Vāḷa¹

1. a snake Vism.312 (so read for vaḷa).
2. a beast of prey AN.iii.102 (amanussa); Ja.i.295; Ja.iii.345 (˚macchā predaceous fishes); Mil.23 (˚vana forest of wild beasts).

• -miga a beast of prey, predaceous animal, like tiger leopard, etc. Ja.vi.569; Dhp-a.i.171 (˚ṭṭhāna); Dhp-a.iii.348 (˚rocanā); Vism.180, Vism.239.

cp. late Sk. vyāḍa, see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 54#6

Vāḷa²

music (?) Pgdp.83.

misspelt for vāda?