Baleya, Bāleya: 13 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 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)
Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and SubjectsBāleya (बालेय) is a patronymic (“descendant of Bali”) of Gandharvāyaṇa in the Baudhāyana Śrauta Sūtra (xx. 25).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBāleya (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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāleya (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.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāleya (बालेय).—i. e. bāla + eya, I. adj. 1. Fit for a child. 2. Soft. Ii. m. 1. An ass. 2. A demon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāleya (बालेय).—[adjective] fit for an oblation or descended from Bali.
— [masculine] ass; patron. from Bali.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 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.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBāleya (बालेय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. An ass; a demon; a plant (Siphonanthus Indica). a. Soft; fit for a child, a sacrifice, &c.
[Sanskrit to German]
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
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryBāleya (बालेय):—(a) tender; childish, puerile; hence ~[tā] (nf).
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBālēya (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: Baleyabrahmana, Baleyardhika, Baleyashaka, Baleyashakapadme, Baleyavattana.
Full-text: Baleyashaka, Shakabaleya, Valeya, Baleyashakapadme, Baleyabrahmana, Baleyardhika, Valeyam, Balayogi, Baleyavattana, Dhan, Somadatta, Bali, Shuli, Shaka.
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Search found 12 books and stories containing Baleya, Bāleya, Bālēya; (plurals include: Baleyas, Bāleyas, Bālēyas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Tattvasangraha [with commentary] (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 380 < [Chapter 8 - Examination of the Doctrine of the Permanence of Things]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Page 233 < [Volume 31 (1951)]
Historical Elements in the Matsya Purana (by Chaitali Kadia)
Lineages of Parāśara < [Chapter 6 - Human history in the Matsya-Purāṇa]
Vishnu Purana (Taylor) (by McComas Taylor)
Chapter 18 - Yayāti’s son Anu < [Book Four: The Royal Dynasties]
Ushaharana Kavya of Trivikrama Pandita (Study) (by Pranesh R. Archak)
Part 4 - The story of Usha and Aniruddha in the Shiva Purana < [Chapter 3 - Sources of the Ushaharana-kavya]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)