balavat a. 1 Strong, powerful, ( pb ) mighty; viDiraho balavAniti me matiH Bh. 2. 91. 2 Stout, robust. 3 Dense, thick (as darkness, &c.). 4 Getting the upper hand, predominant, prevailing; balavAniMdriyagrAmo vidvAMsamapi karzati Ms. 2. 215 5 More important, of greater weight; lokApavAdo balavAnmato me R. 14. 40. 6 Accompained by an army. — ind. 1 Strongly, powerfully, forcibly; punarvaSitvAdbalavannigfhya Ku. 3. 69. 2 Very much, excessively, in a high degree; balavadapi SikzitAnAmAtmanyapratyayaM cetaH Ś. 1. 2 ; SItArti balavadupeyuzeva nIrEH Śi. 8. 62 ; Ś. 5. 31.