The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

in a moral sense, of the common people, the puthujjana), foolish (as contrasted with pa*.ita cp. the
B!lapa*.ita -- sutta M iii.163 sq.; D ii.305 sq.; Vism 499, and contrasts at Sn 578; Dh 63, 64; Pv iv.332;
Dhs 1300), lacking in reason, devoid of the power to think & act right. In the latter sense sometimes
coupled with andha (spiritually blind), as andhab!la stupid & ignorant, mentally dull, e. g. at DhA i.143;
ii.89; PvA 254. -- A fanciful etym. of b. at KhA 124 is "balanti ananti ti b!l!." Other refs.: D i.59, 108; S
i.23; A i.59, 68, 84; ii.51, 180; Sn 199, 259, 318, 578, 879; It 68; Dh 28, 60 sq., 71 sq., 206 sq., 330; J i.124
(lola˚ greedy -- foolish); v.366 (b!lo !maka -- pakka' va); Vv 835; Pv i.82; iv.129; Pug 33; Nd1 163, 286
sq., 290; SnA 509 (=aviddasu); PvA 193. Compar. b!latara J iii.278, 279; VvA 326. -- 2. young, new;
newly risen (of the sun): ˚!t!pa the morning sun DA i.287; DhA i.164; Mhbv 25; ˚vasanta "early spring" (=
Citram!sa), N. of the first one of the 4 summer months (gimha -- m!s!) KhA 192; -- suriya the newly risen
sun J v.284; PvA 137, 211. -- 3. a child; in wider application meaning a youth under 16 years of age (cp.
Abhp 251) DA i.134. Cp. b!laka.
-- 486 --
-- nakkhatta N. of a certain "feast of fools," i. e. carnival DhA i.256. -- sangatac!rin one who keeps
company with a fool Dh 207.
B!la
B!la2 [for v!la] the hair of the head PvA 285 (˚ko&i- matta not even one tip of the hair; gloss BB v!lagga˚).
B!laka
B!laka [fr. b!la] 1. boy, child, youth S i.176; ThA 146 (Ap. v.44: spelt ˚akka); Sdhp 351. -- f. b!lik! young
girl ThA 54 (Ap. v.1). -- 2. fool DhsA 51 (˚rata fond of fools).
B!lakin
B!lakin (adj.) [fr. b!laka] having fools, consisting of fools; f. ˚in" M i.373 (paris!).
B!lat!
B!lat! (f.) [abstr. to b!la] foolishness J i.101, 223.
B!lisika
B!lisika [fr. balisa] a fisherman S ii.226; iv.158; J i.482; iii.52 (cp. Fick. Sociale Gliederung p. 194); Miln
364, 412; DhA iii.397.
B!lya
B!lya (nt.) [fr. b!la] 1. childhood, youth S iii.1. -- 2. ignor- ance, folly Dh 63; J ii.220 (=b!la -- bh!va);
iii.278 (balya); PvA 40. Also used as adj. in compar. b!lyatara more foolish, extremely foolish Vv 836
sq.=DhA i.30 (= b!latara, atisayena b!la VvA 326). -- 3. weakness (?) J vi.295 (balya, but C.
b!lya=dubbala -- bh!va).
B!)ha
B!)ha (adj.) [Vedic b!.ha, orig. pp. of bahati2] strong; only as adv. ˚' and ˚ -- , viz. -- 1. b!)ha' strongly,
very much, excessively, too much, to satiety J ii.293; vi.291 (i. e. too often, C. punappuna'); Miln 407;