The corpus record — Pali

bālyaṁ

Balya

neuter belonging to strength, only in cpd. dub˚ ; weakness MN.i.364 ; Pp.66 ; also spelt dubballa MN.i.13 ■ abl. dubbalyā as adv. groundlessly without strong evidence Vin.iv.241 (cp. J.P.T.S. 1886 129). der. fr. bala

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Where it lives

Dhammapada 1 · 1.9/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

1. Bَليَ

neuter belonging to strength, only in cpd. dub˚; weakness MN.i.364; Pp.66; also spelt dubballa MN.i.13
■ abl. dubbalyā as adv. groundlessly without strong evidence Vin.iv.241 (cp. J.P.T.S. 1886 129).

der. fr. bala

2. Bālya

neuter

childhood, youth SN.iii.1.
ignorance, folly Dhp.63; Ja.ii.220 (= bāla-bhāva); Ja.iii.278 (balya); Pv-a.40. Also used as adj. in compar. bālyatara more foolish, extremely foolish Vv.83#6 sq. = Dhp-a.i.30 (= bālatara, atisayena bāla Vv-a.326).
weakness (?) Ja.vi.295 (balya, but C. bālya = dubbala-bhāva).

fr. bāla

In the wild

bālyaṁ Dhammapada 63 (dhp63:1)

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