As a deity name
Name 414 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 643 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
possessing power, powerful, mighty, strong, intense, &c. &c.
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "balavate" is the dative of "balavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "balavat" is derived from "bala" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
bala n. (or m. g. ardharcādi) power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity, RV. &c. &c. (balāt, ‘forcibly, against one's will, without being able to help it’; also = bala ibc., or balena, bala-tas, with gen. or ifc., ‘by force, by the power or on the strength or in virtue or by means of, by’)
force or power of articulation, TUp.
bala—vat (bala-), mfn. possessing power, powerful, mighty, strong, intense, VS. &c. &c.
vehement (as love, desire &c.), MBh.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
bala—vat (bala-), mfn. possessing power, powerful, mighty, strong, intense, VS. &c. &c.
vehement (as love, desire &c.), MBh.
bala n. (or m. g. ardharcādi) power, strength, might, vigour, force, validity, RV. &c. &c. (balāt, ‘forcibly, against one's will, without being able to help it’; also = bala ibc., or balena, bala-tas, with gen. or ifc., ‘by force, by the power or on the strength or in virtue or by means of, by’)
force or power of articulation, TUp.
Caveats
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