bAlA 1 A girl, a female child. 2 A young woman under sixteenyears of age. 3 A young woman (in general); jAne tapaso vIryaM sA bAlA paravatIti me viditaM Ś. 3. 1 ; iyaM bAlA mAM pratyanavaratamiMdIvaradalapraBAcoraM cakzuH kzipati Bh. 3. 67 ; Me. 83. 4 A variety of jasmine. 5 The cocoa-nut. 6 The plant GftakumArI . 7 Small cardamoms. 8 Turmeric. Comp. — hatyA female infanticide.