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Pali-English dictionary

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

Balīyati, (denom. fr. bala, cp. BSk. balīyati MVastu I. 275) to have strength, to grow strong, to gain power, to overpower Sn. 770 (=sahati parisahati abhibhavati Nd1 12, cp. 361); J. IV, 84 (vv. ll. khalī° & paliyy°; C. expls by avattharati)=Pv. II, 61 (=balavanto honti vaḍḍhanti abhibhavanti PvA. 94); J. VI, 224 (3rd pl. balīyare; C. abhibhavati, kuppati, of the border provinces); Nett 6 (vv. ll. bali°, pali°; C. abhibhavati). (Page 484)

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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

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

Balīyati (बलीयति).—(= Pali id.), grows strong: so read in Mahāvastu ii.423.10 (rājakumāro…yathā utpalaṃ) vā padumaṃ vā…balī° (Senart bahvīyati without report of v.l., recorded in Index, but certainly error of some sort); overpowers, with gen. of object (so also in Pali, e.g. Pv. ii.6.1): pramattasya…paraśatru (n. sg.) balīyati Mahāvastu i.275.10, his enemy prevails over the indolent.

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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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Full-text: Bahviyati, Abhibhavati.

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