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1) Bala, ² (cp. *Sk. bala: Hal膩yudha 5, 23; & P. bal膩k膩) a species of carrion crow J. V, 268; also in cpd. Bal鈥檃峁卥ap膩da having crow鈥檚 feet, i.e. spreading feet (perhaps for bal膩ka掳?) J. VI, 548 (C. explns by pattharita-p膩da, read patth膩rita掳). (Page 483)

2) Bala, ¹ (nt.) (Vedic bala, most likely to Lat. de-bilis 鈥渨ithout strength鈥� (cp. E. debility, P. dubbala), and Gr. b苇ltistos (superl.)=Sk. bali峁ａ弓ha the strongest. The Dh膩tup膩峁環a (273) defines b. with p膩峁嘺ne. At DhsA. 124 bala is understood as 鈥渘a kampati鈥�) 1. strength, power, force D. II, 73; A. I, 244; Th. 1, 188; Dh. 109 (one of the 4 blessings, viz. 膩yu, va峁囜箛a, sukha, bala; cp. DhA. II, 239); Pv. I, 512 (=k膩ya-bala PvA. 30); I, 76; VvA. 4 (iddhi掳); PvA. 71 (id.), 82 (kamma掳).鈥擮f cases used as adv. balas膩 (Instr.) is mentioned by Trenckner at Miln. 430 (notes), cp. Prk. balas膩 (Pischel, Gr. 搂 364). yath膩 bala峁� according to one鈥檚 power, i.e. as much as possible PvA. 1, 54. The compn form of bala in conn. with 办峁� is bal墨掳, e.g. dubbal墨kara峁嘺 making weak M. III, 4; Pug. 59, 68; 掳kara峁噄n id. D. III, 183.鈥攁dj. bala strong J. V, 268, abala weak Sn. 770, 1120, dubbala id. S. I, 222; J. II, 154; Nd1 12; PvA. 55; compar. 掳tara M. I, 244, nt. n. abala峁� weakness S. I, 222.鈥�2. an army, military force Mhvs 25, 57; SnA 357. See cpds. below.鈥擡ight bal膩ni or strong points are 1. of young children (ru峁囜箛a-bala峁�).鈥�2. of womanhood (kodha掳).鈥�3. of robbers (膩vudha掳).鈥�4. of kings (issariya掳), 鈥� 5. of fools (ujjhatti掳).鈥�6. of wise men (nijjhatti掳).鈥�7. of the deeply learned (pa峁璱sa峁卥h膩na掳).鈥�8. of sama峁嘺s & br膩hma峁嘺s (khanti掳) A. IV, 223 (where used as adj.鈥斅� strong in ... ); cp. Sn. 212, 623.鈥擣ive bal膩ni of women are: r奴pabala峁�, bhoga掳, 帽膩ti掳, putta掳, s墨la掳 S. IV, 246鈥�8. The five-fold force (bala峁� pa帽ca-vidha峁�) of a king J. V, 120, 121 consists of b膩h膩bala峁� strength of arms, bhoga掳 of wealth, amacca掳 of counsellors, abhijacca掳 of high birth, pa帽帽膩掳 the force of wisdom; in the religious sense five bal膩ni or powers are commonly enumd: saddh膩bala峁�, viriya掳, sati掳, sam膩dhi掳, pa帽帽膩掳 A. III, 12; D. II, 120; M. II, 12, III, 296; S. III, 96, 153; IV, 366, V, 219, 249; Ps. II, 56, 86, 166, 174, 223; II, 84, 133, 168 etc. They correspond to the 5 indriy膩ni and are developed with them. S. V, 219, 220; Nett 31; they are cultivated to destroy the five uddhambh膩giy膩ni sa峁儁ojan膩ni S. V, 251. They are frequent referred to in instructions of the Buddha about the constituents of the 鈥淒hamma,鈥� culminating in the eightfold Path, viz. catt膩ro satipa峁�峁環膩n膩, samappadh膩n膩, catt膩ro iddhip膩d膩, pa帽cindriyani, p. bal膩ni, sattabojjha峁単膩ni, ariyo a峁�峁環a峁単iko maggo e.g. S. III, 96; Ps. II, 56; Nd1 13=360 =Nd2 420; Nd2 s. v. satipa峁�峁環膩na; and passim. (Cp. BSk. catv膩ra 峁沝dhip膩d膩岣� pa帽c鈥檈ndriy膩ni p. bal膩ni, sapta bodhya峁単膩ni etc. Divy 208. ) Two bal膩ni are specially mentioned A. I, 52 (pa峁璱sa峁卥h膩nabala峁� and bh膩van膩掳), also D. III, 213, followed here by the other 鈥減air鈥� satibala峁� and sam膩dhi掳. There are four bal膩ni of the ariyas膩vaka, by which he overcomes the five fears (pa帽ca bhay膩ni q. v.); the four are pa帽帽膩bala峁�, viriya掳, anavajja掳 sa峁単膩ha掳 A. IV, 363 sq. , as given at A. II, 141, also the foll. 3 groups of catt膩ri bal膩ni: 鈥�-鈥� (1) saddh膩bala峁�, viriya掳, sati掳, sam膩dhi掳, cp. D. III, 229.鈥�(2) sati掳 sam膩dhi, anavajja掳, sa峁単膩ha掳. (3) pa峁璱sa峁卥h膩na掳, bh膩van膩掳, anavajja掳, sa峁単膩ha掳.鈥擣or 4 bal膩ni see also D. III, 229 note, and for pa峁璱sa峁卥h膩nabala (power of computation) see Dhs. trsl. 1353. The ten bal膩ni of the Tath膩gata consist of his perfect comprehension in ten fields of knowledge A. V, 32 sq. ; M. I, 69; Nd2 466; Miln. 105, 285; VbhA. 397.鈥擨n a similar setting 10 powers are given as consisting in the knowledge of the Pa峁璱ccasamupp膩da at S. II, 27, 28. 鈥�-鈥� The bal膩ni of the s膩vaka are distinct from those of the Tath膩gatha: Kvu 228 sq.鈥擳here are seven bal膩ni D. III, 253, and seven kh墨峁嚹乻ava-bal膩ni 283 i.e. saddh膩bala峁�, viriya掳, sati掳, sam膩dhi掳, pa帽帽膩掳, hiri掳 and ottappa掳. The same group is repeated in the Abhidhamma; Dhs. 58, 95, 102; DhsA. 126. The Ps. also enumerates seven kh墨峁嚹乻avabal膩ni I. 35; and sixty-eight bal膩ni II. 168 sq.鈥攁gga front of an army, troops in array D. I, 6; Vin. IV, 107, cp. DA. I, 85.鈥斆�n墨ka (adj.) with strong array Sn. 623; Dh. 399 (cp. DhA. IV, 164).鈥攌膩ya a body of troops, an army cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung p. 52 note; (also in BSk. e.g. Divy 63, 315) A. I, 109; IV, 107, 110; S. I, 58; J. I, 437 (掳峁� sa峁僪arati to draw up troops); II, 76; III, 319; V, 124; VI, 224, 451; DhA. I, 393; PugA 249.鈥攌o峁�峁環aka fortress, camp J. I, 179; Mhvs 25, 29.鈥�(k)k膩ra application of force, violence J. I, 476; II, 421; III, 447; Instr. 掳ena by force PvA. 68, 113.鈥攇umba a serried troop J. II, 406.鈥攃akka wheel of power, of sovereignty Dpvs VI, 2.鈥斸弓峁環a a military official, palace guard, royal messenger Miln. 234, 241, 264, 314; Mhvs 34, 17.鈥攄a strength-giving S. I, 32; Sn. 297.鈥攄膩yin id. A. II, 64.鈥攄eva 鈥淕od of strength鈥� N. of the elder brother of Ka峁噃a J. IV, 82; Nd1 89, 92 (V膩sudeva+); Vism. 233 (id).鈥�(p)patta grown-strong DhsA. 118 (v. l. phala掳).鈥攙膩hana troops, an army J. II, 319, IV. 170, 433; VI, 391, 458.鈥攙墨ra a hero in strength Vv 531, cp. VvA. 231.鈥攕ata for pal膩sata, q. v. (cp. J. P. T. S. 1908, 108 note). (Page 482)

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