Balabala, Ba la ba la, Bā lā bā lā, Bala-abala, Bala-bala, Bālabala: 17 definitions
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Balabala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi. 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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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Balābala (बलाबल) refers to “strength and weakness”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.14 (“The Birth of Tāraka and Vajrāṅga”).—Accordingly, after Vajrāṅga spoke to Varāṅgī: “O sage, thus Vajrāṅga whirled a lot in a dilemma. Intelligently he considered the corresponding strength and weakness [i.e., balābala] of both the alternatives. O sage, as willed by Śiva, though intelligent the king of demons agreed to the proposal. He told his wife ‘So be it’. For that purpose he performed another very difficult penance with great zeal with me as the object of worship, for number of years. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Balābala (बलाबल) refers to the “strength” or “severity” (of fevers), according to the Tridoṣaja-Prakaraṇa section of the Jvaranirṇaya: an Ayurvedic manuscript dealing exclusively with types of jvara (fevers) written by Sri Nārāyaṇa Paṇḍita in the 16th century CE.—The uniqueness of the text is that one can get a comprehensive classification, symptomatology and diagnosis of jvara, all at one place in this text. [...] The Tridoṣajaprakaraṇa section deals with types of sannipāta which are mostly mentioned by Vāgbhaṭa. Apart from this, it also deals with fevers affecting various Dhātu (dhātugata-jvara) and the strength/severity of each of them (balābala). [...] Factors influencing the balābala of jvara are mentioned in terms of doṣa, anna, ceṣṭa, deśa, sthāna and karma and few examples are also sighted.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
balabala (बलबल) [or बलबलपुरी, balabalapurī].—f (bakabala Imit. purī A town.) A term for a place or a scene of uproar and tumult; a bear-garden, a Babel. 2 Disorder, confusion, tumultuousness; disregard of rule and discipline, or of grade and class, or of the distinctions of caste or of clean and unclean &c. v māṇḍa, kara. Pr. balabalapurī āṇi ṭamaṭama rājya.
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balābala (बलाबल).—n (S bala & abala) Comparative strength and weakness (of contending parties, of the pros and cons, of the arguments for and against any disputed matter). Ex. hē dōna pakṣa āhēta tyānta ba0 pāhūna sabala pakṣa asēla tō ghyā. 2 Power, capability, competency; power, resources, or means as adequate or inadequate. Ex. jēṃ kāṃhīṃ karaṇēṃ tēṃ ba0 pāhūna karāvēṃ. 3 Force, strength, virtue, good quality, inherent power or excellence (in things or persons).
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baḷābaḷa (बळाबळ).—See balāḍhya &c.
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bālabāla (बालबाल).—ad Hair by hair; per hair; as bāḷabāḷa- gunhēgāra-aparādhī -pāpī -khūśa -bōlaṇārā -śivīdēṇārā.
balabala (बलबल) [or balabalapurī, or बलबलपुरी].—f A sense of uproar and tumult; a bear-garden, a Babel. Disorder, confusion.
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balābala (बलाबल).—n Comparative strength and weakness. Capability, competency. Force, strength.
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bālabāla (बालबाल).—ad Hair by hair.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Balābala (बलाबल).—
1) comparative strength and want of strength, relative strength and weakness; परात्मनोः परिच्छिद्य शक्त्या- दीनां बलाबलम् (parātmanoḥ paricchidya śaktyā- dīnāṃ balābalam) R.17.59.
2) relative significance and insignificance, comparative importance and unimportance; समय एव करोति बलाबलम् (samaya eva karoti balābalam) Śiśupālavadha 6.44. °अधिकरणम् (adhikaraṇam) a kind of न्यायभेद (nyāyabheda) according to Jaimini.
Derivable forms: balābalam (बलाबलम्).
Balābala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bala and abala (अबल).
Balābala (बलाबल).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Strong and weak. E. bala, and abala feeble.
Balābala (बलाबल).—1. [neuter] strength or weakness, (relative) strength or importance.
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Balābala (बलाबल).—2. [adjective] now strong, now weak.
1) Balābala (बलाबल):—[from bala > bal] mfn. at one time strong at another weak, [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] n. strength and weakness, relative strength or power or weight or highness or dignity or importance, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya; Kāvya literature etc.]
Balābala (बलाबल):—[balā+bala] (laḥ-lā-laṃ) a. Strong and
Balābala (बलाबल):—1. (1. bala + abala) n. Kraft oder Schwäche, die verhältnissmässige Kraft, - Stärke, - Bedeutsamkeit [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 7, 12. 22, 7. 75, 14.] [Hitopadeśa 88, 8.] eines Stoffes [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 181.] parātmanoḥ śaktyādīnām [Raghuvaṃśa 17, 59.] svāra [Prātiśākha zum Atharvaveda 3, 55,] [Scholiast] in der Einl. argha die verhältnissmässige Höhe eines Preises [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 329.] trivarga [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 182, 2.] sūtra Titel einer Sehrift [Oxforder Handschriften 169,a,15.] balābalākṣepaparihāra desgl. [HALL 190.] — Vgl. a .
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Balābala (बलाबल):—2. (wie eben) adj. bald stark und bald schwach [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 116, 23.]
Balābala (बलाबल):—1. n. Kraft oder Schwäche , verhältnissmässige Kraft — , Stärke , — Bedeutsamkeit , — Wichtigkeit ([213,21]), — Höhe (eines Preises). Pl. [Varāhamihira’s Yogayātrā 5,23.]
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Balābala (बलाबल):—2. Adj. bald stark und bald schwach.
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
Balābala (बलाबल):—(nm) strength and weakness; -[vicāra] an assessment of comparative strength and weakness.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Baḷabaḷa (ಬಳಬಳ):—[adverb] = ಬಳಬಳನೆ [balabalane].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Balabala (बलबल):—adv. restlessly; frivolously; n. restlessness; chattering; babbling;
2) Balābala (बलाबल):—n. 1. strength or weakness of two persons or parties; 2. power-play between two sides; wrangling;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
1) balābala (ဗလာဗလ) [(na) (န)]—
[bala+abala]
[ဗလ+အဗလ]
2) bālabala (ဗာလဗလ) [(na) (န)]—
[bāla+bala]
[ဗာလ+ဗလ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) balābala—
(Burmese text): အားရှိ,အားမရှိ၊ အားရှိ,အားမဲ့။
(Auto-Translation): With strength, without strength, with strength, without strength.
2) bālabala—
(Burmese text): လူမိုက်စွမ်းအား။
(Auto-Translation): Mad power.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Chinese-English dictionary
1) 吧啦吧啦 ts = ba la ba la p refers to “(loanword) blah blah blah”.
2) 芭拉芭拉 ts = bā lā bā lā p refers to “para para, a Eurobeat dance originating in Japan, with synchronized upper body movements (loanword from Japanese)”..
Chinese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): Ba-la, Ba, Abala, Bala, La.
Starts with (+0): Balabalabijabhanga, Balabalai, Balabalakshepaparihara, Balabalamarana, Balabalana, Balabalane, Balabalanoyan, Balabalasutra, Balabalasutrabrihadvritti, Balabalaunu.
Full-text (+9): Bala, Abalabala, Arghabalabala, Balabalasutra, Ba-la, Dasanagabala, Dasachaddantanagabala, Cakkavattibala, Abala, Abaladhanvan, Balabalabijabhanga, Pranigad, Balabalasutrabrihadvritti, Balabalamarana, Balabal, Balabalakshepaparihara, Anantarya, Fan shi liu, Vicetavya, Balarama.
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