بل

बल bal, s.m. Power, strength, might, ability, vigour; force, violence, rigour, severity; effort, dint, virtue; support; military force, host, army;—semen virile; name of the elder brother of Krishna (=bal-rām);—side, direction, way, wise (=bhal);—difference (of quality, size, etc.);—adv. & postp. By dint (of, -ke), by virtue or power (of); supported (by), resting (on), on, (in comp.) -ward, -long (e.g. eṛī-ke bal ghūmnā, 'to turn round on the heel'; pīṭh-ke bal, 'on the back,' 'backward'; ćhaṛi-ke-bal jhuknā, 'to lean on a stick'; sir-ke bal, māthe-ke bal, 'headlong, head-foremost'; khambh-ke bal khaṛāhonā, 'to be supported on a column, to stand on a column'; muṅh-ke bal, 'on the face, forward'):—balābal (S. bala+abala), s.m. Strength and weakness, comparative strength and want of strength; relative importance and insignificance:—bal-bal kartā, adv. With great effort, or energy, or ardour, ardently, zealously:—bal-bhadra, adj. & s.m. Strong, powerful;—a strong or robust man; name of Krishna's elder brother Balrām:—bal-bhog, s.m. Taking violent or forcible possession of another's right:—bal-be, intj. Bravo! well done!:—bal-bidyā= bal-vidyā, q.v.:—bal-bīr, adj. & s.m. Brave, heroic, valourous; the brave, etc.:—bal-tāṛ, s.m. The male palm, the toddy tree, Borassus flabelliformis:—bal-dār, adj. Possessing strength, strong, powerful (=balwān):—bal-dastī, s.f. Unauthorized or oppressive exaction:—bal-dhārī, s.m. A powerful man:—bal-dev, s.m. Air, wind; name of the elder brother of Krishna (=bal-rām);—a cowherd:—bal-devā, s.f. A species of medicinal plant (commonly called trāyamān):—bal-rām, s.m. Name of the elder brother of Krishna:—bal-rakh, s.m. A person put in charge of property under distraint for arrears of revenue:—bal karnā, v.n. To put forth strength, to make an effort:—bal-nigrah, s.m. Reducing strength, weakening:—bal-wālā, adj. & s.m. Strong, powerful (=balwān); a strong man:—bal-vidyā, s.f. Science of forces, mechanics (syn. `ilm-ě-jar-ě-saqīl):—bal-vardhan, adj. Increasing power, strengthening; ennobling:—bal-han, s.m. lit. 'Destroyer of strength'; phlegm; the phlegmatic humour:—bal-hīn, adj. Destitute of strength, weak, infirm:—bal-hīnatā, s.f. The being destitute of strength, weakness, exhaustion, prostration of strength, infirmity (whether from fatigue or age).