Yathabalam, Yathābalaṃ, Yathābalam, Yatha-balam: 7 definitions
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Pali-English dictionary
yathābalaṃ : (adv.) according to one's strength.
Yathābalaṃ refers to: according to one’s power or means DhA. I, 107 (v. l. °satti); Sdhp. 97; Mhvs 5, 180.
Note: yathābalaṃ is a Pali compound consisting of the words yathā and balaṃ.
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
Yathābalam (यथाबलम्).—ind.
1) to the best of one's power, with all one's might; यथाबलं च विभज्य गृह्णीत (yathābalaṃ ca vibhajya gṛhṇīta) Daśakumāracarita 2.8.
2) according to the (condition of) army or number of forces; Ms.
Yathābalam is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yathā and balam (बलम्).
Yathābalam (यथाबलम्).—[adverb] according to power or to (the condition of) the army.
1) Yathābalam (यथाबलम्):—[=yathā-balam] [from yathā > ya-tama] ind. acc° to power, with all one’s might, [Atharva-veda; Mahābhārata] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] in relation to p°, [Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] acc° to the (condition of the) army, acc° to the (number of) forces, [Manu-smṛti; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra]
4) Yathābālam (यथाबालम्):—[=yathā-bālam] [from yathā > ya-tama] ind. [according to] to youth, so that the youngest begins, [Baudhāyana-dharma-śāstra]
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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.
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