Balina, Balīna: 7 definitions
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Balina (बलिन).—See वलिन-भ (valina-bha).
See also (synonyms): balibha.
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Balīna (बलीन).—A scorpion.
Derivable forms: balīnaḥ (बलीनः).
Balina (बलिन).—mfn.
(-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Shrivelled, wrinkled, flabby, flaccid. E. bali wrinkled skin, aff. na.
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Balīna (बलीन).—m.
(-naḥ) A scorpion.
Balina (बलिन).—[bali + na], and balibha bali + bha, adj. Wrinkled, shrivelled.
1) Balīna (बलीन):—m. a scorpion, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) Name of an Asura, [Mahābhārata] ([varia lectio] balīvīra).
1) Balina (बलिन):—[(naḥ-nā-naṃ) a.] Shrivelled.
2) Balīna (बलीन):—(naḥ) 1. m. A scorpion.
Balīna (बलीन):—m. Nomen proprium eines Asura [Mahābhārata 1, 2679.]
Balīna (बलीन):—m. Nomen proprium eines Asura. balīvīra v.l.
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Starts with: Balinade, Balinagara, Balinakalu, Balinali, Balinandana, Balinarayaniye durgapuja, Balinaunau.
Full-text: Tadbalina, Balivira, Balibha, Bahubalina, Abhinna, Tandrita, Yi bi, Bali, Stheya, Avasesa, Pratyanika.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 6.1.41 < [Chapter 1 - Jarāsandha’s Defeat]
Verses 5.5.30-32 < [Chapter 5 - Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance Into Mathurā]
Verses 4.2.9-10 < [Chapter 2 - The Story of the Gopīs That Had Been Sages]
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras (by M. Seshagiri Sastri)
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 10.85.2 < [Sukta 85]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 7.174 < [Section XII - Daily Routine of Work]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
3b. Udararoga (Udara disease) in the Caraka-saṃhitā < [Chapter 5 - Diseases and Remedies in Atharvaveda and Caraka-Saṃhitā]
Glimpses of History of Sanskrit Literature (by Satya Vrat Shastri)