Vāla¹

1. the hair of the tail horse-hair, tail Vin.ii.195 = Ja.v.335 (pahaṭṭha-kaṇṇavāla with bristling ears & tail, of an elephant); Ja.v.274 (so read for phāla, cp. p. 268, v. 113); Pv-a.285 (˚koṭi so read for bāla˚) Sdhp.139
   ■ pallankassa vāle bhinditvā destroying the hair (-stuffing) of a couch Vin.ii.170 = DN-a.i.88; cp. Vin.iv.299: pallanko āharimehi vālehi kato
   ■ On v. in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 136.
2. a hair-sieve [also Vedic] MN.i.229.

-agga the tip of a hair AN.iii.403; Mil.250 (˚vedha hitting the tip of a hair, of an archer); DN-a.i.66. -aṇḍupaka a cert. material, head dress (?) AN.i.209 (so read for vālanduka); Vism.142; Dhs-a.115 (reads leḍḍūpaka)-kambala a blanket made of horse-tails DN.i.167; AN.i.240 AN.i.296; Pp.55. -koṭi the tip of the hair Pv-a.285. -rajju a cord made of hair SN.ii.238; AN.iv.129; Ja.ii.161. -vījanī a fan made of a Yak’s tail, a chowrie DN.i.7. -vedhin (an archer) who can hit a hair Ja.i.58 (akkhaṇa-vedhin +) Vism.150; Mhvs.23, Mhvs.86 (sadda-vedhin vijju-vedhin +) The abstr. -vedhā hitting a hair, at Vism.150
■ fig. an acute arguer, a hair-splitter; in standing phrase paṇḍitā nipuṇā kata-para-ppavādā vālavedhi-rūpā at DN.i.26; MN.i.176; MN.ii.122; see explⁿ at DN-a.i.117.

Vedic vāla; connected with Lat. adūlāre (ad + ūlāre) to flatter (lit. wag the tail, like a dog), cp. E adulation; Lith. valaī horse hair

Vāla²

adjective malicious, troublesome, difficult Vin.ii.299 (adhikaraṇa).

cp. Sk. vyāla

Vāla³

neuter water; only in cpd. -ja a fish (cp. vārija).

= vāri, cp. late Sk. vāla