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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. बालbālaa.Young, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of persons or things); बालेन स्थविरेण वा Ms. 8.7…
    1. Young, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of persons or things); बालेन स्थविरेण वा Ms. 8.7; बालाशोकमुपोढरागसुभगं भेदोन्मुखं तिष्ठति V.2.7; so बालमन्दारवृक्षः Me.77; R.2.45;13.24.
    2. Newly risen, young (as the sun or its rays); बालार्कप्रतिमे- वाप्सु वीचिभिन्ना पतिष्यतः R.12.1.
    3. New, waxing (as the moon); पुपोष वृद्धिं हरिदश्वदीधितेरनुप्रवेशादिव बाल- चन्द्रमाः R.3.22; Ku.3.29.
    4. Puerile.
    5. Ignorant, unwise; अनर्थकुशला ह्येते बालाः पण्डितमानिनः Rām.2.1.38.
    6. Pure (as an animal fit for sacrifice).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लः

      1. A child, an infant; बालादपि सुभाषितम् (ग्राह्यम्); Ms.2.239.
      2. A boy, youth, young person.
      3. A minor (under 16 years of age); बाल आषोडशाद्वर्षात् Nārada.
      4. A colt, foal.
      5. A fool, simpleton; नीरसायां रसं बालो बालिकायां विकल्पयेत् Pt.4.91.
      6. (a) A tail. (b) An elephant's or a horse's tail.
      7. Hair; तं केशपाशं प्रसमीक्ष्य कुर्युर्बालप्रियत्वं शिथिलं चमर्यः Ku.1.48.
      8. An elephant five years old; 'पञ्चवर्षो गजो बालः पोतस्तु दशवार्षिकः' Vaijayantī. According to Mātaṅga Latin (5.2.) however it means an elephant in the first year.
      9. A kind of perfume.
      10. The cocoa-nut.
      11. Compound अग्रम् the point of a hair.
      12. A dove-cot; प्रासादबालाग्रकपोतपालिकायामुपविष्टः शृणोमि Mk.1.51/ 52.
    • -अध्यापकः a tutor of youths or children.

    • -अपत्यम् youthful progeny.

    • -अभ्यासः study during childhood, early application (to study).

    • -अरुण Adjective red like early dawn. (-णः) early dawn; morning sun.

    • -अर्कः the newly-risen sun; R.12.1.

    • -अवबोधः, -नम् instruction of the young; Pt.1.

    • -अवस्थ Adjective juvenile, young; भुवमधिपतिर्बालाबस्थोऽप्यलं परिरक्षितुम् V.5.18.

    • -अवस्था childhood.

    • -आतपः morning sunshine.

    • -आमयः a child's disease.

    • -इन्दुः the new or waxing moon; बालेन्दुवक्राप्य- विकाशभावाद् बभुः पलाशान्यतिलोहितानि Ku.3.29.

    • -इष्टः the jujube tree.

    • -उपचारः, -चरणम् (medical) treatment of children.

    • -उपवीतम्

      1. a piece of cloth used to cover the privities.
      2. The sacrificial cord.
    • -कदली a young plantain tree.

    • -काण्डम् the first book of the Rāmāyaṇa.

    • -कुन्दः, -दम् a kind of young jasmine. (-दम्) a young jasmine blossom; अलके बालकुन्दानुविद्धम् Me.67.

    • -कृमिः a louse.

    • -कृष्णः Kṛiṣṇa as a boy.

    • -केलिः, -ली Feminine child's play or amusement.

    • -क्रीडनम् a child's play or toy.

    • -क्रीडनकम् a child's toy.

    • -कः

      1. a ball.
      2. an epithet of Śiva.
    • -क्रीडा a child's play, childish or juvenile sport.

    • -खिल्यः a class of divine personages of the size of a thumb and produced from the creator's body and said to precede the sun's chariot (their number is said to be sixty thousand); Compare R.15.1; क्रतोश्च सन्ततिर्भार्या बालखिल्यानसूयत । षष्टिर्यानि सहस्राणि ऋषिणामूर्ध्व- रेतसाम् ॥ Mārk. Parasmaipada

    • -गर्भिणी a cow with calf for the first time.

    • -गोपालः 'the youthful cowherd', an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa, as the boycowherd.

    • -ग्रहः any demon (or planetary influence) teasing or injuring children; बालग्रहस्तत्र विचिन्वती शिशून् Bhāg.1.6.7.

    • -घ्नः a childslayer, infanticide; Ms.11.19.

    • -चन्द्रः

      1. -चन्द्रमस् Masculine
      2. the young or waxing moon; इह जगति महोत्सवस्य हेतुर्नयनवतामुदियाय बालचन्द्रः Māl.2.1.
      3. a cavity of a particular shape; Mk.3.13.
    • -चरितम्

      1. juvenile sports.
      2. early life or actions; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.
    • -चर्यः Name of Kārtikeya. (-र्या) the bahaviour of a child.

    • -चुम्बालः a fish; Nigh. Ratn.

    • -चतः a young mango-tree; धत्तेचक्षुर्मुकुलिनि रणत्कोकिले बालचूते Māl.3.12.

    • -ज Adjective produced from hair.

    • -जातीय Adjective childish, foolish, simple.

    • -तनयः the Khadira tree.

    • -तन्त्रम् midwifery.

    • -तृणम् young grass.

    • -दलकः the Khadira.

    • -धनम् the property of a minor; Ms.8.149.

    • -धिः (also बालधिः) a hairy tail; तुरंगमैरा- यतकीर्णवालधिः Śi.12.73; Ki.12.47.

    • -नेत्र Adjective guided or steered by a fool.

    • -पत्रः, -पत्रकः the Khadira tree.

    • -पाश्या

      1. an ornament worn in the hair when parted.
      2. a string of pearls binding or intertwining the braid of hair.
    • -पुष्टिका, -पुष्टी, -पुष्पी a kind of jasmine.

    • -बोधः

      1. instructing the young.
      2. any work adapted to the capacities of the young or inexperienced.
    • -भद्रकः a kind of poison.

    • -भारः a large bushy tail; बाधेतोल्का- क्षपितचमरीबालभारो दवाग्निः Me.55.

    • -भावः

      1. child-hood, infancy.
      2. a hairy growth; एतद्भ्रुवौ जन्म तदाप युग्मं लीलाचलत्वोचितबालभावम् Name7.26.
      3. inattention; Ms. 8.118. (Kull.)
      4. children (collectively).
      5. recent rise (of a planet).
    • -भृत्यः a servant from childhood.

    • -भैषज्यम् a kind of collyrium.

    • -भोज्यः pease.

    • -मनोरमा Name of several grammars.

    • -मरणम् (with Jainas) a fool's manner of dying (12 in number).

    • -मित्रः a friend from boyhood.

    • -मृगः a fawn.

    • -मूलम् a young radish.

    • -मूषिका a small mouse.

    • -मृणालः a tender filament or fibre (of lotus); व्यालं बालमृणालतन्तुभिरसौ रोद्धुं समुज्म्भते Bh.2.6.

    • -यज्ञोपवीतकम् the sacred thread worn across the breast.

    • -राजम् lapis lazuli.

    • -रोगः a child's disease; अथ बालरोगाणां निदानानि लक्षणानि चाह । धात्र्यास्तु गुरुभिर्भोज्यैर्विषमैर्दोषलैस्तथा ...... Bhāva. Parasmaipada

    • -लता a young creeper; अवाकिरन् बाललताः प्रसूनैः R.2.1.

    • -लीला child's play, juvenile pastime.

    • -वत्सः

      1. a young calf.
      2. a pigeon.
    • -वायजम् lapis lazuli.

    • -वासस् Neuter a woollen garment.

    • -वाह्यः a young or wild goat.

    • -विधवा a child-widow.

    • -वैधव्यम् child-widowhood.

    • -व्यजनम् a chowrie or fly-flapper (usually made of the tail of the yāk or Bos Grunniens and used as one of the royal insignia); यस्यार्थयुक्तं गिरिराजशब्दं कुर्वन्ति बाल- व्यजनैश्चमर्यः Ku.1.13; R.9.66;14.11;16.33,57.

    • -व्रतः an epithet of a Buddha saint Mañjughoṣa.

    • -सखि Masculine a friend from childhood.

    • -संध्या early twilight.

    • -सात्म्यम् milk.

    • -सुहृद् Masculine a friend of one's youth.

    • -सूर्यः, -सूर्यकः lapis lazuli.

    • -स्थानम्

      1. childhood.
      2. youth.
      3. inexperience.
    • -हत्या infanticide.

    • -हस्तः a hairy tail.

    In the Gita5·4

    साङ्ख्ययोगौ पृथग्बालाः प्रवदन्ति न पण्डिताः ।

    sāṅkhyayogau pṛthagbālāḥ pravadanti na paṇḍitāḥ, — Children speak of Sankhya and Yoga apart from each other, not the wise; if a man applies himself integrally to one, he gets the fruit of both. 5·4
    • बालाःbālāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun bāla (a child).
  2. अतिबालकatibālakaa.Childish, puerile.

    Childish, puerile.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कः An infant.

  3. अतिबालाatibālāA cow two years old; वर्षमात्रा तु बाला स्यादतिबाला द्विवार्षिकी.

    [अतिक्रान्ता बाल्यावस्थाम्]

    A cow two years old; वर्षमात्रा तु बाला स्यादतिबाला द्विवार्षिकी.

  4. अबालabālaअबालिश [abāliśa], अबालिश a.
    1. अबालिश abāliśa, अबालिश Adjective
    2. Not childish, youth; Nir. IX.1.
    3. Not young, full (as the moon).

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. बालbāla[bâla] a. young, not yet full-grown; recently risen (sun), early (rays), new, crescent (moon); childish…

    [bâla] adjective young, not yet full-grown; recently risen (sun), early (rays), new, crescent (moon); childish, puerile, foolish; masculine child, boy; minor (under sixteen years of age); simpleton, fool; noun: â, feminine; also equal for girl, young woman; cow one year old.

  2. अबालसत्त्वabālasattva[a-bâla-sattva] a. not having the nature of a boy.

    [a-bâla-sattva] adjective not having the nature of a boy.

  3. अबालिशabāliśa[a-bâlisa] n. not childish, not silly.

    [a-bâlisa] neuter not childish, not silly.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. बालbālamf(आ)n. (cf. वाल) young, childish, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of per. sons and things) Gr2S. Up.…
    1. mf(आ)neuter gender (confer, compare वाल) young, childish, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of per. sons and things) Gr2S. Up. Mn. MBh. etc.
    2. mf(आ)neuter gender newly risen, early (as the sun or its rays) Ragh.
    3. mf(आ)neuter gender new or waxing (as the moon) ibidem Kum.
    4. mf(आ)neuter gender puerile, ignorant, simple, foolish Mn. Hariv. Ka1v.
    5. mf(आ)neuter gender pure (as an animal fit for sacrifice) Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender a child, boy (especially one under 5 years) Mn. MBh. etc.
    7. masculine gender (in law) a minor (minors are classified as कुनार, or boys under 5 years of age, शिशु under 8, पोगण्ड from the 5th to the end of the 9th or till the 16th year, and किशोर from the 10th to the 16th year)
    8. masculine gender a fool, simpleton Mn. Pan5cat.
    9. masculine gender any young animal Lexicographers
    10. masculine gender a colt, foal Lexicographers
    11. masculine gender a five years old elephant Lexicographers
    12. masculine gender Cyprinus Denticulatus or Rohita Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender Name of a Rakshas रक्षस् VP.
    14. masculine gender of a prince Ra1jat.
    15. masculine gender a one year old cow Lexicographers
    16. masculine gender small cardamoms Lexicographers
    17. masculine gender Aloe Indica Lexicographers
    18. masculine gender a kind of metre Lexicographers
    19. masculine gender a particular mystical prayer catalogue or catalogues
    20. masculine gender Name of the mother of Va1lin वालिन् and Su-gri1va सु-ग्रीव (said to have been formed by Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति out of some dust which had fallen into his eyes) R.
    21. neuter gender Andropogon Muricatus Lexicographers
    22. neuter gender heat Lexicographers
  2. अतिबालकatibālakam. an infant
    1. masculine gender an infant
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective infantine.
  3. अबालabālam. cocoa-nut, L.

    masculine gender cocoa-nut, Lexicographers