Valiya, Valiyā, Vāḻiya: 6 definitions

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Valiya means something in Buddhism, Pali, 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.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

One of the chief women supporters of Dhammadassi Buddha. Bu.xvi. 20.

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names
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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Valiya, at M. I, 446 is not clear. It is combined with vaṇṇiya (q. v.). See also note on p. 567; v. l. pāṇiya; C. silent. (Page 603)

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

valiya (ဝလိယ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[vali+ka.valika-saṃ.valiya-addhamāgadhī.]
[ဝလိ+က။ ဝလိက-သံ။ ဝလိယ-အဒ္ဓမာဂဓီ။]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

valiya—

(Burmese text): အရေ-အတွန့်-အလိပ်။ ဝလိယဇာတ-ကြည့်။

(Auto-Translation): Skin - texture - smooth. Look at the gem.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Valiya (ವಲಿಯ):—[noun] the lark Mirafra cantillans of Alaudidae family, smaller in size than house sparrow, with light bown body, light brown wings with dark brown spots, dull white breast, white brow, short, somewhat forked tail, brown legs and bill, that nests on the ground; singing bush-lark.

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus
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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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Tamil dictionary

Valiya (வலிய) < வலி¹. [vali¹.] adjectival

1. Strong; வலிமையுள்ள. [valimaiyulla.]

2. Big; பெரிய. [periya.] — adverb Forcibly; பலவந்தமாக. அரும்பை வலிய அலர்த்திக்கட்டின கழுநீர்மாலை [palavanthamaga. arumbai valiya alarthikkattina kazhunirmalai] (சீவகசிந்தாமணி [sivagasindamani] 1466, உரை [urai]).

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Valiya (வலிய) adverb < வலி²-. [vali²-.] Voluntarily, freely, spontaneously, gratuitously; தானாக. [thanaga.] (பெரியபுராணம் தடுத்தாட். [periyapuranam thaduthad.] 68.)

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Vāḻiya (வாழிய) < வாழ்-. [vazh-.] optative See வாழி. [vazhi.] (நன். [nan.] 168.) — interjection An expletive; ஓர் அசைச்சொல். [or asaichol.] (நன். [nan.] 440.)

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon
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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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