Pāli Dictionary

bala

balrootasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

bal1ශක්තිමත් වෙන්න

Synonyms

viriya, vīriya, vibhava, balatā, camū, pabhāva

Antonyms

abala

general

  • බලය; ශක්තිය

  • strength; power; force; might

  • Dhp 109

    abhivādanasīlissa, niccaṃ vuḍḍh'āpacāyino, cattāro dhammā vaḍḍhanti, āyu vaṇṇo sukhaṃ balaṃ.

  • MN 65

    etha, tumhe'pi, bhikkhave, ek'āsanabhojanaṃ bhuñjatha. ek'āsanabhojanaṃ kho, bhikkhave, tumhe'pi bhuñjamānā app'ābādhatañ'ca sañjānissatha app'ātaṅkatañ'ca lah'uṭṭhānañ'ca balañ'ca phāsuvihārañ'cā'ti.

  • සේනාව; හමුදාව

  • army; military force; troops

  • MN 82

    bahū tattha hatthikāyā assakāyā rathakāyā pattikāyā, bahu tattha dhanadhaññaṃ, bahu tattha hiraññasuvaṇṇaṃ akatañ'c'eva katañ'ca, bahu tattha itthipariggaho. sakkā ca tāvataken'eva balamattena abhivijinituṃ. abhivijina, mahārājā'ti, kin'ti naṃ kareyyāsī'ti?

doctrine

  • (ධර්ම) බලය; පඤ්ච බලය

  • (spiritual) power; one of the five powers (faith, energy, mindfulness, concentration, wisdom)

  • AN 5.14

    pañcimāni bhikkhave balāni

  • Thag 16.1

    te pabbajitvā sugatassa sāsane, bhāvetva bojjh'aṅgabalāni paṇḍitā, udaggacittā sumanā kat'indriyā, phusiṃsu nibbānapadaṃ asaṅkhatan'ti.

  • DN 16

    seyyath'īdaṃ, cattāro satipaṭṭhānā cattāro sammappadhānā cattāro iddhipādā pañc'indriyāni pañca balāni satta bojjh'aṅgā ariyo aṭṭh'aṅgiko maggo.

bāla

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

añña, duppañña, andha, manda, mogha, dummedha, aviddasu, dummedhī,

Antonyms

thera, paṇḍita, dhīra

ethics

  • අඥාන; මෝඩ; (නාම පදයක් ලෙස) මෝඩයා

  • foolish; ignorant; stupid; (as noun) a fool

  • Snp 4.12

    evam'pi viggayha vivādayanti, bālo paro akusalo'ti c'āhu, sacco nu vādo katamo imesaṃ, sabb'eva h'īme kusalā vadānā.

  • Thig 10.1

    kalyāṇamittatā muninā, lokaṃ ādissa vaṇṇitā, kalyāṇamitte bhajamāno, api bālo paṇḍito assa.

general

  • තරුණ; ළදරු; (නාම පදයක් ලෙස) ළදරුවා

  • young; immature; childish; (as noun) a child

  • AN 2.39

    vuddho ce'pi, brāhmaṇa, hoti āsītiko vā nāvutiko vā vassasatiko vā jātiyā, so ca kāme paribhuñjati kāmam'ajjhāvasati kāmapariḷāhena pariḍayhati kāmavitakkehi khajjati kāmapariyesanāya ussuko. atha kho so bālo na thero'tv'eva saṅkhyaṃ gacchati.

bālā

approximate

bālastemāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

ethics

  • අඥාන කාන්තාව; මෝඩ ගැහැනිය

  • a foolish or ignorant woman

  • Thig 6.3

    nakkhattāni namassantā, aggiṃ paricaraṃ vane, yathābhuccam'ajānantā, bālā suddhim'amaññatha.

general

  • තරුණ ගැහැනු ළමයා

  • a young girl

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