Baleya, Bāleya: 13 definitions
Introduction:
Baleya 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
1a) Bāleya (बालेय).—Putrikāputras of Atri.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 197. 9.
1b) The descendants of Bali.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 5. 44.
1c) Śveta Parāśaras.*
- * Matsya-purāṇa 201. 36.
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.
General definition (in Hinduism)
Bāleya (बालेय) is a patronymic (“descendant of Bali”) of Gandharvāyaṇa in the Baudhāyana Śrauta Sūtra (xx. 25).
Biology (plants and animals)
Baleya in India is the name of a plant defined with Rotheca serrata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Clerodendrum serratum var. nepalense Moldenke (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Numer. List (1815)
· Flora of the British India. (1885)
· Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1883)
· Rev. Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon (1983)
· Hortus Bengalensis, or ‘a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta’ (1814)
· Prodromus Florae Nepalensis. (1825)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Baleya, for example chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, health benefits, pregnancy safety, 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
Bāleya (बालेय).—a. (-yī f.) [बलये हितं ढक् (balaye hitaṃ ḍhak)]
1) Fit for an offering.
2) Tender, soft.
3) Descended from Bali.
-yaḥ An ass.
Bāleya (बालेय).—mfn.
(-yaḥ-yī-yaṃ) 1. Soft. 2. Fit or proper for a child. 3. Fit or proper for a tax, a sacrifice, &c. m.
(-yaḥ) 1. An ass. 2. A demon, a Daitya. 3. A plant, (Siphonanthus Indica.) E. bali a tax, a sacrifice, or bāla a child and ḍhak aff.
Bāleya (बालेय).—i. e. bāla + eya, I. adj. 1. Fit for a child. 2. Soft. Ii. m. 1. An ass. 2. A demon.
Bāleya (बालेय).—[adjective] fit for an oblation or descended from Bali.
— [masculine] ass; patron. from Bali.
1) Bāleya (बालेय):—[from bāla] 1. bāleya mfn. fit or proper for children, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] tender, soft, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (for 2. See below).
3) 2. bāleya mfn. ([from] bali) fit for an offering or oblation, [Raghuvaṃśa]
4) descended from Bali, [Harivaṃśa]
5) m. an ass, [Varāha-mihira]
6) a species of Cyperus, [Bhāvaprakāśa]
7) = -śāka, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) a kind of radish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] ([probably] [wrong reading] for śāleya)
9) [patronymic] [from] bali, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
10) ([plural]), [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]
11) Name of a Daitya, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Bāleya (बालेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. An ass; a demon; a plant (Siphonanthus Indica). a. Soft; fit for a child, a sacrifice, &c.
Bāleya (बालेय):—
1) adj. a) zu einer Huldigungsgabe (1. bali) sich eignend [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5. 1, 13.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 504. fg.] taṇḍulāḥ [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher, Scholiast] bīja [Raghuvaṃśa 14, 77.] — b) weich, zart (mṛdu, komala) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 316.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa y. 96.] — c) für Knaben (bāla) geeignet [Medinīkoṣa] — d) von Bali (s. 2. bali) stammend: kṣatra [Harivaṃśa 1685.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 4, 18] bei [MUIR.] [Stenzler I, 55, Nalopākhyāna 48.] brāhmaṇāḥ [Harivaṃśa 1685.] patron. gaṇa gṛṣṭyādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 136.] [Pravarādhyāya] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 59, 6.] pl. [KÖPPEN I, 117.] —
2) m. a) Esel [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 78.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1256.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 125.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 85.] — b) eine best. Gemüsepflanze, = aṅgāravallī [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [VIŚVA im Śabdakalpadruma] eine Art Rettig, = cāṇakyamūlaka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — c) Nomen proprium eines Daitya [Medinīkoṣa]
Bāleya (बालेय):——
1) Adj. — a) zu einer Huldigungsgabe ( bali) sich eignend. — b) *weich , zart. — c) *für Knaben ( bāla) geeignet. — d) von Bali stammend. —
2) m. — a) Esel [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 86,26,38,5.] bāleya geschr. — b) eine Cyperus-Art [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,194.] — c) *eine best. Gemüsepflanze , = aṅgāravallī. — d) *eine Art Rettig. Richtig śāleya. — e) Patron. von Bali [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtra 10,2,21] (bāleya). Pl. [Wilson's Uebersetzung des Viṣṇupurāṇa 4,124.] — f) *Nomen proprium eines Daitya.
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
Bāleya (बालेय):—(a) tender; childish, puerile; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Bālēya (ಬಾಲೇಯ):—
1) [adjective] fit for an offering of oblation.
2) [adjective] fit for children.
3) [adjective] soft and delicate; tender.
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Bālēya (ಬಾಲೇಯ):—[noun] a domesticated ass; a donkey.
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 (+0): Baleyabrahmana, Baleyardhika, Baleyashaka, Baleyashakapadme, Baleyavattana.
Full-text (+0): Baleyashaka, Shakabaleya, Valeya, Baleyashakapadme, Baleyabrahmana, Baleyardhika, Valeyam, Balayogi, Baleyavattana, Tan, Somadatta, Bali, Shuli, Shaka.
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Ushaharana Kavya of Trivikrama Pandita (Study) (by Pranesh R. Archak)
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Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 380 < [Chapter 8 - Examination of the Doctrine of the Permanence of Things]
Brahma Archana Paddhati (text and translation) (by Prabhunath Dwivedi)
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Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
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Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
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