vāḷa 1.1 · vāḷa 2.1
Vāḷa 1 [cf. late Sanskrit vyāḍa, see Geiger, Pāli Grammar §54.6] 1. a snake Vism 312 (so read for vaḷa). 2. a beast of prey A III 102 (amanussa); Ja I 295; III 345 (°macchā predaceous fishes); Miln 23 (°vana forest of wild beasts). -miga a beast of prey, predaceous animal, like tiger, leopard, etc. Ja VI 569; Dhp-a I 171 (°ṭṭhāna); III 348 (°rocanā); Vism 180, 239. Vāḷa 2 [misspelt for vāda?] music (?) Pañca-g 83.
(masc, masc) wild animal; beast of prey
(masc, masc) tail hair hair of the tail