(fig.) superiority; pre-eminence; excellence.

a man who surpasses others; an excellent man.

to make (a person, thing) excel.

the fact of being interwoven or connected closely or intricately; a tangle.

a knob in a thread, cord, rope, etc. formed by passing one free end through a loop and drawing it tight; a knot.

an ornament made by interweaving some strips, splits, etc.

a kind of head ornament.

a kind of necklace.

a string of decorative beads suspended by the ends to hang as a curve across the doorway.

(dance.) a particular posture.

a seizing and holding or being seized and held fast; secure grasp; firm hold.

ಮಲಕಿನ ಕೋಲು malakina kōlu a particular variety of a folk-dance performed by a group of people, in which short sticks are stuck rythmically in harmony to the song sung, moving within themselves, as the threads in a woven fabric; a kind of morris-dance.

ಮಲಕು ಬೀಳು malaku bīḷu to be connected closely or intricately with; to be well blended; ಮಲಕಿನ ತೆನೆ malakina tene the top portion of a fortification, projecting upwards, having interwoven structure.

a long, round cushion or pillow to lean on, while sitting; a bolster.

a kind of fish; an eel.

to move unsteadily.

to be tempted (esp. to do wrong) easily; to become frail.

a man who is an inhabitant of a mountainous region.

to be lessened in quantity, size, intensity, degree, etc.

to cease to be seen; to go out of sight; to disappear.

(a pain, grief, etc.) to be alleviated.

to be cured; to recover from illness or rgain health.

to be destroyed or ruined completely.

to cease to live; to die.

to be consumed by fire; to be burnt completely.

to bow or prostrate in obeisance.

to fall lengthwise.

to lose lustre, colour; to become pale.

to turn back or run away from (as from fear, hesitation or diffidence).

to lose enthusiasm; to be disappointed; to be discouraged.

to get exhausted as from mental or physical exertion.

to contract or shrink oneself in size as from fear, shyness, etc.

to sit bending one leg as to touch the ground with the knee.

name of a petty god.

= ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾಕ್ಷ - 1 & 2.