बाल [ bāla ] [ bāla ] m. f. n. ( cf. [ vāla ] ) young , childish , infantine , not full-grown or developed (of per. sons and things) Lit. GṛS. Lit. Up. Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

newly risen , early (as the sun or its rays) Lit. Ragh.

new or waxing (as the moon) Lit. ib. Lit. Kum.

puerile , ignorant , simple , foolish Lit. Mn. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Kāv.

pure (as an animal fit for sacrifice) Lit. L.

[ bāla ] m. a child , boy (esp. one under 5 years) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

(in law) a minor ( minors are classified as [ kunāra ] , or boys under 5 years of age , [ śiśu ] under 8 , [ pogaṇḍa ] from the 5th to the end of the 9th or till the 16th year , and [ kiśora ] from the 10th to the 16th year)

a fool , simpleton Lit. Mn. Lit. Pañcat.

any young animal Lit. L.

a colt , foal Lit. L.

a five years old elephant Lit. L.

Cyprinus Denticulatus or Rohita Lit. L.

N. of a Rakshas Lit. VP.

of a prince Lit. Rājat.

[ bālā ] f. a female child , girl , young woman (esp. one under 16 years) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh.

[ bāla ] m. a one year old cow Lit. L.

small cardamoms Lit. L.

Aloe Indica Lit. L.

a kind of metre Lit. L.

a partic. mystical prayer Lit. Cat.

N. of the mother of Vālin and Su-grīva (said to have been formed by Prajā-pati out of some dust which had fallen into his eyes) Lit. R.

n. Andropogon Muricatus Lit. L.

heat Lit. L.