maṅgala

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See also: Maṅgala and mangala

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maŋ.ɡa.la/
  • Rhymes: -la
  • Hyphenation: maṅ‧ga‧la

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit मङ्गल (maṅgala).

Noun

maṅgala

  1. happiness, felicity, welfare, bliss
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Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

maṅgala

  1. girdle, sash
Derived terms

Further reading

  • "maṅgala" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Pali

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Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मङ्गल (maṅgala).

Adjective

maṅgala

  1. auspicious, royal, lucky, festive

Declension

Declension table of "maṅgala" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)maṅgalomaṅgalā
Accusative (second)maṅgalaṃmaṅgale
Instrumental (third)maṅgalenamaṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Dative (fourth)maṅgalassa or maṅgalāya or maṅgalatthaṃmaṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)maṅgalasmā or maṅgalamhā or maṅgalāmaṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Genitive (sixth)maṅgalassamaṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)maṅgalasmiṃ or maṅgalamhi or maṅgalemaṅgalesu
Vocative (calling)maṅgalamaṅgalā
Declension table of "maṅgalā" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)maṅgalāmaṅgalāyo or maṅgalā
Accusative (second)maṅgalaṃmaṅgalāyo or maṅgalā
Instrumental (third)maṅgalāyamaṅgalāhi or maṅgalābhi
Dative (fourth)maṅgalāyamaṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)maṅgalāyamaṅgalāhi or maṅgalābhi
Genitive (sixth)maṅgalāyamaṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)maṅgalāya or maṅgalāyaṃmaṅgalāsu
Vocative (calling)maṅgalemaṅgalāyo or maṅgalā
Declension table of "maṅgala" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)maṅgalaṃmaṅgalāni
Accusative (second)maṅgalaṃmaṅgalāni
Instrumental (third)maṅgalenamaṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Dative (fourth)maṅgalassa or maṅgalāya or maṅgalatthaṃmaṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)maṅgalasmā or maṅgalamhā or maṅgalāmaṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Genitive (sixth)maṅgalassamaṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)maṅgalasmiṃ or maṅgalamhi or maṅgalemaṅgalesu
Vocative (calling)maṅgalamaṅgalāni

Descendants

  • → Khmer: មង្គល (mŭəngkŭəl) (learned)
  • → Burmese: မင်္ဂလာ (mangga.la) (learned)
  • → Thai: มงคล (mong-kon) (learned)

Noun

maṅgala n

  1. festivity; good omen; ceremony; prosperity
    • Sutta (drill down Tipiṭaka, Suttapiṭaka, Khuddakanikāya, Khuddakapāṭhapāli, Maṅɡalasuttaṃ), especially the refrain
      etaṃ maṅgalamuttamaṃ
      this is the greatest blessing

Declension

Declension table of "maṅgala" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)maṅgalaṃmaṅgalāni
Accusative (second)maṅgalaṃmaṅgalāni
Instrumental (third)maṅgalenamaṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Dative (fourth)maṅgalassa or maṅgalāya or maṅgalatthaṃmaṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)maṅgalasmā or maṅgalamhā or maṅgalāmaṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Genitive (sixth)maṅgalassamaṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)maṅgalasmiṃ or maṅgalamhi or maṅgalemaṅgalesu
Vocative (calling)maṅgalamaṅgalāni

Descendants

Further reading

  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “mangala”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
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