Balisa and Baḷisa (masculine and neuter) [cf. Sanskrit baḍiśa] a fish-hook S II 226 = IV 158 (āmisa-gataṃ b.); Nidd II §374 (kāma°, {484} v.l. palisa); Ja I 482 f.; III 283; IV 195; V 273 f., 389; VI 416; Miln 412; Pj II 114 (in explanation of gaḷa Snp 61); Thig-a 280, 292; Vibh-a 196 (in comparison); Saddh 610. On use in similes cf. JPTS 1907, 115. -maṃsikā (feminine) "flesh-hooking," a kind of torture M I 87; III 164; A I 47; II 122; Nidd I 154; Nidd II §604; Miln 197; -yaṭṭhi angling rod Dhp-a III 397.
(nt, nt) hook; meat hook Construction: baḷisa > balisa