Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -लः

  1. A crow; Rām.6.54.9.
  2. Name of the elder brother of Kṛiṣṇa; see बलराम below.
  3. Name of a demon killed by Indra.

• -अग्रम् excessive strength or force. (-ग्रः) the head of an army.

• -अङ्गकः the spring; 'वसन्त इष्यः सुरभिः पुष्पकालो बलाङ्गकः' H. Ch.156.

• -अञ्चिता the lute of Balarāma.

• -अटः a kind of beam.

• -अधिक Adjective surpassing in strength, of superior strength or force.

• -अधिकरणम् the affairs of an army;

• -अध्यक्षः

  1. a general or commander of an army; सेनापतिबलाध्यक्षौ सर्वदिक्षु निवेशयेत् Ms.7.189.
  2. a war-minister.
  3. An officer in charge of infantry.

• -अनुजः an epithet of Kṛiṣṇa.

• -अन्वित

  1. Adjective
  2. endowed with strength, mighty, powerful.
  3. leading an army.

• -अबलम्

  1. comparative strength and want of strength, relative strength and weakness; परात्मनोः परिच्छिद्य शक्त्या- दीनां बलाबलम् R.17.59.
  2. relative significance and insignificance, comparative importance and unimportance; समय एव करोति बलाबलम् Śi.6.44. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअधिकरणम् a kind of न्यायभेद according to Jaimini.

• -अभ्रः an army in the form of a cloud.

• -अरातिः an epithet of Indra.

• -अर्थिन् Adjective desirous of power; राज्ञो बलार्थिनः षष्ठे (वर्षे उपनयनं कार्यम्) Ms.2.37.

• -अवलेपः

  1. pride of strength. अशः, असः consumption.
  2. the phlegmatic humour (कफ).
  3. a swelling in the throat (which stops the passages of food).

• -आढ्यः a bean.

• -आत्मिका a kind of sun-flower (हस्तिशुण्डी).

• -आलयः a military camp; पूज्यमानो हरिगणैराजगाम बलालयम् Rām.6.112.8.

• -आहः water.

• -उत्कट Adjective of mighty strength; न वध्यते ह्यविश्वस्तो दुर्बलोऽपि बलोत्कटैः Pt.2.44;3.115.

• -उपपन्न, -उपेत Adjective endowed with strength, strong, powerful; एतां रामबलोपेतां रक्षां यः सुकृती पठेत् Rāmarakṣā.1.

• -उपादानम् Recruitment of the army; Kau. Atmanepada

• -ओघः a multitude of troops, numerous army; लक्ष्मीं दधत् प्रति- गिरेरलघुर्बलौघः Śi.5.2.

• -कर, -कृत् Adjective strengthening.

• -कृत done by force or against free consent; सर्वान् बलकृता- नर्थानकृतान् मनुरब्रवीत् Ms.8.168.

• -क्षोभः disturbance in the army, mutiny, revolt.

• -चक्रम्

  1. dominion, sovereignty.
  2. an army, a host.

• -ज

  1. Adjective produced by power.
  2. (जम्) a city-gate, gate.
  3. a field.
  4. grain, a heap of grain; त्वं समीरण इव प्रतीक्षितः कर्षकेण बलजान् पुपूषता Śi.14.7.
  5. war, battle
  6. marrow, pith.
  7. a pretty figure.
  8. (जा) the earth.
  9. a handsome woman.
  10. a kind of jasmine (Arabian).
  11. a rope.

• -तापनः an epithet of Indra; अफिषिषेच मरन्दरसामृतैर्नवलताबलता- पनरत्नभम् (अलिनम्) Rām. Ch.4.12.

• -दः an ox, a bullock-दर्पः pride of strength.

• -देवः

  1. air, wind.
  2. Name of the elder brother of Kṛiṣṇa; see बलराम below.

• -बलदेवा (वी) Feminine Name of a medicinal herb which is also called त्रायमाण. It grows in the forests on the slopes of the Himālayas and in Persia.

• -द्विष् Masculine, -निषूदनः epithets of Indra; बलनिषूदनमर्थपतिं च तम् R.9.3.

• -निग्रह Adjective weakening, enervating.

• -पतिः

  1. a general, commander.
  2. an epithet of Indra.

• -पुच्छकः a crow; Nigh. Ratn.

• -पृष्ठकः a kind of deer (Marâthî रोहें).

• -प्रद Adjective giving strength, invigorating.

• -प्रमथनी Name of a form of Durgā.

• -प्रसूः Name of Rohinī, mother of Balarāma.

• -भद्र

  1. Adjective strong, powerful.
  2. (द्रः) a strong or powerful man.
  3. a kind of ox.
  4. Name of Balarāma, quod vide, which see below.
  5. the tree called लोध्र.
  6. Name of Ananta. (-द्रा) a maiden.

• -भिद् Masculine an epithet of Indra; Ś.2.

• -भृत् Adjective strong, powerful.

• -मुख्यः the chief of an army.

• -रामः 'the strong Rāma', Name of the elder brother of Kṛiṣṇa. [He was the seventh son of Vasudava and Devakī; but transferred to the womb of Rohiṇī to save him from falling a prey to the cruelty of Kaṁsa. He and his brother Kṛiṣṇa were brought up by Nanda in Gokula. When quite young, he killed the powerful demons Dhenuka and Pralamba, and performed, like his brother, many feats of surprising strength. On one occasion Balarāma under the influence of wine, of which he was very fond, called upon the Yamunā river to come to him that he might bathe; and on his command being unheeded, he plunged his plough-share into the river and dragged the waters after him, until the river assumed a human form and asked his forgivenss. On another occasion he dragged towards himself the whole city of Hastināpura along with its walls. As Kṛiṣṇa was a friend and admirer of the Pāṇḍavas, so Balarāma was of the Kauravas, as was seen in his desire of giving his sister Subhadrā to Duryodhana rather than to Arjuna; yet he declined to take any part in the great Bhāratī war either with the Pāṇḍavas or the Kauravas. He is represented as dressed in blue clothes, and armed with a ploughshare which was his most effective weapon. His wife was Revatī. He is sometimes regarded as an incarnation of the serpent Śeṣa and sometimes as the eighth incarnation of Viṣṇu; see the quotation under हल].

• -वर्जित Adjective infirm, weak.

• -वर्णिन् Adjective strong and looking well.

• -वर्धन Adjective invigorating, strengthening. -Masculine Name of स्थण्डिलाग्नि in उत्सर्जन or उपाकर्म.

• -विन्यासः array or arrangement of troops.

• -व्यसनम् the defeat of an army.

• -व्यापद् Feminine decrease of strength.

• -शालिन् Adjective strong; बलशालितया यथा तथा वा धियमुच्छेदपरामयं दधानः Ki.13.12.

• -समुत्थानम् Recruiting a strong army; Kau. Atmanepada 1.16; तमभियोक्तुं बलसमुत्थानमकरोत् Dk.2.8.

• -सूदनः an epithet of Indra.

• -सेना a strong army, an army, host.

• -स्थ Adjective strong, powerful. (-स्थः) a warrior, soldier.

• -स्थितिः

  1. Feminine
  2. a camp; an encampment.
  3. a royal camp.

• -हन्, -हन्तृ

  1. Masculine
  2. an epithet of Indra; पाण्डुः स्मरति ते नित्यं बलहन्तुः समीपगः Mb.15.2.17.
  3. of Balarāma.
  4. phlegm.

• -हीन Adjective destitute of strength, weak, feeble.