The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Balat! (f.) [abstr. fr. bala] strength, lit. strength -- quality M i.325.
Balati
Balati [fr. bal, as in bala] to live KhA 124 (in def. of b!l! as "balanti anant" ti b!l!").
Balatta
Balatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. bala, cp. balat!] strength, only in cpd. dubbalatta weakness J ii.154.
Balavat!
Balavat! (f.) [abstr. fr. balavant; cp. Epic Sk. balavatt!] strength, force (also in military sense) J ii.369
(!rakkhassa b.); Miln 101 (kusalassa & akusalassa kammassa b.).
Balavant
Balavant (adj.) [fr. bala] strong, powerful, sturdy M i.244 (purisa) S i.222; J ii.406; DhA ii.208; VvA 35;
PvA 94. Comparative balavatara Miln 131; f. ˚a(n) tar" Sdhp 452. In compn balava˚, e. g. ˚gav! sturdy oxen
M i.226; ˚vippa&is!ra deep remorse PvA 14, ˚balava very strong J ii.406. -- balava' as nt. adv.
"exceedingly," in cpd. balav' âbalava' very (loud and) strong Vin ii.1 (=su&&hu balava' C.), and ˚pacc(se
very early in the morning Vism 93, and ˚pacc(sa -- samaye id. J i.92; DhA i.26.
Balasata
Balasata see palasata.
Bal!k!
Bal!k! (f.) [cp. Vedic bal!k!, perhaps to Lat. fulica, Gr. falari/s a water fowl, Ohg. pelicha=Ger. belche] a
crane Th 1, 307; J ii.363; iii.226; Miln 128 (˚!na' megha -- saddena gabbhâvakkanti hoti); Vism 126 (in
simile, megha -- mukhe b. viya); DA i.91 (v. l. baka).
Bali
Bali [cp. Vedic bali; regarding etym. Grassmann connects it with bh%] 1. religious offering, oblation D ii.74
(dhammika); A iv.17, 19; Sn 223; Mhvs 36, 88 (particularly to subordinate divinities, cp. Mhvs. trsln 263);
DhA ii.14 (v. l. ˚kamma). -- pañca˚ the fivefold offering, i. e. ñ!ti˚, atithi˚, pubbapeta˚, r!ja˚, devat!˚,
offering to kinsfolk, guests, the departed, the king, the gods; A ii.68; iii.45. -- 2. tax, revenue (cp. Zimmer,
Altind. Leben 166 & Fick, Sociale Gliederung 75) D i.135, 142; J i.199 (da*.a˚ fines & taxes), 339; DhA
i.251 (da*.a˚). -- 3. Np. of an Asura D ii.259. -- kamma offering of food to bh(tas, devas & others J i.169,
260; ii.149, 215; iv.246 (offering to tutelary genii of a city. In this passage the sacrifice of a human being is
recommended); v.99, 473; SnA 138; Mhbv 28. -- kara*a oblation, offering of food PvA 81; VvA 8 (˚p"&ha,
reading doubtful, v. l. valli˚). -- k!raka offering oblations J i.384. -- ˚nkat! one who offers (the five)
oblations A ii.68. -- pa&igg!haka receiving offerings, worthy of oblations J ii.17 (yakkha; interpreted by
Fick, Sociale Gliederung 79 as "tax -- collector," hardly justified); f. ˚ik! A iii.77 (devat!), 260 (id.), cp.
BSk. balipratigr!hik! devat! Divy 1. -- p")ita crushed with taxes J v.98. -- pu&&ha a crow (cp. Sk. balipu+&a
"fed by oblations") Abhp 638. -- vadda (cp. Sk. balivarda, after the Pali?) an ox, esp. an ox yoked to the
plough or used in ploughing (on similes with b. see J.P.T.S. 1907, 349) S i.115, 170; iv.163 sq., 282 sq.; A
ii.108 sq.; Sn p. 13 (cp. SnA 137); Dh 152=Th 1, 1025; J i.57; v.104 (S!liyo b. ph!lena paha&o); Vism 284
(in simile of their escape from the ploughman); DhA i.24 (dhura' vahanto balivaddassa, v. l. balibaddassa);
VvA 258 (vv. ll. ˚baddha & ˚bandha). The spelling balibadda occurs at Vin iv.312. -- s!dhaka tax collector,
tax gatherer J iv.366; v.103 sq. -- hara*a taking oblations A v.79 (˚vanasa*.a).