Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bhāla भाल – the forehead, brow

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

bhāla ·n. forehead.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

bhāla bhāla, am, n. (said to be fr. rt. 1. bhā; according to some also bhālas, m.), the fore- head, brow; light, lustre.

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

bhāla n. 1〉 Stirn AK. 3,4,1. AK. 3,4,17. TRIK. 2,7,15. H. 573. fg. H. an. 2,504. MED. l. 42. Spr. 3044. yaddhātrā nijabhālapaṭṭalikhitaṃ stokaṃ mahadvām dhanam Spr. 2386. RĀJA-TAR. 2,89. RĀJA-TAR. 1,2. RĀJA-TAR. 3,1. satilakaṃ bhālam — kuru SĀH. D. 42,20. SĀH. D. 60,1. PAÑCAR. 1,14,16. PAÑCAR. 2,2,21. PAÑCAR. 2,5,24. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 242,a (No. 593. fgg.) Verz. d. Oxf. H. 249,a,5 (die Hdschr. phāla). ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 3,8,28. ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 3,10,5. Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,502, Śl. 1. alaghuvyālakarāla˚ (dvīpin) Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7,11, Śl. 40. masc.: godhibhālau TRIK. 2,6. TRIK. 2,29. — 2〉 Glanz H. an. MED. vimalitaraṇa˚ Inschr. in Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6,505, Śl. 16. — Vgl. aśma˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

bhāla — 1〉 (*m.) n. Stirn. ˚paṭṭa m. Stirnplatte. — 2〉 Glanz.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

bhālaṃ [bhā-lac] 1 The forehead, brow; yaddhātrā nijabhālapaṭṭalikhitaṃ stokaṃ mahadvā dhanaṃ Bh. 2. 49; (smarasya) vapuḥ sadyo bhālānalabhasitajālāspadamabhūt Bv. 1. 84. 2 Light. 3 Darkness. Comp. — aṃkaḥ 1 a man born with lucky lines on his forehead. 2 an epithet of Śiva. 3 a saw. 4 a tortoise. — caṃdraḥ 1 an epithet of Śiva. 2 of Gaṇeśa. — (drā) N. of Durgā. — darśanaḥ N. of Śiva. — darśanaṃ red lead. — darśin a. ‘looking at or watching the brow’, said of a servant who is attentive to his master's wishes. — dṛś m., — locanaḥ an epithet of Śiva. — paṭṭaḥ -ṭṭaṃ the forehead.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

bhāla n. Stirn; ˚paṭṭa m. fläche.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

bhāla bhāla m. (bhā; sfx. la) lumière, éclat. (bhal) front. bhāladarśana n. (dṛś) minium, dont on se peint le front [cf. tilaka]. [Page475-1] bhāladṛś m. Śiva [qui a un œil au front]. bhālāṅka m. (aṅka) homme qui a sur le front des lignes peintes ou de bon augure. Cyprinus denticulatus, poisson; Tortue. Śiva. Scie.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

HTK 1 occurrence
HTK 10.5*1–6*1: Sūryabhedana / Sūryabheda 1 occurrence

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SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.144-5.155: Ājñā und Khecarī 1 occurrence

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