maṅgala

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

Alternative forms

• maṅgalya

Derived terms

• agramaṅgala
• aśubhamaṅgala
• dewamaṅgala
• durmaṅgala
• jayamaṅgala
• pādyādimaṅgala
• raṇamaṅgala
• rājamaṅgala
• sarwamaṅgala
• stutimaṅgala
• wiwāhamaṅgala
• ādimaṅgala
• āśrayamaṅgala
• śubhamaṅgala
• śāntimaṅgala

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

maṅgala

1. girdle, sash

Derived terms

• amaṅgala

 

Further reading

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

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀫𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• मङ्गल (Devanagari script)
• মঙ্গল (Bengali script)
• මඞ‍්ගල (Sinhalese script)
• မင်္ဂလ or မင်္ၷလ or မင်ၷလ (Burmese script)
• มงฺคล or มังคะละ (Thai script)
• ᨾᩘᨣᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ມງ຺ຄລ or ມັງຄະລະ (Lao script)
• មង្គល (Khmer script)
• 𑄟𑄋𑄴𑄉𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मङ्गल (maṅgala).

Adjective

maṅgala

1. auspicious, royal, lucky, festive

Declension

Declension table of "maṅgala" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maṅgalo	maṅgalā
Accusative (second)	maṅgalaṃ	maṅgale
Instrumental (third)	maṅgalena	maṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Dative (fourth)	maṅgalassa or maṅgalāya or maṅgalatthaṃ	maṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maṅgalasmā or maṅgalamhā or maṅgalā	maṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Genitive (sixth)	maṅgalassa	maṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maṅgalasmiṃ or maṅgalamhi or maṅgale	maṅgalesu
Vocative (calling)	maṅgala	maṅgalā

Declension table of "maṅgalā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maṅgalā	maṅgalāyo or maṅgalā
Accusative (second)	maṅgalaṃ	maṅgalāyo or maṅgalā
Instrumental (third)	maṅgalāya	maṅgalāhi or maṅgalābhi
Dative (fourth)	maṅgalāya	maṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maṅgalāya	maṅgalāhi or maṅgalābhi
Genitive (sixth)	maṅgalāya	maṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maṅgalāya or maṅgalāyaṃ	maṅgalāsu
Vocative (calling)	maṅgale	maṅgalāyo or maṅgalā

Declension table of "maṅgala" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maṅgalaṃ	maṅgalāni
Accusative (second)	maṅgalaṃ	maṅgalāni
Instrumental (third)	maṅgalena	maṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Dative (fourth)	maṅgalassa or maṅgalāya or maṅgalatthaṃ	maṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maṅgalasmā or maṅgalamhā or maṅgalā	maṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Genitive (sixth)	maṅgalassa	maṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maṅgalasmiṃ or maṅgalamhi or maṅgale	maṅgalesu
Vocative (calling)	maṅgala	maṅgalāni

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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	maṅgalaṃ	maṅgalāni
Accusative (second)	maṅgalaṃ	maṅgalāni
Instrumental (third)	maṅgalena	maṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Dative (fourth)	maṅgalassa or maṅgalāya or maṅgalatthaṃ	maṅgalānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	maṅgalasmā or maṅgalamhā or maṅgalā	maṅgalehi or maṅgalebhi
Genitive (sixth)	maṅgalassa	maṅgalānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	maṅgalasmiṃ or maṅgalamhi or maṅgale	maṅgalesu
Vocative (calling)	maṅgala	maṅgalāni

Descendants

• → Northern Thai: ᨾᨦ᩠ᨣᩃ (learned)
• → Thai: มงคล (mong-kon) (learned)

Further reading

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