Bhalla: 19 definitions
Introduction:
Bhalla means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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
Dhanurveda (science of warfare)
Bhalla (भल्ल) refers to a weapon (a kind of arrow or missile). It is a Sanskrit word defined in the Dhanurveda-saṃhitā, which contains a list of no less than 117 weapons. The Dhanurveda-saṃhitā is said to have been composed by the sage Vasiṣṭha, who in turn transmitted it trough a tradition of sages, which can eventually be traced to Śiva and Brahmā.
Dhanurveda (धनुर्वेद) refers to the “knowledge of warfare” and, as an upaveda, is associated with the Ṛgveda. It contains instructions on warfare, archery and ancient Indian martial arts, dating back to the 2nd-3rd millennium BCE.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Bhalla (भल्ल) refers to “spears”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.7 (“Commencement of the War”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “[...] Wounded and killed by great weapons, hundreds and thousands of heroic soldiers fell on the ground. The arms of some were cut off by terrible blows from swords. Others lost their thighs in the battle of those honourable, heroic people. The entire body of some was smashed by the maces; the chests and hearts of some were pounded by iron clubs; some were felled to the ground by spears (bhalla) and dragged with nooses. [...]”.
Bhalla (भल्ल) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. III.170.17, VIII.44.42) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Bhalla) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Bhalla (भल्ल) (lit. “one who is auspicious, favourable”) is a synonym (another name) for the Bhallūka, according to scientific texts such as the Mṛgapakṣiśāstra (Mriga-pakshi-shastra) or “the ancient Indian science of animals and birds” by Hamsadeva, containing the varieties and descriptions of the animals and birds seen in the Sanskrit Epics such as the Ramayana and Mahabharata.
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.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Bhallā (भल्ला) refers to a country belonging to “Aiśānī (north-eastern division)” classified under the constellations of Revatī, Aśvinī and Bharaṇī, according to the system of Kūrmavibhāga, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 14), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “The countries of the Earth beginning from the centre of Bhāratavarṣa and going round the east, south-east, south, etc., are divided into 9 divisions corresponding to the 27 lunar asterisms at the rate of 3 for each division and beginning from Kṛttikā. The constellations of Revatī, Aśvinī and Bharaṇī represent the north-eastern consisting of [i.e., Bhallā] [...]”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Bhalla (भल्ल) is the name of a Vīra (hero) who, together with the Ḍākinī named Bhallī forms one of the 36 pairs situated in the Medinīcakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Accordingly, the medinīcakra refers to one of the three divisions of the dharma-puṭa (‘dharma layer’), situated in the Herukamaṇḍala. The 36 pairs of Ḍākinīs and Vīras [viz., Bhalla] are yellow in color; the shapes of their faces are in accordance with their names; they have four arms; they hold a skull bowl, a skull staff, a small drum, and a knife.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
bhalla (भल्ल).—n S The head of a spear, pike, arrow &c.
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bhallā (भल्ला).—interj Well! ah well! 2 Used as a and for bhalā q. v. esp. in Sig. III.
bhallā (भल्ला).—interj Well! ah well!
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Bhalla (भल्ल).—a. Auspicious, favourable.
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Bhalla (भल्ल).—[bhall-ac] A kind of crescentshaped missile or arrow; क्षुरार्धचन्द्रोत्तमकर्णभल्लैः शरांश्च चिच्छेद (kṣurārdhacandrottamakarṇabhallaiḥ śarāṃśca ciccheda) Rām.6.59.99; क्वचिदाकर्णविकृष्टभल्लवर्षी (kvacidākarṇavikṛṣṭabhallavarṣī) R.9.66;4.63;7. 58.
2) A particular part of an arrow; विष्णुं सोमं हुताशं च तस्येषुं समकल्पयन् । शृङ्गमग्निर्बभूवास्य भल्लः सोमो विशांपते (viṣṇuṃ somaṃ hutāśaṃ ca tasyeṣuṃ samakalpayan | śṛṅgamagnirbabhūvāsya bhallaḥ somo viśāṃpate) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 8. 34.18.
-llaḥ 1 A bear.
2) An epithet of Śiva.
3) The marking-nut-plant (bhallī also).
Derivable forms: bhallaḥ (भल्लः), bhallam (भल्लम्).
See also (synonyms): bhallī.
Bhalla (भल्ल).—m.
(-llaḥ) 1. A bear. 2. An epithet of Siva. mn.
(-llaḥ-llaṃ) A kind of arrow. f. (-llī) 1. An arrow, with a crescent-shaped head. 2. The marking-nut plant; also bhallātakī. E. bhall to hurt or kill, aff. ac .
Bhalla (भल्ल).—I. m. A bear. Ii. m. and n. A kind of arrow,
Bhalla (भल्ल).—[masculine] a kind of arrow (also [feminine] ī); bear.
1) Bhalla (भल्ल):—[from bhall] mfn. auspicious, favourable (= bhadra or śiva), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. a bear, [Hitopadeśa] (cf. accha-bhalla, bhalluka, bhallūka)
3) [v.s. ...] a term used in addressing the Sun (only [dative case]; cf. 2. bhala), [Mantra-brāhmaṇa; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa]
4) [v.s. ...] ([plural]) Name of a people, [Pāṇini 5-3, 114. [Scholiast or Commentator]] ([varia lectio] malla)
5) [v.s. ...] Name of Śiva (cf. above)
6) [v.s. ...] m. a kind of arrow or missile with a point of a [particular] shape, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (also f(ī). and n.)
7) [v.s. ...] m. a [particular] part of an arrow, [Mahābhārata]
8) [from bhall] n. an arrow-head of a [particular] shape, [Śārṅgadhara-paddhati]
9) Bhālla (भाल्ल):—mfn. ([from] bhalla) [gana] saṃkalādi.
1) Bhalla (भल्ल):—(ṅa) bhallate 1. d. To tell, to describe; to hurt, to kill; to give.
2) (llaḥ) 1. m. A bear. m. n. An arrow. f. (llī) Idem; Semicarpus.
Bhalla (भल्ल):—gaṇa saṃkalādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 75.] sakhyādi zu [?80. Manu’s Gesetzbuch Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 2, 21.] —
1) eine Art Pfeil [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 780,] [Scholiast] m. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 503.] n. [Medinīkoṣa l. 42.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5522. 3, 11094 (S. 572). 12216. 14892. 15742. 4, 1525. 1804. 2042. 6, 1812. 14, 2500.] [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 7, 24] (m.). [19, 50. 27, 25. 36, 77. 79, 16. 51] (m.). [52. 91, 18] (m.). [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 63. 7, 55. 9, 66.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 42, 4. 48, 60.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 10, 18. 9, 6, 17.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 127, 20.] Nirgends neutr. —
2) m. Bär (vgl. acchabhalla, bhalluka, bhallūka) [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Spr. 2231, v. l.] —
3) m. s. u. bhala . —
4) m. pl. Nomen proprium eines Volksstammes (v. l. malla) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 114,] [Scholiast] Vgl. bhallāpalolajaṭāsura [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 14, 30], wo vielleicht bhallaapalola zu trennen ist. —
5) f. ī = bhallātaka Semecarpus Anacardium Lin. [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — Vgl. bhālla, bhālleya .
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Bhālla (भाल्ल):—adj. von bhalla gaṇa saṃkalādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 75.]
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Bhalla (भल्ल):—
1) auch bhallī f. [Kathāsaritsāgara 84, 9. 104, 97. 207.] bhalla n. auch Bez. einer Pfeilspitze von besonderer Form [Śārṅgadhara’s Paddiiati 80, 64] bei [AUFRECHT, Halāyudha] [Ind.] u. ārāgra; vgl. dvibhallaka . —
6) adj. = bhadra, śiva [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 113]; vgl. malla 3).
Bhalla (भल्ल):——
1) *Adj. = bhadra , śiva. —
2) m. f. (ī) (*n.) eine Art Pfeil [Jayadeva's Prasannarāghava 123,16.] —
3) m. — a) Bär. — b) Bez. der Sonne ; s.u. 2. bhala. — c) Pl. Nomen proprium eines Volk. —
4) *f. ī Semecarpus Anacardium [Bhāvaprakāśa 1,178.] —
5) n. eine Pfeilspitze von besonderer Form.
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Bhālla (भाल्ल):—Adj. von bhalla.
Bhalla (भल्ल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhalla.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Bhalla (भल्ल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Bhalla.
2) Bhalla (भल्ल) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Bhadra.
2) Bhalla has the following synonyms: Bhallaya.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Bhalla (ಭಲ್ಲ):—
1) [noun] = ಭಲ್ಲೆ [bhalle].
2) [noun] an arrow having crescent shaped blade at the front end.
3) [noun] = ಭಲ್ಲೂಕ [bhalluka].
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 (+14): Bhallaathaka, Bhallaathakai, Bhallaathamu, Bhallaaya, Bhallabha, Bhallada, Bhallaka, Bhallakiya, Bhallaksha, Bhallala, Bhallalasamgraha, Bhallapala, Bhallapaleya, Bhallapucchi, Bhallasana, Bhallata, Bhallatadayaka, Bhallatah, Bhallatak, Bhallataka.
Full-text (+14): Bhallika, Acchabhalla, Bhalli, Bhallapaleya, Bhallapucchi, Bhallaksha, Bhalleya, Bhallapala, Bhallataka, Bhallaka, Mallu, Bhala, Bhaluka, Accabhalla, Bhalluka, Bhallakiya, Bhalliya, Accapallam, Galla, Palampalam.
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Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 7.34 < [Chapter 7 - Literary Faults]
The Geographical Text of the Puranas: A Further Critical Study < [Purana, Volume 4, Part 1 (1962)]
Brihat Samhita (by N. Chidambaram Iyer)
Ramayana of Valmiki (Shastri) (by Hari Prasad Shastri)
Chapter 45 - Rama and Lakshmana are struck down by Indrajita < [Book 6 - Yuddha-kanda]
Chapter 43 - The Conflict between the Monkeys and Titans < [Book 6 - Yuddha-kanda]
Chapter 23 - Ravana’s Struggle with the Sons of Varuna < [Book 7 - Uttara-kanda]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section CCXXXIX < [Ghosha-yatra Parva]
Section LXII < [Bhagavat-Gita Parva]
Section CLXXII < [Tirtha-yatra Parva]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 353 - Greatness of Bhalla Tīrtha < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Chapter 17 - The Fight between Yama and Grasana < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 70 - Birth of Kārttikeya (Skanda) < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]