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mala

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mala [ˈmɑːlaː]
n
(Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) Hinduism a string of beads or knots, used in praying and meditating


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Sidorov, turning to the French, winked, and began to jabber meaningless sounds very fast: "Kari, mala, tafa, safi, muter, Kaska," he said, trying to give an expressive intonation to his voice.
"Because," replied the doctor, "our master Hippocrates, the polestar and beacon of medicine, says in one of his aphorisms omnis saturatio mala, perdicis autem pessima, which means 'all repletion is bad, but that of partridge is the worst of all.
Mala and mauvaise -- you understand it is the same thing.
 
 
 
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