Vali, Vālī, Vāli: 26 definitions

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Vali means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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.

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Vāli (वालि).—A son of Virajā (the daughter of Ṛkṣa) and Mahendra. Crowned king of Kiṣkinda and ruled with Sugrīva; wife Tārā and son Angada: crossed the seas, vanquished Rāvaṇa at Puṣkara, and agreed to be his ally on his request; performed Vedic yajñas, learned in the Vedic lore; applauded by Nārada;¹ killed by Rāma.²

1) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa III. 7. 214-48.
2) Bhāgavata-purāṇa IX. 10. 12; Viṣṇu-purāṇa IV. 4. 96.

1b) An Asura in the sabhā of Hiraṇyakaśipu.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 161. 81.

1c) An avatār of the Lord in the 13th dvāpara in the Vālakhilyāśrama of the Gandhamādana with tapasvin sons.^*

* Vāyu-purāṇa 23. 159.

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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.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: ISKCON Press: Glossary

Vāli (वालि).—Name of a monkey who was the son of Indra, the King of heaven, and elder brother of Sugrīva, the monkey king in the epic Rāmāyaṇa.

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Saṅgītaśiromaṇi

Vali (वलि, “wrinkle”) refers to one of the fifteen aspects of gamaka (embellishments, ornamentation) that are used in Indian classical music (gāndharva), according to the Saṅgītaśiromaṇi 14.83-94. These gamakas refer to essential elements of the sthāyas (technical phrases) of rāgas (melodic modes). Accordingly, “a vribrato (kampana) rendered in various speeds is considered to be a vali”.

Source: archive.org: Northern Indian Music Volume I

Vali (वलि, “ripple”) refers to one of the gamakas (graces):—The ripple (vali), now called mīḍa.—“Any kind of fast sliding is called a ripple (vali)”. (Saṅgītaratnākara 2.3.92)

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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Valī (वली) refers to “wrinkles” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning valī] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Vali (वलि):—Wrinkles

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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.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Apam Napat: Indian Mythology

Vali was the king of monkeys. He is said to be the son of the sage Kashyapa. He had obtained a boon that he would get half of his opponent's strength in combat. This made him invincible in fair combat. He fell out with his younger brother Sugreeva, who sought the help of Rama in killing his brother.

According to the promise made to Sugreeva, Rama killed Vali with an arrow, fired from a hidden spot when Vali was fighting with Sugreeva. This way Rama avoided losing half his strength, as he was hidden from Vali.

Source: WikiPedia: Hinduism

Vālī (वाली): One of five great monkeys in Ramayana, a son of Indra, Monkey-king of Kishkindha and the cruel elder brother of Sugriva. He was killed by Rama.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Vāḻi.—(SII 2), ear-ring. Note: vāḻi is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

Source: Institut Français de Pondichéry: The Shaivite legends of Kanchipuram

Vāli (வாலி) (in Tamil) refers to Vālin in Sanskrit, and represents one of the proper nouns mentioned in the Kanchipuranam, which narrates the Shaivite Legends of Kanchipuram—an ancient and sacred district in Tamil Nadu (India). The Kanchipuranam (mentioning Vāli) reminds us that Kanchipuram represents an important seat of Hinduism where Vaishnavism and Shaivism have co-existed since ancient times.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Vali in India is the name of a plant defined with Setaria verticillata in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum respiciens (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Hochst. ex Steud. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Taschenbuch fur den Schweizerschen Botaniker (1869)
· Flore de Lorraine (1844)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta (1825)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Horti Regii Berolinensis Altera (1821)
· Florae Africae Australioris Illustrationes Monographicae (1841)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

vali : (f.) a fold; a wrinkle.

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

Vali, & Valī (f.) (cp. Epic Sk. vali; fr val. Spelling occasionally with ḷ) a line, fold, wrinkle, a streak, row; Vin. II, 112 (read valiyo for valiṃ?); Th. 2, 256; J. IV, 109; Shhp 104.—muttā-vali a string of pearls VvA. 169. For vaṭṭanā-valī see vaṭṭanā. See also āvali. (Page 603)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

valī (वली).—m ( A) A saint, sage, devotee, a sacred personage in general.

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vaḷī (वळी).—f (vaḷaṇēṃ) A stuffed roll or pad placed across and underneath the packsaddle. 2 A roll, a thing rolled up. 3 Uniting threads together. A term of the loom. See sāndhaṇī.

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vaḷī (वळी).—f (āvali S) A line, row, rank. 2 A line as drawn by the pen, or a line of writing. 3 fig. Course, fashion, line of deportment or procedure. 4 A corrugation or wrinkle (esp. abdominal).

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vālī (वाली) [or वाल्ही, vālhī].—m ( A) A protector, patron, befriender; an espouser of the cause of. 2 Master, lord, owner, proprietor. jivācā or prāṇācā vālī A husband or a lover.

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vāḷī (वाळी).—f (vāḷā) A ring of gold or silver wire, for the nose or ear. 2 A plant, also called vēla- bōṇḍī, Basella rubra et alba.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

vaḷī (वळी).—f A line, row. A roll. Fig. A course; fashion.

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vālī (वाली).—m A protector; master.

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vāḷī (वाळी).—f A ring of gold wire, for the nose or ear.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vali (वलि) or Valī (वली).—f. (Also written baliḥ-lī)

1) A fold or wrinkle (on the skin); वलिभिर्मुखमाक्रान्तम् (valibhirmukhamākrāntam).

2) A fold of skin on the upper part of the belly (especially of females regarded as a mark of beauty); मध्येन सा वेदि- विलग्नमध्या वलित्रयं चारु वभार बाला (madhyena sā vedi- vilagnamadhyā valitrayaṃ cāru vabhāra bālā) Kumārasambhava 1.39.

3) The ridge of a thatched roof.

4) A line made on the body with fragrant unguents.

5) A handle of the Chāmara; रत्नच्छायाखचितवलिभिश्चामरैः क्लान्तहस्ताः (ratnacchāyākhacitavalibhiścāmaraiḥ klāntahastāḥ) Meghadūta 37.

6) Sulphur.

Derivable forms: valiḥ (वलिः).

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Vāli (वालि).—Name of a celebrated monkeychief, who was slain by Rāma at the desire of Sugrīva, his younger brother. [He is represented as a very powerful monkey, and is said to have placed under his arm-pit even Rāvaṇa when he went to fight with him. During his absence from Kiṣkindhā to slay the brother of Dundubhi, Sugriva usurped the throne considering him to be dead, but when Vāli returned, he had to run away to Ṛiṣyamūka. Tārā, wife of Sugrīva, was seized by Vāli, but she was restored to her husband when Rāma slew him.]

Derivable forms: vāliḥ (वालिः).

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

Vali (वलि).—f. or m. (perhaps compare Sanskrit Lex. balikā? see [Boehtlingk]), a kind of flower: Mahāvyutpatti 6209 baliḥ; also Tibetan ba-li in the passage cited from ms. H by Lefm. on Lalitavistara 11.3, instead of varṇa as cited.

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Vāli (वालि).—(supported by Tibetan; most mss. Vāri), name of a gandharva: Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 162.2.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vali (वलि).—f. (-liḥ or lī) 1. A line or streak made with fragrant unguents on the person. 2. Natural line or folds of skin, a wrinkle m.

(-liḥ) Offerings to the spirits of air. E. val to surround, aff. in: see bali .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vali (वलि).—[feminine] fold of skin, wrinkle.

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Valī (वली).—[feminine] fold of skin, wrinkle.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vali (वलि):—[from val] mf. (cf. bali and valī) (once m.) a fold of the skin, wrinkle, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (cf. tri-v)

2) [v.s. ...] a line or stroke made with fragrant unguents on the person, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] the edge of a roof, [Viṣṇu-purāṇa]

4) [v.s. ...] sulphur, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) [v.s. ...] a [particular] musical instrument, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Valī (वली):—[from val] f. = vali, a fold, wrinkle, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

7) [v.s. ...] a wave, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) Vālī (वाली):—[from vāla] f. a post, pillar, [Anupada-sūtra] (= medhi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.])

9) [v.s. ...] a kind of ornament, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] a pit, cavern, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) Vāli (वालि):—[from vāla] 1. vāli m. (also written bāli) = vālin Name of a monkey, [Rāmāyaṇa]

12) [v.s. ...] of a Muni, [Catalogue(s)]

13) [v.s. ...] 2. vāli in [compound] for vālin.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vali (वलि):—(liḥ) 2. f. A streak made with unguents; fold or wrinkle; an offering to the spirits of air.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vali (वलि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Vali, Valī, Vāli.

[Sanskrit to German]

Vali in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Valī (वली):—(nm) guardian, master; successor, heir; ~[ahada] heir-apparent, heir-designate. -[vārisa] guardian or heir, near relative, kith.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Vali (वलि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Vali.

2) Valī (वली) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Valī.

3) Vāli (वालि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vāli.

4) Vāli (वालि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vālin.

5) Vāli (वालि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Vālin.

6) Vālī (वाली) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Pālī.

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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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Vali (ವಲಿ):—

1) [noun] a fold of the skin.

2) [noun] any of the three folds of the skin above the navel of a woman.

3) [noun] a form of a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a water body, caused by the internal or external disturbance; a wave.

4) [noun] the surging or progressing movement of a wave on the surface of water in the sea.

5) [noun] a thin mark joining two points on the same plane; a line.

6) [noun] a plucking of a string of a musical instrument, with a jerking movement.

7) [noun] a regulated, oscillation of a musical note, to give a more aesthetic effect.

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Vali (ವಲಿ):—[noun] a sage; an ascetic.

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Vali (ವಲಿ):—[noun] a time or opportunity for action which comes in due rotation or order to each of a number of persons, animals, etc.; a time; a turn.

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Vaḷi (ವಳಿ):—[verb] to turn back or towards a side.

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Vaḷi (ವಳಿ):—

1) [noun] a fold of the skin.

2) [noun] any of the three folds of the skin above the navel of a woman.

3) [noun] a form of a moving ridge or swell on the surface of a water body, caused by the internal or external disturbance; a wave.

4) [noun] the surging or progressing movement of a wave on the surface of water in the sea.

5) [noun] a thin mark joining two points on the same plane; a line.

6) [noun] a plucking of a string of a musical instrument, with a jerking movement.

7) [noun] a regulated, oscillation of a musical note, to give a more aesthetic effect.

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Vaḻi (ವೞಿ):—[noun] a way, path, road.

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Vāli (ವಾಲಿ):—

1) [noun] a character in Rāmāyaṇa, a strong and powerful king of Kiṣkindhe.

2) [noun] ವಾಲಿ-ಸುಗ್ರೀವರು [vali-sugrivaru] vāli sugrīvaru (fig.) a pair of mutually hating and fighting brothers.

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Vāḷi (ವಾಳಿ):—[noun] = ವಾಹಳಿ [vahali].

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Vāḷi (ವಾಳಿ):—

1) [adjective] not yielding to argument, persuasion or entreaty; obstinate; adamant.

2) [adjective] low; mean; despicable; contemptible.

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Vāḷi (ವಾಳಿ):—[noun] the quality of being mean, despicable; contemptibileness.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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