The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Balika
Balika (adj.) [fr. bala] strong; only in der. balikatara' (compar.) adv. in a stronger degree, more intensely,
more Miln 84; & dubbalika weak ThA 211. Cp. balaka.
Balin
Balin (adj.) [fr. bala] strong Th 1, 12 (paññ!˚); Vv 647; Dh 280; J iii.484; vi.147.
Balisa & Ba)isa
Balisa & Ba)isa (m. & nt.) [cp. Sk. ba.i$a] a fish-hook S ii.226=iv.158 (!misa -- gata' b.); Nd2 374 (k!ma˚,
-- 484 --
v. l. palisa); J i.482 sq.; iii.283; iv.195; v.273 sq., 389; vi.416; Miln 412; SnA 114 (in expln of ga)a Sn 61);
ThA 280, 292; VbhA 196 (in comparison); Sdhp 610. On use in similes cp. J.P.T.S. 1907, 115. -- ma'sik!
(f.) "flesh-hooking," a kind of torture M i.87; iii.164; A i.47; ii.122; Nd1 154; Nd2 604; Miln 197. -- ya&&hi
angling rod DhA iii.397.
Bal"˚
Bal"˚=bala˚ in combn with bh( & k%, see bala.
Bal"yati
Bal"yati [Denom. fr. bala, cp. BSk. bal"yati MVastu i.275] to have strength, to grow strong, to gain power,
to overpower Sn 770 (=sahati parisahati abhibhavati Nd1 12, cp. 361); J iv.84 (vv. ll. khal"˚ & paliyy˚; C.
expls by avattharati)= Pv ii.61 (=balavanto honti va..hanti abhibhavanti PvA 94); J vi.224 (3rd pl.
bal"yare; C. abhibhavati, kuppati, of the border provinces); Nett 6 (vv. ll. bali˚, pali˚; C. abhibhavati).
Balya
Balya1 (nt.) [der. fr. bala] belonging to strength, only in cpd. dub˚ weakness M i.364; Pug 66; also spelt
dubballa M i.13. -- abl. dubbaly! as adv. groundlessly, without strong evidence Vin iv.241 (cp. J.P.T.S.
1886, 129).
Balya
Balya2 [fr. b!la, cp. P. & Sk. b!lya] foolishness, stupidity Dh 63 (v. l. b!lya); J iii.278 (C. b!lya); DhA
ii.30.
Ba)av!
Ba)av! (f.) [cp. Vedic va.av!] a mare, only in cpd. ˚mukha the mare's mouth, i. e. an entrance to Niraya
(cp. Vedic va.avâgni & va.av!mukha) Th 1, 1104 (trsl. "abyss -- discharged mouth," cp. Brethren, p. 418).
Ba)"yakkha
Ba)"yakkha [etym.?] a species of birds J vi.539.