baliH [ bal-in ] 1 An oblation, a gift or offering (usually religious); nIvArabaliM vilokayataH Ś. 4. 20 ; ( pb ) U. 1. 50. 2 The offering of a porsion of the daily meal of rice, grain, ghee &c. to all creatures, (also called BftayajYa ), one of the five daily Yajñas to be performed by a householder; see Ms. 3. 67 , 91 ; it is usually performed by throwing up into the air, near the housedoor, portions of the daily meal before partaking of it; yAsAM balaH sapadi madgfhadehalInAM haMsESca sArasagaRESca viluptapUrvaH Mk. 1. 9. 3 Worship, adoration; Ku. 1. 60 ; Me. 55 ; avacitAni balikarmaparyAptAni puzpARi Ś. 4. 4 Fragments of food left at a meal. 5 A victim offered to a deity, 6 A tax, tribute, impost; prajAnAmeva BUtyarTaM sa tAByo balimagrahIt R. 1. 18 ; Ms. 7. 80 ; 8. 307. 7 The handle of a chowrie . 8 N. of a celebrated demon. [He was a son of Virocana, the son of Prahlāda. He was a very powerful demon and oppressed the gods very much. They, therefore, prayed to Viṣṇu for succour, who descended on earth as a son of Kaśyapa and Aditi in the form of a dwarf. He assumed the dress of a mendicant, and having gone to Bali prayed him to give him as much earth as he could cover in three steps. Bali, who was noted for his liberality, unhesitatingly acceded to this apparently simple request. But the dwarf soon assumed a mighty form, and began to measure the three steps. The first step covered the earth, the second the heavens; and not knowing where to place the third, he planted it on the head of Bali and sent him and all his legions to the Pātāla and allowed him to be its ruler. Thus the universe was once more restored to the rule of Indra; cf. Calayasi vikramaRe balimadButavAmana Gīt. 1 ; R. 7. 35 ; Me. 57. Viṣṇu is said to still guard his door in Pāṭāla. He is one of the seven Cirajīvins ; cf. cirajIvin ]. — liH f. 1 A fold, wrinkle &c. (usually written vali q. v. ). 2 The fold of skin in stout persons or females. 3 The ridge of a thatched roof. Comp. — kara a. 1 paying tribute. 2 offering sacrifices. 3 producing wrinkles. — karaMBaH a sacrificial cake. — karman n. 1 offering oblations to all creatures. 2 the act of worshipping. 3 payment of tribute. — dAnaM 1 presentation of an offering to a deity. 2 offering oblations to all creatures. — DvaMsin m. an epithet of Viṣṇu. — naMdanaH, -putraH, -sutaH epithets ( pb ) of Bāṇa, the son of Bali. — puzwaH , — BojanaH a crow. — priyaH the Lodhra tree. — baMDanaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — Buj m. 1 a crow. 2 a sparrow. 3 a crane. — maMdiraM, -vaSmen, -sadman n. the lower regions, the abode of Bali. — muKaH a monkey. — vyAkula a. engaged in worship or in offering oblations to all creatures; Me. 85. — han m. an epithet of Viṣṇu. — haraRaM an offering of oblations to all creatures.