मतल्लिका

	A Sanskrit English Dictionary \| sa en \| \|
	मतल्लिका f. f. (ifc.) anything excellent of its kind (e.g.~~गो-म्°~~, ‘an excellent cow’) g.~~मतल्लिका-दि~~ ([Gaṇar.]) a kind of metre, [Col.]

	The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary \| sa en \| \|
	मतल्लिका [matallikā] A word used at the end of nouns to donate 'excellence or anything best of its kind'; गोमतल्लिका 'an excellent cow'; परिलसत्तृणशून्यमतल्लिका [Rām. Ch. 4.32;] cf. उद्धः.

	Shabda-Sagara \| sa en \| \|
	मतल्लिका f. (~~-का~~) Excellence, happiness: (also attributively, but un- varying in gender,) excellent, best, happiest; It is used at the end of a compound only and there is no etymon of this word, according to the best authorities; Vāchaspatya defined it thus: ~~सतिमलति भूषयति ण्वुल्-पृषो० .~~