feminine a mare, only in cpd. -mukha the mare’s mouth, i.e. an entrance to Niraya (cp. Vedic vaḍavâgni & vaḍavāmukha) Thag.1104 (trsl. “abyss-discharged mouth,” cp. Brethren, p. 418).
cp. Vedic vaḍavā
The corpus record — Pali
balavā
Baḷavā
feminine a mare, only in cpd. -mukha the mare’s mouth, i.e. an entrance to Niraya (cp. Vedic vaḍavâgni & vaḍavāmukha) Thag.1104 (trsl. “abyss-discharged mouth,” cp. Brethren , p. 418). cp. Vedic vaḍavā
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Where it lives
- Udana 5 · 2.49/10k
- Digha Nikaya 21 · 1.46/10k
- Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k
What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
In the wild
- balavā Digha Nikaya 11 (dn11:84.1)
- balavā Digha Nikaya 13 (dn13:77.1)
- balavā Digha Nikaya 13 (dn13:79.1)
- balavā Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:3.2.13)
- balavā Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:3.23.1)
- balavā Digha Nikaya 14 (dn14:3.25.1)
6 of 27 attestations shown.
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