BAlaM [ BA-lac ] 1 The forehead, brow; yadDAtrA nijaBAlapawwaliKitaM stokaM mahadvA DanaM Bh. 2. 49 ; (smarasya) vapuH sadyo BAlAnalaBasitajAlAspadamaBUt Bv. 1. 84. 2 Light. 3 Darkness. Comp. — aMkaH 1 a man born with lucky lines on his forehead. 2 an epithet of Śiva. 3 a saw. 4 a tortoise. — caMdraH 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 of Gaṇeśa. — (drA) N. of Durgā. — darSanaH N. of Śiva. — darSanaM red lead. — darSin a. ‘looking at or watching the brow’, said of a servant who is attentive to his master's wishes. — dfS m. , — locanaH an epithet of Śiva. — pawwaH -wwaM the forehead.