Pāli Dictionary

vāḷa1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Wildtier; Raubtier (Schlange, Tiger, Leopard usw.)

  • wild animal; beast of prey (snake, tiger, leopard, etc.)

vāḷa2

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Schwanzhaar; Haar am Tierschwanz

  • tail hair; hair of an animal’s tail

  • AN 4.198

    so sāṇāni'pi dhāreti masāṇāni'pi dhāreti chavadussāni'pi dhāreti paṃsukūlāni'pi dhāreti tirīṭāni'pi dhāreti ajinam'pi dhāreti ajinakkhipam'pi dhāreti kusacīram'pi dhāreti vākacīram'pi dhāreti phalakacīram'pi dhāreti kesakambalam'pi dhāreti vāḷakambalam'pi dhāreti ulūkapakkham'pi dhāreti

vāla1

approximate

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • Schwanzhaar, Pferdehaar

  • hair of the tail; horsehair

  • Thag 14.1

    anaṅgaṇassa posassa, niccaṃ sucigavesino, vāl'aggamattaṃ pāpassa, abbhamattaṃ'va khāyati.

  • MN 27

    katamāni cattāri? idh'āhaṃ, bho, passāmi ekacce khattiyapaṇḍite nipuṇe kataparappavāde vālavedhirūpe, te bhindantā maññe caranti paññāgatena diṭṭhigatāni.

  • ein aus Pferdehaar gefertigtes Sieb

  • a sieve made of horsehair

  • MN 35

    seyyathā'pi nāma balavā soṇḍikādhutto vālaṃ kaṇṇe gahetvā odhuneyya niddhuneyya nipphoṭeyya evam'ev'āhaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādena vādaṃ odhunissāmi niddhunissāmi nipphoṭessāmi.

  • mit Schwanzhaar versehen; geschwänzt

  • furnished with tail-hair; having a tail

  • Borste; Stachel

  • bristle; spike

vāla2

approximate

Part of speech

adjective

general

  • wild, boshaft, schwierig

  • fierce; malicious; troublesome

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