bAla mf( A )n. ( cf. vAla ) young, childish, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of persons and things), GṛS. ; Up. ; Mn. ; MBh. &c.
bAla a. 1 Young, infantine, not full-grown or developed (of persons or things); bAlena sTavireRa vA Ms. 8. 70 ; bAlASokamupoQarAgasuBagaM BedonmuKaM tizWati V. 2. 7 ; so bAlamaMdAravfkzaH Me. 75 ; R. 2. 45 ; 13. 24. 2 Newly risen, young (as the sun or its rays); R. 12. 100. 3 New, ( pb ) waxing (as the moon); puzoza vfdDiM haridaSvadIDiteranupraveSAdiva bAlacaMdramAH R. 3. 22 ; Ku. 3. 29. 4 Puerile 5 Ignorant, unwise. 6 Pure (as an animal fit for sacrifice). — laH 1 A child, an infant; bAlAdapi suBAzitaM ( grAhyaM ); Ms. 2. 239. 2 A boy, youth, young person. 3 A minor (under 16 years of age); bAla AzoqaSAdvarzAt Nārada . 4 A colt, foal. 5 A fool, simpleton; Pt. 4. 91. 6 ( a ) A tail. ( b ) An elephant's or a horse's tail. 7 Hair; Ku. 1. 48. 8 An elephant five years old. 9 A kind of perfume. 10 The cocoa-nut. Comp. — agraM the point of a hair. — aDyApakaH a tutor of youths or children. — apatyaM youthful progeny. — aByAsaH study during childhood, early application (to study). — aruRa a. red like early dawn. — (RaH) early dawn; morning sun. — arkaH the newly-risen sun; R. 12. 100. — avaboDaH -DanaM instruction of the young; Pt. 1. — avasTa a. juvenile, young; V. 5. 18. — avasTA childhood. — a tapaH morning sunshine. — iMduH the new or waxing moon; Ku. 3. 29. — izwaH the jujube tree. — upacAraH, -caraRaM (medical) treatment of children. — upavItaM 1 a piece of cloth used to cover the privities. 2 the sacrificial cord. — kadalI a young plantain tree. — kAMqaM the first book of the Rāmāyaṇa. — kuMdaH, -daM a kind of young jasmine. — (daM) a young jasmine blossom; alake bAlakuMda nuvidDaM Me. 65. — kfmiH a louse. — kfzRaH Kṛṣṇa as a boy. — krIqanaM a child's play or toy. — krIqanakaM a child's toy. — (kaH) 1 a ball. 2 an epithet of Śiva. — krIqA a child's play, childish or juvenile sport. — KilyaH a class of divine person ages 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); cf. R. 15. 10. — garBiRI a cow with calf for the first time. — gopAlaH ‘the youthful cowherd,’ an epithet of Kṛṣṇa, as the boycowherd. — grahaH any demon (or planetary influence) teasing or injuring children. — GnaH a child-slayer, infanticide. — caMdraH, -caMdramas m. the young or waxing moon; Māl. 2. 10. — caritaM 1 juvenile sports. 2 ( pb ) early life or actions; U. 6. — caryaH N. of Kārtikeya. — (ryA) the behaviour of a child. — ja a. produced from hair. — tanayaH the Khadira tree. — taMtraM midwifery. — tfRaM young grass. — dalakaH the Khadira. — DiH a hairy tail; Śi. 12. 73 ; Ki. 12. 47. — patraH, -patrakaH the Khadira tree. — pASyA 1 an ornament worn in the hair when parted. 2 a string of pearls binding or intertwining the braid of hair. — puzwikA, -puzwI, -puzpI a kind of jasmine. — boDaH 1 instructing the young 2 any work adapted to the capacities of the young or experienced. — BadrakaH a kind of poison. — BAraH a large bushy tail; bADetolkAkzapitacamarIbAlaBAro davAgniH Me. 53. — BAvaH childhood, infancy. — BftyaH a servant from childhood. — BEzajyaM a kind of collyrium. — BojyaH pease. — mfgaH a fawn. — mUlaM a young radish. — mfRAlaH a tender filament or fibre (of a lotus.). — yajYopavItakaM the sacred thread worn across the breast. — rAjaM lapis lazuli. — rogaH a child's disease. — latA a young creeper. R. 2. 10. — lIlA child's play, juvenile pastime. — vatsaH 1 a young calf. 2 a pigeon. — vAyajaM lapis lazuli — vAsas n. a woollen garment. — vAhyaH a wild goat. — viDavA a child-widow. — vEDavyaM child-widowhood. — vyajanaM a chowrie or fly-flapper (usually made of the tail of the yāk or Bos Grunniens and used as one of the royal insignia); yasyArTayuktaM girirAjaSabdaM kurvaMti bAlavyajanEScamaryaH Ku. 1. 13 ; R. 9. 66 ; 14. 11 ; 16. 33 , 57 . — saKi , m. a friend from childhood. — saMDyA early twilight. — sAtmyaM milk. — suhfd m. a friend of one's youth. — sUryaH, -sUryakaH lapis lazuli. — hatyA infanticide. — hastaH a hairy tail.