Balata, Bālatā, Balatā, Balāṭa, Bala-ata: 16 definitions

Introduction
Biology
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Balata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, 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.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Balata in Niger is the name of a plant defined with Eragrostis tremula in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Poa multiflora Roxb., nom. illeg., non Poa multiflora Forssk. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Analecta botanica indica … (1851)
· Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum (1854)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1791)
· Flora Indica; or descriptions … (1820)
· Mémoires de l’Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg. Sixième Série. Sciences Mathématiques, Physiques et Naturelles (1830)
· Annuario del Reale Istituto Botanico di Roma (1903)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Balata, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

context information

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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

bālatā : (f.) foolishness.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Balatā, (f.) (abstr. fr. bala) strength, lit. strength-quality M. I, 325. (Page 483)

— or —

Bālatā, (f.) (abstr. to bāla) foolishness J. I, 101, 223. (Page 486)

[Pali to Burmese]

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)

1) balatā—

(Burmese text): (၁) အား၊ စွမ်းအား၊ ခွန်အား၊ အစွမ်းသတ္တိ။ (၂) အားရှိသောသူ၏အဖြစ်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) Strength, power, energy, capability. (2) The state of being strong.

2) bālatā—

(Burmese text): (၁) သူငယ်၏အဖြစ်။ (၂) မိုက်-မလိမ္မာ-သည်၏အဖြစ်။

(Auto-Translation): (1) The condition of a child. (2) The condition of being naive.

context information

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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bālaṭa (बालट) [or बालंट, bālaṇṭa].—n A false charge or accusation, a calumny. v ghē, ghāla. bālaṭāsa or bālaṭāvara yēṇēṃ or saraṇēṃ (i. e. To be ready to accuse the other of making a false allegation.) To deny one's engagement or promise.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Balāṭa (बलाट).—a kind of beam.

Derivable forms: balāṭaḥ (बलाटः).

Balāṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bala and aṭa (अट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Balatā (बलता).—(= Pali id.), quality of strength: kīrtir yaśaś ca balatā guṇavatī Lalitavistara 45.21 (verse); na me 'sti śaktir balata parākramo vā 231.22 (verse).

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

Balāṭa (बलाट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) A sort of bean, (Phaseolus mungo.) E. bala strength, and aṭa what goes or grows. “muga iti bhāṣā” .

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

Bālatā (बालता).—[feminine] tva [neuter] childhood.

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

Bālatā (बालता):—[=bāla-tā] [from bāla] f. ([Mahābhārata]) childhood, boyhood.

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

Balāṭa (बलाट):—[balā+ṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A sort of bean.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Bālatā (बालता) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bāliā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Balata 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Baḷata (ಬಳತ):—

1) [noun] a room designed to store grain; a barn.

2) [noun] a big basket for storing grain.

3) [noun] a thin, flexible bamboo split.

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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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