Bal: 13 definitions
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Bal means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and DrugsBal [बल] in the Nepali language is the name of a plant identified with Malvastrum coromandelianum (L.) Garcke from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Malva coromandeliana, Malvastrum tricuspidatum. For the possible medicinal usage of bal, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.
Bal in the Hindi language is the name of a plant identified with Sida ovata Forssk. from the Malvaceae (Mallow) family having the following synonyms: Sida aurescens, Sida dinterana, Sida flexuosa, Sida grewioides.
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Bal in India is the name of a plant defined with Colocasia esculenta in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Zantedeschia virosa (Roxb.) K. Koch (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Pacific Science (1999)
· United States Department of Agriculture. Bulletin
· Amoenitates academicae (1754)
· Synopsis Aroidearum (1856)
· Botanical Magazine, or ‘Flower-Garden Displayed’ (7732)
· Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (4154)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Bal, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBal (बल्).—I. 1 P. (balati)
1) To breath or live.
2) To hoard grain. -II. 1 U. (balati-te)
1) To give.
2) To hurt, injure, kill.
3) To speak.
4) To see, mark, -III. 1 U. (balayati-te) To live. -IV. 1 Ā. (bālayate) To describe. -Caus. (bālayati-te) To nourish, support.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBal (बल्).—[bala] r. 1st and 10th cls. (balati balayati) 1. To live. 2. To hoard grain. 3. To prevent or obstruct wealth. r. 1st cl. (balate) 1. To kill 2. To go. r. 10th cl. (bālayate) To explain. (bālayati) To support, nourish, rear, as a child.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBal (बल्).—. i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To live. 2. To hoard grain. i. 10, [Parasmaipada.] I. bālaya ([Causal.]), To nourish. Ii. balaya, To live.
— Cf. bhal.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāl (बाल्).—(interj.) crack!
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bal (बल्):—1. bal only [Intensive] balbalīti, to whirl round in a circle, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa]
2) 2. bal [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] balati, to breathe, live, [Dhātupāṭha xx, 10];—‘to hoard grain’ or ‘to prevent wealth’ (dhānyāvarodha), [ib.];
2) —to be distressed (?), [Gīta-govinda];
2) — [Ātmanepada] balate ([varia lectio] for bhalate), to mention;
2) —to hurt;
2) —to give, [xiv, 24];
2) — [class] 10. [Parasmaipada] balayati, to live, [xxxii, 84];
2) — bālayati [Aorist] abībalat, to nourish, rear, [xxxii, 68];
2) — [Ātmanepada] bālayate ([varia lectio] for bhāl), to explain, describe, [xxxiii, 27].
3) Bāl (बाल्):—ind. onomatopoetic an interjection imitating the sound of a falling body, [Atharva-veda]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBal (बल्):—(ki) balati balayati 1. 10. a. To live; to hoard, to obstruct wealth. (ṅa) balate 1. d. To kill; go. (ka, ṅa) bālayate 10. d. (ka) To explain. bālayati 10. a. To rear a child.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Bal (बल्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bala.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryBal in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) strength, power; force; army; potency; vigour, vitality; emphasis; stress; kink; twist, contortion; ~[kara/karaka] nutritious, vitalising, restorative, potency-raising; ~[gati-vijnana] kinetics; ~[darpa] pride of one’s strength; -[prayoga] exercise of force, coercion; -[buta] strength and vigour, strength; ~[mukhya] an army commander; ~[vardhana/vardhaka] imparting vitality, nutritious, potency-raising; ~[vana] powerful, strong, possessing vigour and vitality; ~[vijnana] mechanics; ~[shali] powerful, strong, possessing vigour and vitality; ~[hina] weak, powerless, having no strength; impotent; —[ana] to be twisted, to be kinked; —[khana] to frown, to get angry; to be twisted; to suffer a loss; to undergo twist, to be bent, to move to and fro flexibly; —[khati hui ] coiled; in a zigzag fashion; twisted; —[khulana] to be straightened; to be set right; twists/curls to be removed; —[dena] to reinforce/emphasise; to twist; —[nikalana] see —[khulana; —padana] to curl, to be twisted, to be kinked; to suffer a loss; —[para kudana, kisi ke] to be proud on somebody else’s strength, to draw one’s strength from some extraneous source; to have no inherent strength.—bal (बल) is alternatively transliterated as Bala.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBal (ಬಲ್):—
1) [verb] to have necessary physical strength.
2) [verb] to perceive; to undersand; to know.
3) [verb] to become greater, as in number, size or strength; to grow in degree.
4) [verb] (a plant) to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance; to grow.
5) [verb] to grow fatter or thicker; to grow from within.
6) [verb] to change one’s from the liquid to the solid state by loss of heat (as ice from water).
7) [verb] to become rough; to have coarse or uneven surface.
8) [verb] to become arrogant; to act overbearingly.
9) [verb] to be fixed or established firmly.
10) [verb] to be resolute; to have to determination.
11) [verb] to be built, formed.
12) [verb] to be expressed; to become evident, apparent or obvious.
13) [verb] to assume a physical form.
14) [verb] to spread oneself through out; to pervade.
15) [verb] to be subject to or to adhere to a rule, regulation, etc.
16) [verb] to become complex, complicated.
17) [verb] to close; to shut.
18) [verb] to drive (a sharp instrument, device, as a dagger, nail, etc.) into.
19) [verb] to make greater, as in number, size, strength or quality; to augment; to increase.
20) [verb] to tie; to fasten; to bind (with or as with a string, cord, etc.).
21) [verb] to make or cause to become stronger.
22) [verb] to fix or establish (something) firmly.
23) [verb] to restrain; to keep in check; to establish a control over.
24) [verb] to be closed, shut (as a door).
25) [verb] to bring to its goal or conclusion; to acccomplish.
26) [verb] to encourage or incite to act.
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Bal (ಬಲ್):—
1) [adjective] (in comp.) strong or stronger; robust.
2) [adjective] large or larger.
3) [adjective] many; more.
4) [adjective] broad; wide.
5) [adjective] thick or profound (as darkness, ignorance, etc.).
6) [adjective] putting force on; coercive; compelling; compulsive.
7) [adjective] harsh; unpleasant; ungentle.
8) [adjective] firm; secure.
9) [adjective] fat; corpulent.
10) [adjective] having ability; efficient; competent; capable.
11) [adjective] serious; solemn; grave.
12) [adjective] condensed; denser; thicker.
13) [adjective] excellent; of superior quality.
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Bāḷ (ಬಾಳ್):—[verb] = ಬಾಳು [balu]1.
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Bāḷ (ಬಾಳ್):—[noun] = ಬಾಳು [balu]2.
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Bāḷ (ಬಾಳ್):—[noun] = ಬಾಳು [balu]3.
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Bāḻ (ಬಾೞ್):—
1) [verb] to continue to live; to be alive; to carry on one’s life.
2) [verb] to work for one’s sustenance; to pursue some vocation to earn one’s livelihood.
3) [verb] to lead a quiet life.
4) [verb] to settle permanently or for a considerably long time, in a place as a resident.
5) [verb] to carry on a householdeṛs, married life.
6) [verb] to be priced at; to have a value in terms of money.
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Bāḻ (ಬಾೞ್):—[verb] to split, cut something vertically into two pieces.
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Bāḻ (ಬಾೞ್):—
1) [noun] the act, fact of living; a living.
2) [noun] a peaceful, quiet life.
3) [noun] a being together with one’s wife or husband; a living a normal married-life.
4) [noun] one’s means of livelihood; maintenance; sustenance.
5) [noun] the life-principle that exists in all living beings; soul.
6) [noun] a village or land granted to a person for sustenance.
7) [noun] green vegetation; verdure; greenery.
8) [noun] the quality of being moistened, damp; moisture; dampness.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+1982): Baalav, Bal bij, Bal yul, Bal-burach, Bal-har, Bal-kumari, Bal-poi-seu, Bal-prayog, Bala, Bala banthi-tige, Bala bhedu, Bala bunga, Bala chi, Bala die, Bala Ganapati, Bala raakshasi, Bala rakkasi, Bala Samyutta, Bala Vagga, Bala-brahmacarini.
Ends with (+167): Aabal, Abal, Adibal, Akar penubal, Akar punubal, Alambal, Alibal, Ambal, Ambal bumbal, Ampal, Apratibal, Arakkampal, Arambal, Astbal, Atibal, Baahubal, Bagatambal, Baibal, Balanbal, Balbal.
Full-text (+190): Bala, Kambala, Samyojakata-bala, Bal-har, Baliyasa, Kocava, Bal bij, Srin-bal, Balavattama, Bal-poi-seu, Bal-burach, Gudbach kam bal wala, Balalaya, Balakama, Balopeta, Balaprana, Balasena, Balapakarsham, Balatkarita, Balashalita.
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Search found 30 books and stories containing Bal, Bāl, Bāḷ, Bāḻ; (plurals include: Bals, Bāls, Bāḷs, Bāḻs). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 1 - The Vedas and their antiquity < [Chapter II - The Vedas, Brāhmaṇas And Their Philosophy]
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 11 - Drigung Chojay lineage (vii): bal bu gong pa < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Chapter 2b - Kyungpo Naljor disciples (ii): siddha skyer sgangpa dharma seng ge < [Book 9 - Kodrakpa and Niguma]
Chapter 11 - Drigung Chojay together with his direct students < [Book 8 - The famous Dakpo Kagyü (traditions)]
Diaspora of Bhuta (Daiva) worshipping cult—India and Indonesia (by Shilpa V. Sonawane)
Part 2 - Observation of the Study < [Chapter 3 - Research and Methodology]
Ramayana of Valmiki (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Lokamanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak < [July 1968]
Indian Political Scene < [July – September, 2000]
Modern Marathi Literature: The Beginnings < [November, 1928]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
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