Baluka, Bālukā, Bāluka, Bālūka: 14 definitions
Introduction:
Baluka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Bāluka (बालुक) is the name of a sacred place classified as an Upadvāra, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—The eight seats are the main group of eight groups [i.e., Bāluka] of eight types of sacred sites. The figure sixty-four is a common ideal number as it is often configured into eight groups of eight.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Bālukā (बालुका) or Bālukāyantra refers to one of the topics discussed in the Rasakaumudī, a Sanskrit manuscript collected in volume 1 of the catalogue “Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (first series)” by Rajendralal Mitra (1822–1891), who was one of the first English-writing historians dealing with Indian culture and heritage.—The Rasakaumudī by Mādhavakara represents a treatise on practice of medicine and therapeutics. It is a leading work on Hindu medicine, very largely studied in Bengal containing causes and symptoms of diseases. It contains 3,092 ślokas.—The catalogue includes the term—Bālukā-yantra in its ‘subject-matter list’ or Viṣaya (which lists topics, chapters and technical terms). The complete entry reads: bālukāyantraṃ .
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)
Bālukā (बालुका) (in Chinese: P'o-leou-kia) [or Bharuka?] refers to one of the fifty-five kingdoms enumerated in chapter 17 of the Candragarbha: the 55th section of the Mahāsaṃnipāta-sūtra, a large compilation of Sūtras (texts) in Mahāyāna Buddhism partly available in Sanskrit, Tibetan and Chinese.—In the Candragarbhasūtra, the Bhagavat invites all classes of Gods and Deities to protect the Law [dharma?] and the faithful in their respective districts.—In Bālukā, the following deities are appointed (among others): The Devaputra Yang-tch'a (Aṇḍa ?); the Kumbhāṇḍa A-p'o-kia-ki (Apakāri).
Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Bālukā (बालुका) is the name of a village visited by Mahāvīra during his eleventh year of spiritual-exertion.—The Lord, completing his meditation (at Poḍhāla), left for Bālukā. From Bālukā he arrived at places such as Suyoga, Succhetā, Malabha, Hastiśīrṣa, etc.
Bālukā (बालुका) refers to the “sands (of an ocean)”, according to Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi.—Accordingly, “In one minute living being there are organisms infinite times the emancipated souls. Thus the entire universe is densely filled with one-sensed beings with no interspace. To become a being with more than one sense is as difficult as finding out a very small piece of diamond buried in the sands of an ocean (bālukā—bālukāsamudre). Even among these most of them are endowed with imperfect senses (i.e. less than five senses). Hence birth as a five-sensed being is as rare as gratitude among the good qualities. [...]”.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Bāluka (बालुक).—A kind of perfume.
Derivable forms: bālukam (बालुकम्).
See also (synonyms): bālu.
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Bālūka (बालूक).—A kind of poison.
Derivable forms: bālūkaḥ (बालूकः).
Bāluka (बालुक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A drug and perfume; also Elabaluka. f.
(-kā) 1. Sand, gravel. 2. (also bālukī) A sort of cucumber, (Cucumis utilatissimus.) 3. Camphor. 4. A sand-cloth. E. bal to live, (by its means,) ukañ aff. or bālu as above, and kan added.
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Bālūka (बालूक).—m.
(-kaḥ) A sort of poison.
Bāluka (बालुक).—cf. bāla, I. m. A drug and perfume. Ii. f. kā. 1. Sand, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 8, 250; 12, 76; [Pañcatantra] 105, 8. 2. Powder, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Balūka (बलूक):—wrongly for valūka, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra]
1) Bāluka (बालुक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A drug and perfume. f. (kā) Sand; sand bath; camphor; a sort of cucumber.
2) Bālūka (बालूक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A sort of poison.
Bālukā (in Sanskrit) can be associated with the following Chinese terms:
1) 沙 [shā]: “(Skt. bālukā)”.
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
Bālukā (बालुका):—(nf) sand; ~[maya] sandy, arenaceous.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Bāḷuka (ಬಾಳುಕ):—[noun] = ಬಾಳಕ [balaka]1.
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Bāḻuka (ಬಾೞುಕ):—[noun] a kind of spicy eatable made of green chillies by salting and drying and frying at the time of use.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Bālukā (बालुका):—n. sand;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Baluka-sag, Baluka-stupa, Baluka-yantra, Balukagada, Balukakasisa, Balukambi, Balukani, Balukaprabha, Balukar-sag, Balukarisu, Balukasag, Balukasamudra, Balukatmika.
Full-text (+21): Himabaluka, Balukaprabha, Pitabaluka, Raktabaluka, Balukagada, Balukakasisa, Sha, Baluka-stupa, Dirghabaluka, Balu, Balukatmika, Taptabaluka, Palugam, Baluka-sag, Balukasamudra, Haribaluka, Paniyavarnika, gseg ma, Anda, Valugam.
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Buddhist records of the Western world (Xuanzang) (by Samuel Beal)
Chapter 3 - Country of Poh-luh-kia (Baluka or Aksu) < [Book I - Thirty-Four Countries]
Further sources of Vijayanagara history (by K. A. Nilakanta Sastri)
Dictionaries of Indian languages (Kosha)
Page 226 < [Hindi-English-Nepali (1 volume)]
Page 554 < [Bengali-Hindi-English, Volume 3]
Page 901 < [Marathi-Hindi-English, Volume 2]
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.6.68 < [Chapter 6 - The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief]
Verse 1.6.76 < [Chapter 6 - The Lord Begins Studying and His Childhood Mischief]
Verse 1.8.146 < [Chapter 8 - The Disappearance of Jagannātha Miśra]
International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
An overview of kupipakava kalpana < [2017, Issue IX, September]
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Part 13 - Mercurial operations (11): Swooning of mercury (murchhana) < [Chapter IV-V - Mercurial operations]
Part 1 - Alchemical apparatus (yantra) < [Chapter VI - Laboratory equipment]
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