Mucala
Mucala，occurs as simplex only in Np．Mahā-mucala-mālaka Mhvs 15，36．It refers to the tree mucalinda，of which it may be a short form．On the other hand mucal-inda appears to the speaker of Pāli a cp．noun，viz．king of the mucala（s） （trees）．Its （late?） Sk．correspondent is mucilinda，of which the P．form may be the regular representative （cp．Geiger P．Gr．§ 34）．-- 1．the tree Barringtonia acutaṅgula （Nicula*，of which it may be a dialectical distortion：*Abhp 563 nicula›*mucula› *mucala） Vin．I，3； J．V，405 （°ketakā，Dvandva）； VI，269 （id．）．-- 2．N．of a nāga （serpent） king Vin．I，3．-- 3．N．of a great lake J．VI，534，535．（Page 535）