaṁ nāma makara-dantike chinditvā mūllakamūla-saṇṭhānena kata-mallakaṁ vuccati; akata° danta achinditvā kataṁ).It may bear some ref.to malla on p.105 (see malla) & to mallika-makula (see below mallikā).-- 2.a cup,drinking vessel A.I,250 (udaka°).-- 3.a bowl J.III,21 (kaṁsa°=taṭṭaka).-- 4.in kheḷa° a spittoon Vin.I,48; II,175.-- Note.W.Printz in “Bhāsa’s Prākrit.” p.45,compares Śaurasenī maḷḷaa,Hindī maḷḷ(a) “cup,” maliyā “a small vessel (of wood or cocoanut-shell) for holding the oil used in unction,” mālā “cocoanut-shell,” and adds:probably a Dravidian word.(Page 525)