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    abala

    See also abalaḥ, abalaṃ, avala, avara, avaram, avaraḥ, avaraṃ, avaryāmi.

    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 51.
    abala mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Weak, feeble, infirm. m. (-laḥ) A plant, (Tapia cratoeva.) see baruṇa. f. (-lā) A woman.

    E. a neg. and vala strong.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 39, col. 2.
    a-bala (laḥ) 1. m. A plant (Tapia
    cratæva).

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 226, col. 2.
    abala I. Tatpur. n. (-lam) Want of strength, weakness;

    e. g. in the Daśakumārach.: itaḥ kila janādbhagavatastrivarga-

    balābalajñānam; also figur., comp. arghabalābala. E. a neg.

    and bala.

    II. Bahuvr. 1. m. f. n. (-laḥ-lā-lam) 1 Weak, feeble,

    infirm; e. g. in the Bhāgavata Pur.: aho vayaṃ dhanyatamā ya-

    datra tyaktāḥ pitṛbhyāṃ na vicintayāmaḥ . abhakṣyamāṇā abalā

    vṛkādibhiḥ sa rakṣitā rakṣati yo hi garbhe; or in the Hitop.:

    vipannāyāṃ nītau sakalamabalaṃ sīdati jagat. 2 Without a

    protector, unprotected; see the instance 3. 1.

    2. m. (-laḥ) 1 The name of a plant (Tapia cratœva).

    2 Time (?). 3 A hole (?). [The two last meanings which

    are very suspicious, occur in the fourth chapter of an E.

    I. H. Ms. (2544) of the Anekārthamañjarī; this chapter it-

    self, however, is omitted in three other E. I. H. Mss. of

    the same work and, to judge from its character, seems

    added by a latter writer; these two meanings would suggest

    the assumption of an error in the copyist, for they remind

    us of velā and vila, but the word occurs in the beginning

    of the Śloka and is written with the initial a.]

    3. f. (-lā) 1 A woman; e. g. in the Bhaṭṭik.: naśyanti

    dadarśa vṛndāni kapīndraḥ . hārīṇyabalānāṃ hārīṇyabalānām,

    where the first abalānām means ‘of the women’, and the

    second ‘unprotected’ or ‘weak’ (comm. abalānāṃ strīṇāṃ .

    abalānāmavidyamānarakṣakāṇām or atikṛśānām). 2 (In

    Astronomy.) The sign of the zodiac, Virgo. 3 One of the

    ten Buddhist earths (?); comp. acalā. [An E. I. H. Ms.

    (1512) of Ajayapāla's Nānārthasaṅgraha has the following

    extraordinary explanation of abalā, ‘abalākhyā śyālā-

    kastrī pūgaraktamukhāmbhasoḥ’.] E. a priv. and bala.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 59, col. 3.
    abala a-bala, as, ā, am, weak, feeble, in-

    firm; (as), m., N. of a plant, Tapia Cratæva; N. of

    a king of Magadha; (ā), f. a woman; one of the

    ten Buddhist earths; (am), n. want of strength,

    weakness [with abala have been compared, Goth.

    ubils, Them. ubila; Mod. Germ. uebel; Eng.

    ‘evil]. — Abala-dhanvan, ā, ā, a, possessing a weak

    bow. —Abalābala (°la-ab°), as, m. ‘neither power-

    ful nor powerless;’ an epithet of Śiva.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 124, col. 3.
    abala a.

    1 Weak, feeble.

    2 Unprotected.

    — laḥ N. of a plant ( varuṇavṛkṣa).

    — lā

    1 A woman (as belonging to the weaker sex); nūnaṃ hi te kavivarā viparītabodhā ye nityamāhurabalā iti kāminīnām . yābhiviṃlolataratārakadṛṣṭipātaiḥ śakrādayopi vijitāstvabalāḥ kathaṃ tāḥ .. Bh. 1. 11; compare also:

    — hṛdaye vahasi girīṃdrau tribhuvanajayinī kaṭākṣeṇa . abalā tvaṃ yadi manye ke balavaṃto na jānīmaḥ .. Udb.; °janaḥ a woman; Ś. 4. 3; R. 9. 46.

    2 One of the ten earths according to the Buddhists.

    — laṃ Weakness, want of strength; see balābalaṃ also.

    Comp.

    — abalaḥ N. of of Śiva.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 32.
    abalá a. weak, feeble; f. ā woman, maid.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 22, col. 2.
    abala a-balá, a. weak: f. ā, woman; N.:
    -vat, a. weak.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 60, col. 1.
    a-balá mf(ā́)n. weak, feeble, RV. v, 30, 9, &c.
    ☞ p. 1314, col. 3.
    a-bala m. a wife's elder brother, L.
    ☞ p. 60, col. 1.
    a-balá (as), m. the plant Tapia Crataeva
    ☞ p. 60, col. 1.
    a king of Magadha, VP.
    ☞ p. 60, col. 1.
    a-balá (am), n. want of strength, weakness.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 42, col. 2.
    abala

    mfn. (-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Weak, feeble, infirm.

    m. (-laḥ) A plant (Tapia
    cratœva.) See baruṇa.

    f. (-lā) A woman.

    E. a neg. and bala strong.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 165.
    abala a. 1 Weak, feeble, unprotected. -laḥ N. of a plant Crataeva Roxburghii (varuṇavṛkṣa) (Mar. vāyavarṇā) -lā 1 A woman (as belonging to the weaker sex); nūnaṃ hi te kavivarā viparītabodhā ye nityamāhurabalā iti kāminīnām | yābhirvilolataratārakadṛṣṭipātaiḥ śakrādayo'pi vijitāstvabalāḥ kathaṃ tāḥ || Bh.1.10; compare also : -hṛdaye vahasi girīndrau tribhuvana- jayinī kaṭākṣeṇa | abalā tvaṃ yadi manye ke balavanto na jānīmaḥ || Udb. ˚janaḥ a. woman; iṣṭapravāsajanitānyabalājanasya duḥkhāni...Ś. 4.3; R.9.46. -2 One of the ten earths according to the Buddhists. -lam Weakness, want of strength; see balābalam also. -Comp. -abalaḥ N. of Śiva.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 35, col. 2.
    abala abala a. (bala) sans force, faible.

    — S. m. tapia cratœva, bot.

    F. abalā, femme.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 59, col. 1.
    a-bala- a. faible; nt. faiblesse; -ā- f. femme ; -vant- a. faible.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 323.
    1. abala (3. a + bala) n. Kraftlosigkeit, Schwäche: puruṣāṇāṃ balābalam R. 1, 7, 12. arghabalābalam den hohen und den niedrigen Stand des Preises M. 9, 329.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 323.
    2. abalá (wie eben)

    1) adj. f. ā kraftlos, schwach AV. 3, 19, 7. CHĀND. UP. 4, 4, 5. PAÑCAT. I, 387. BHARTṚ. 1, 10.

    — 2) m.

    a) N. einer Pflanze, Crataeva Roxburghii R. Br. (varuṇavṛkṣa), ŚABDAC. im ŚKDR.

    — b) N. pr. eines Königs von Magadha VP. 465, N. 18.

    — 3) f. °lā .

    a) Frauenzimmer AK. 2, 6, 1, 2. H. 504. ŚRUT. 29. BHARTṚ. 1, 10 (doppelsinnig). MEGH. 2. 91. 97. abalājana ŚĀK. 78. RAGH. 9, 46.

    — b) N. einer der 10 Erden bei den Buddhisten VYĀḌI zu H. 233; vgl. acalā .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1015.
    abala

    3)

    b) vgl. oben u. acala

    3) b).

    — c) N. pr. eines Frauenzimmers KATHĀS. 73, 417.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 81.
    a-balá, a., ohne Kraft [bála], schwach.

    -ás [N. f.] sénās {384,9}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 83, col. 1.
    1. abala n. Schwäche , Unbedeutsamkeit u.s.w. , in balābala.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 83, col. 1.
    2. abalá

    — 1) Adj. (f. ā) kraftlos , schwach.

    — 2) m.

    — a) *Crataeva Roxburghii R. Br.

    — b) N.pr. eines Fürsten.

    — 3) f. ā

    — a) Weib 92,28. 108,4.

    — b) v.l. für acalā in der Bed. 3)b).

    — c) ein Frauenname.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 22, col. 2.
    abalá kraftlos, schwach; f. ā Weib.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 14, col. 2.
    abala (BAH. ex a priv. et bala vis) debilis (fort. goth.

    ubils Th. ubila, nostrum übel, angl. evil; nisi haec ad

    adhara = lat. inferu-s pertinent, mutatâ aspiratâ in me-

    diam, secundum generalem consonantium permutanda-

    rum legem. Sanscr. b autem in germ. item est b, unde

    goth. radix band ligare = bandh q. v.).

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 269, col. 2.
    abala na0 na balaṃ sāmarthyamutkarṣovā'bhāve na0 ta0 . 1 balābhāve
    “prāyaścittaṃ pradātavyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tasya balābalam” smṛtiḥ .
    “gandhānāñca rasānāñca jñātvā cārghabalābalam” manuḥ .
    balamutkarṣamabalamanutkarṣam” iti kullū0 . nāsti balaṃ
    yasya . 2 balahīne durbale tri0 “pañcavargībalenono na harṣa-
    sthānamāśritaḥ abalo'yaṃ lagnadarśīti nī0 tā0 . abala-
    svakulāśino jhasānnijanīḍadrumapīḍinaḥ khagān” naiṣa0 .
    3 nāryyāṃ strī “bhujalatāṃ jaḍatāmabalājanaḥ” raghuḥ . “hṛdaye
    vahasi girīndrau tribhuvanajayinī kaṭākṣeṇa . acalā tvaṃ
    yadi manthe ke balavantona jānīma” ityudvaṭaḥ . 5 ba0 .
    4 varuṇavṛkṣe pu0 .

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 1, col. 1.
    Abala. § 492 (Āṅgirasa): III, 220, 14166 (one of the

    15 yajñamuṣo devāḥ, gods that rob the offering, created by

    Agni Pāñcajanya(?)).

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 49, col. 2.
    Abala , n. of a nāga king: Mvy 3254; Māy 246.22.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    ☞ p. 1, col. 1.
    ABALA is one of the fifteen devas who were the sons of

    Pāñcajanya. (M.B. Vana Parva, Chapter 22, Verse 11).