n. (or m.gaRaardharcādi-) power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity etc. (balāt-,"forcibly, against one's will, without being able to help it";also equalsbala-in the beginning of a compound,or balena-, bala-tas-,with genitive case or in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound',"by force, by the power or on the strength or in virtue or by means of, by")
n. (the Buddhists reckon 10 forces, the ascetic śaiva-s four, which according to Scholiast or Commentator on [B.] are sāman-, dāna-, bheda-,and nigraha-)
m. crow; N. of a demon (in Veda spelt Vala), brother of Vritra and slain by Indra; N. of an elder brother of Krishna, also called Baladeva, Balabhadra, Balarâma, etc.: â, f. kind of spell; N.
n. (sg. & pl.) might, power, strength, vigour; forcible means, force; validity; power of, expertness in (lc.); forces, troops, army (sg. & pl.): in., ab., °ree;--, -tas, by force of=by virtue or by dint of (g. or --°ree;); ab. forcibly; against one's will, involuntarily, without being able to help it.
noun (masculine) a crow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Crataeva Roxburghii (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
half-ripe barley (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a demon conquered by Indra (the brother of Vṛtra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a horse of the Moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an elder brother of Kṛṣṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Balarāma
an army (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
expertness in (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
force (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
might (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva
power (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
semen
stoutness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strength (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
troops (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
vigour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bronze Frequency rank 52/72933
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