Malini

Malini can mean:-

• The word Malini sometimes is part of someone's name.

• The meaning of the name Malini is Florist a river.

• In Sanskrit meaning of the name Malini is Fragrant,Sweet Smelling.

• Meaning of the name Malini: Flower girl. it is also a music meter in classical indian music and it is named after a goddess who was a dear friend to Srimati Radharani, who is mentioned in the Vedic literature the Srimad Bhagavatam.

• The sum of alphabetical order of letters in Malini is 58 and this makes Malini arithmetic buddies with words like Credible, Adorable, Ethical, Star, Tidy, Fragile.

• On some South Pacific islands, a Malini is a half-caste child born to a native woman fathered by a USA serviceman. In this use the word is an adaptation of "Marine" into the native language.

• Malini or Mālinī (Sanskrit: मालिनी) was the name of river that was flowing in the forest where the ashram of Kanva rishi was situated and Dushyanta fell in love with Shakuntala. Literally, a woman who makes garlands. The Hindu goddess Kali has "munda-malini" or "a woman who makes garlands of skulls" as one of her many names.

• Mălini is a commune in Suceava County, Romania.

• Malini, a village in Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria.

References

• Acharya Chandrashekhar Shastri: Puranon ki anmol kahaniyan, ISBN 81-902258-6-3

In Mahabharata , Malini is the name of Draupadi , the wife of pandavas while she was disguised as 'sairandhri' (female servant) in King Virata's Palace for an year. Queen Sudeshna's brother as well as the commander of Virata force, Keechaka madly desired to enjoy her beauty, but she refused. Keechaka shared with queen Sudeshna about his lust for Malini , and requested for her to be sent to bring him wine. While serving the wine, Keechaka embraced Malini and tried to kiss her. Malini cried and pushed him down. She managed to escape but she knew that he would catch her soon. The same day she informed her husband Bhima , who was also disguised as 'Valalan' in that palace, as a cook. He planned to kill Keechaka in secret and asked Malini to entice him into the dancing hall at midnight. She acted on Bhima's advise and invited keechaka to the dancing hall late that night. When Keechaka arrived lustfully for Malini and made advances, Bhima who had been hiding in the dancing hall fought him and after a long battle managed to kill keechaka. Thus Malini escaped.