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Pali-English dictionary

Balavant, (adj.) (fr. bala) strong, powerful, sturdy M. I, 244 (purisa) S. I, 222; J. II, 406; DhA. II, 208; VvA. 35; PvA. 94. Comparative balavatara Miln. 131; f. °a(n)tarī Sdhp. 452. In compn balava°, e.g. °gavā sturdy oxen M. I, 226; °vippaṭisāra deep remorse PvA. 14, °balava very strong J. II, 406.—balavaṃ as nt. adv. “exceedingly,” in cpd. Balav’âbalavaṃ very (loud and) strong Vin. II, 1 (=suṭṭhu balavaṃ C.), and °paccūse very early in the morning Vism. 93, and °paccūsa-samaye id. J. I, 92; DhA. I, 26. (Page 483)

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

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Balavant (बलवन्त्).—name of a Śākyan youth: Avadāna-śataka i.359.11.

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

Balavant (बलवन्त्).—[bala + vant], adj., f. vatī, comparat. balīyaṃs, superl. baliṣṭha, strong, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 185, 5; powerful, Chr. 35, 7; heavy, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 50, 8. balīyaṃs, Stronger, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 7; balīyas + tara, much stronger, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 191. balavat, acc. sing. n., adv. 1. Much, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 7, 9. 2. Well, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 2.

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

Balavant (बलवन्त्).—[adjective] powerful, mighty, strong, prevalent, superior to ([ablative]); [neuter] vat [adverb] greatly, much, well.

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

Balavant (बलवन्त्):—(von 1. bala) adj. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5,] [?-2, 136.]

1) stark, kräftig, wuchtig [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 1, 44.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 448,] [Scholiast] [Halāyudha 2, 226.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 9, 9.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 1, 3, 23.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 4.] viś [LĀṬY. 1, 10, 13.] [Chāndogyopaniṣad 7, 8, 1.] [Hiḍimbavadha 1, 8. 42.] [Mahābhārata 2, 327.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1. 1, 49. 6, 3. 51, 18.] [Suśruta 1, 149, 14.] [Spr. 309. 1941. fgg.] [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 244.] vāyu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 76.] indriyagrāma [2, 215.] vidhi [Spr. 811.] karman [Kathāsaritsāgara 27, 78.] patisneha [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 20.] gandha 12. geya [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 7, 7, 10.] sarve svarā ghoṣavanto balavanto vaktavyāḥ [Chāndogyopaniṣad 2, 22, 5. 1.] jāla [Mahābhārata 13, 2657.] yantrāṇi balavanti dṛḍhāni ca [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 72, 8.] andhakāra [Mṛcchakaṭikā 14, 12.] jīvitāśā [Spr. 4083.] vipratiṣedha uttaraṃ balavadalope Geltung habend, vorwiegend [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 1, 159.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 21.] arthaśāstrāttu balavaddharmaśāstram mehr geltend ebend. 23. lokāpavāda bījatkṣetraṃ balavat [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 52.] compar. balavattara [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 20. 173.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 54, 12. 14.] [Spr. 3095.] [Pañcatantra 227, 20.] svavīryādrājavīryācca svavīryaṃ balavattaram [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 32.] svārtha [Mahābhārata 12, 5053.] [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 23.] balavat adv. stark, heftig, in hohem Grade [Amarakoṣa 3, 5, 2.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1535.] vāti [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 1, 3, 13.] varṣati [11, 2, 7, 32.] gāyati [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa 2, 1.] [LĀṬY. 7, 12, 5.] [Mahābhārata 1, 7515.] [Arjunasamāgama 7, 24.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 92, 5. 101, 5.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 69.] [Śākuntala 2. 127. 183. 31, 8. 33, 11. 60, 5. 82, 21.] [Vikramorvaśī 7, 14.] [Śiśupālavadha 8, 62.] [Hitopadeśa ed. JOHNS. 981.] —

2) von einem Heere begleitet Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. [S. 7, 7, Śloka 24.]

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Balavant (बलवन्त्):—

1) superl. balavattama [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 5, 4, 1.] [Sp. 35, Z. 10.] [Śākuntala 183] nicht adv., sondern adj. in Verbindung mit saṃmoha . —

3) m. Bez. des 8ten Muhūrta [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 296] (valavant) .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Balavant (बलवन्त्):——

1) Adj. — a) stark , kräftig , mächtig , Geltung habend , vorwiegend , mehr geltend als (Abl.). balavat Adv. heftig , in hohem Grade. Compar. balavattara. Superl. balavattama. — b) von einem Heere begleitet. —

2) m. Bez. des 8ten Muhūrta. —

3) *f. balavatī kleine Kardamomen [Rājan 6,87.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

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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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