Balasa, Baḷasa, Balāsa, Balasha, Balāśa, Bala-asha: 11 definitions

Introduction:

Balasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.

The Sanskrit terms Baḷasa and Balāśa can be transliterated into English as Balasa or Baliasa or Balasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Balāsa (बलास) is the name of a disease mentioned several times in the Atharvaveda and occasionally later. Mahīdhara and Sāyaṇa interpret the term as “consumption” Zimmer supports this view on the ground that it is mentioned as a kind of Yakṣma, makes the bones and joints fall apart (asthisraṃsa, paruḥsraṃsa), and is caused by love, aversion, and the heart, characteristics which agree with the statements of the later Hindu medicine. It is in keeping with a demon of the character of consumption that Balāsa should appear as an accompaniment of Takman. Grohmann, however, thought that a “sore” or ”swelling” (in the case of fever caused by dropsy) was meant. Bloomfield considers that the question is still open. Ludwig renders the word by “dropsy”.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

baḷasa (बळस).—m The spume in the mouth of infants and animals at birth: also similar spume or froth at any time.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

baḷasa (बळस).—m The spume in the month of in- fants and animals at birth.

context information

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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Balāsa (बलास).—

1) A kind of disease.

2) Consumption, phthisis.

Derivable forms: balāsaḥ (बलासः).

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Balāśa (बलाश).—

1) consumption.

2) the phlegmatic humour (kapha).

3) a swelling in the throat (which stops the passages of food).

Derivable forms: balāśaḥ (बलाशः).

Balāśa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bala and aśa (अश). See also (synonyms): balāsa.

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Balāsa (बलास).—

1) consumption.

2) the phlegmatic humour (kapha).

3) a swelling in the throat (which stops the passages of food).

Derivable forms: balāsaḥ (बलासः).

Balāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bala and asa (अस). See also (synonyms): balāśa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Balāśa (बलाश).—m.

(-śaḥ) The phlegmatic humour. E. bala strength, to eat or destroy, aff. ac; also with kan added balāśaka .

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Balāsa (बलास).—m.

(-saḥ) The phlegmatic humour. E. bala life or strength, as to pervade, aff. ac .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Balāsa (बलास).—[masculine] a cert. disease; p. balāsin.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Balaṣa (बलष):—balaṅga and balaṣa and balahaṣa, m. or n. (?), Name of places, [Catalogue(s)]

2) Balāsa (बलास):—m. (also written balāśa) a [particular] disease, consumption or phthisis, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda]

3) the phlegmatic humour, [Suśruta]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Balāśa (बलाश):—[balā+śa] (śaḥ) 1. m. Phlegmatic humor.

2) Balāsa (बलास):—[balā+sa] (saḥ) 1. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Balasa in German

context information

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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Balāsa (ಬಲಾಸ):—[noun] a disease characterised by swelling or consumpion of the throat, supposed to be caused by the phlegmaic humour in the body.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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