adjective strong; only in kisa˚; of meagre strength, weakly MN.i.226; and dub˚; weak MN.i.435 Cp. balika.

fr. bala

crane Thag.307; Ja.ii.363; Ja.iii.226; Mil.128 (˚ānaṃ megha-saddena gabbhâvakkanti hoti); Vism.126 (in simile, megha-mukhe b. viya); DN-a.i.91 (variant reading baka).

cp. Vedic balākā, perhaps to …

1. boy, child, youth SN.i.176; Thag-a.146 (Tha-ap.44: spelt ˚akka); Sdhp.351
   ■ f. bālikā young girl Thag-a.54 (Tha-ap.1).
2. fool Dhs-a.51 (˚rata fond of fools).

fr. bāla

Bālakaloṇakāra BākalonakārāgamaBālakalonakārāma

A locality near Kosambī.

When the monks of Kosambī started quarrelling, the Buddha left them and went to Bālakalonakārāma, where he visited Bhagu and …

The capital of the Vatsas or Vaṃsas. In the time of the Buddha its king was Parantapa, and after him reigned his son Udena. Kosambī was evidently a city of great importance at the time of the Buddha f …

Nigaṇṭha NāṭaputtaNigaṇṭha NāthaputtaNāthaputtaNāṭaputta

Founder or reformer of the Jains. One of six eminent teachers, contemporary with the Buddha; he is described as a outsider. SN.i.66

He was le …

(one) who is week, of little strength.

of little strength; weak

army, array, troops (orig. “front”, i.e. of the battle-array) Vin.iv.107 (where expl^d. in detail); Snp.623 (bala˚ strong in arms, with strong array i.e. of khanti which precedes; cp. Snp- …

Bala¹

neuter

1. strength power, force DN.ii.73; AN.i.244; Thag.188; Dhp.109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. āyu, vaṇṇa, sukha, bala; cp Dhp-a.ii.239); Pv.i.5#12 (= kāya-bala Pv-a.30); Pv …

…intensely more Mil.84; & dubbalika weak Thag-a.211. Cp balaka.

fr. bala

Bāla¹

adjective

1. ignorant (often with ref. to ignorance in a moral sense, of the common people, the puthujjana) foolish (as contrasted with paṇḍita cp. the Bālapaṇḍita-sutta MN.iii.163 …

adjective having fools, consisting of fools; f. -inī MN.i.373 (parisā).

fr. bālaka

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

Laṅghi (Laṅghī)

feminine

1. a kind of deer (?) Ja.vi.537.
2. doubtful of meaning & origin in phrase; laṅghī-pitāmahā at Ja.ii.363 = Ja.iii.226: “whose grandfather was a deer, or a jumper” (?); us …

1. overflowing, piling up, abundance MN.iii.230 (opp. apasādana).
2. (probably confused with ussāraṇa) tumult, uproar, confusion AN.iii.91, AN.iii.92 (variant reading ussāraṇa) = Pp.66 (= hatthiassara …