Bidala, Biḍāla: 21 definitions
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Biḍāla (बिडाल)—The Bhūtas who worship Śiva on the kailāsa mountain are said to have the faces of biḍālas.
Biḍāla (बिडाल).—A minister of Mahiṣāsura. (Devī Bhāgavata).
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.
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Biḍāla (बिडाल) refers to one of the 23 types of dohā metres (a part of mātrā type) described in the 1st chapter of the Vṛttamauktika by Candraśekhara (17th century): author of many metrical compositions and the son of Lakṣmīnātha Bhaṭṭa and Lopāmudrā.
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Dharmashastra (religious law)
Biḍāla (बिडाल) refers to the animal “Leopard cat” (Prionailurus bengalensis).—The Smṛtis mention several domestic as well as wild animals that are enumerated in context of specifying expiation for killing them, the flesh being used as a dietary article to give satisfaction to the Manes (Pitṛs) in Śrāddha rites, the law of transmigration due to various sins committed as well as in the context of specifying gifts to be given on various occasions. These animals [viz., Biḍāla] are chiefly mentioned in the Manusmṛti, Parāśarasmṛti [Chap.6], Gautamasmṛti [17.2 and 15.1], Śātātapasmṛti [II.45-54], Uśānasmṛti [IX.7-9; IX.12-13], Yājñavalkyasmṛti [I.170-171; I.175; I.258- 260], Viṣṇusmṛti [51.3;51.6;51.26;51.33;80.3-14], Uttarāṅgirasasmṛti [X.15-17], Prajāpatismṛti [Śrāddhatyājyavastuvarṇanam. 138-143], 9 Kāśyapasmṛti [Section on Prāyaścittavarṇanam], Vṛddha Hārītasmṛti [6.253-255] and Kātyāyanasmṛti [27.11].
Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Veterinary Medicine (The study and treatment of Animals)
Biḍāla (बिडाल) refers to the Leopard-cat (Prionailurus bengalensis), 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.
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Biḍāla (बिडाल) refers to the “cat” and is mentioned as one of the sworn enemies of Snakes (Sarpas), as taught in the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Agadatantra or Sarpavidyā).—The Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse IV.33) talks about the sworn enemies of Sarpas (snakes): Boar, lightning, peacock, eagle, cat (biḍāla), mongoose and wolf are its sworn enemies.
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.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
bidala : (nt.) a split pea or bamboo; a lath.
Bidala, (adj. n.) (cp. Sk. vidala in same meaning, fr. vi+dal) 1. a kind of pulse, split pea J. IV, 353 (=mugga), in °sūpa haricot soup J. IV, 352.—2. a split bamboo cane, in °mañcaka a bedstead made of laths of split bamboo, the use of which is given as one of the characteristic features of the ascetic life Vin. II, 149; J. I, 9; DhA. I, 135. (Page 487)
bidala (ဗိဒလ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vi+dala+a]
[ဝိ+ဒလ+အ]
[Pali to Burmese]
bidala—
(Burmese text): (၁) ပဲတစ်မျိုး။ ဗိဒလသူပိ-ကြည့်။ (၂) ကြိမ်။ ဗိဒလမဉ္စက-ကြည့်။ (၃) ဝါး၊ ဝါးခြမ်းစိတ်။ ဗိဒလမဉ္စက-ကြည့်။
(Auto-Translation): (1) One type of pea. Look at the Videlthupa. (2) Time. Look at the Videlmunska. (3) Bamboo, bamboo shoot. Look at the Videlmunska.
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
Biḍāla (बिडाल).—
1) A cat.
2) The eyeball.
-lī A female cat.
Derivable forms: biḍālaḥ (बिडालः).
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Bidala (बिदल).—See विदल (vidala). Anything split off or produced by splitting.
Derivable forms: bidalam (बिदलम्).
See also (synonyms): bindala.
Bidala (बिदल).—n.
(-laṃ) 1. A slip. 2. A twig. 3. A split bamboo.
Biḍāla (बिडाल).—[masculine] ā [feminine] cat.
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Bidala (बिदल).—v. vidala.
1) Biḍāla (बिडाल):—m. (also written viḍāla of doubtful origin; cf. [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 117]) a cat, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) a [particular] remedy for the eye, [Bhāvaprakāśa] (cf. laka)
3) the eye-ball, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) Biḍālā (बिडाला):—[from biḍāla] f. a female cat, [Rāmāyaṇa] (also f(ī). , [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 117 [Scholiast or Commentator]])
5) Bidala (बिदल):—[from bind] n. (cf. vi-dala) anything split off or produced by splitting (cf. [compound])
Bidala (बिदल):—(von bid) n. [Amarakoṣa 3, 6, 3, 32.]
1) n. Abspalt, Span, Schnitzel (besonders das durch Spaltung in der Mitte entstandene:) vaṃśa [Suśruta 2, 158, 7.] latā [1, 65, 14.] vidalacūrṇādyapi kāryam [ŚĀṂK.] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 37.] gespaltenes Bambusrohr [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 1, 182.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 35, 5.] śiphāvidalarajjvādyairvidadhyānnṛpatirdamam [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 9, 230.] eine gespaltene Erbse [Suśruta 2, 509. 7.] matsyamudgavidalaprāya [Dhūrtasamāgama 79, 15.] vidalamardhavidalamiva [] zu [Bṛhadāranyakopaniṣad] [S. 139.] vidalārdha [140.] Vgl. masūra . [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa] giebt nach [Śabdakalpadruma] dem n. noch folgende Bedd.: Goldblättchen u.s.w. (svarṇāderavayavaḥ), ein aus Rohr u.s.w. gemachter Korb (vaṃśādikṛtapātraviśeṣa), Paste aus Granaten (dāḍimakalka) . —
2) m. Backwerk, Kuchen (piṣṭaka) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] —
3) m. Bauhinia variegata (vgl. kuddāla, kovidāra) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —
4) f. ā Ipomoea Turpethum R. Br. (trivṛt) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — Ueberall mit va geschrieben, so dass die Zurückführung auf dal mit vi als ganz natürlich erscheint, um so mehr. da dala dieselbe Grundbedeutung hat. Zur Schreibart mit ba und zur Zurückführung des Wortes auf bid = bhid haben uns nur bidalakārī und bidalasaṃhita vermocht. — Vgl. vaidala .
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Biḍāla (बिडाल):—[Uṇādisūtra.1,117.] m. n. [Siddhāntakaumudī 250,b,8.]
1) m. a) Katze [Amarakoṣa 2, 5, 6.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 5, 8.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1301.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 132.] [Halāyudha 2, 81.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 159.] [Mahābhārata 5, 5429. 5447. fg. 8, 1814. 12, 444. 13, 5459. 6151.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 53, 57.] [Spr. 1594.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 40. 86, 22. 88, 3. 35.] [Pañcatantra 125, 12.] [Hitopadeśa 58, 7. 113, 8.] f. ā [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 6, 58.] ī [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 1, 117.] Accent eines auf biḍāla ausgehenden Comp. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 72.] bhikṣā [Scholiast] Vgl. jalaviḍāla, vana . — b) ein best. Augenmittel [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 3, 13, 1.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss 285, 2.] — c) Augapfel, = netrapiṇḍa (welches auch Katze bedeutet) [Medinīkoṣa] —
2) f. ī eine best. Krankheit und die Genie derselben [Harivaṃśa 9542.]
Biḍāla (बिडाल):——
1) m. — a) Katze. — b) ein best. Augenmittel. — c) *Augapfel. —
2) f. ā und ī f. zu 1)a). —
3) f. — a) ī eine best. Krankheit und die Genie derselben. Zu den Yoginī gezählt [Hemādri’s Caturvargacintāmaṇi 2.1,102,9,10.] — b) *eine best. Pflanze [Rājan 7,99.]
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Bidala (बिदल):—s. vidala.
Biḍāla (बिडाल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Biḍāla, Birāḍa.
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
Biḍāla (बिडाल):—[=बिडा(ड़ा)ल] (nm) a he-cat.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Biḍāla (बिडाल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Biḍāla.
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
Biḍāla (ಬಿಡಾಲ):—[noun] the small, lithe, soft-furred animal, Felis cattus of Felidae family, domesticated and kept as a pet or for killing mice; a cat.
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Biḍāḷa (ಬಿಡಾಳ):—[noun] = ಬಿಡಾಲ [bidala].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Biḍāla (बिडाल):—n. a cat;
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)
Partial matches (+0): Vi, Dala, A, Tala.
Starts with (+0): Bidalabhastra, Bidalaghni, Bidalaka, Bidalakari, Bidalaksh, Bidalaksha, Bidalakshi, Bidalamancaka, Bidalamancakapassa, Bidalapada, Bidalapadaka, Bidalaputra, Bidalasamhita, Bidalasupi, Bidalavana, Bidalavanij, Bidalavratika.
Full-text (+26): Bidalavratika, Bidalapada, Bidalaputra, Bidalavanij, Jalabidala, Bidalakari, Bidalapadaka, Vanabidala, Bidalasamhita, Bidalasupi, Bidalamancaka, Bhikshabidala, Baidala, Birala, Vilala, Bidalabhastra, Vidala, Bidaraka, Bidal, Vaidalya.
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