As a deity name
Name 161 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 598 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 188 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 397 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
बलाय · noun · masculine
बरुना नामक वृक्ष । बन्ना । बलास — Śabdasāgara
बलाय · noun · masculine
आपत्ति । विपत्ति । बला · दुख । कष्ट · भूत प्रेत की बाधा — Śabdasāgara
बलाय · balāy · s.m.
A species of tree, Capparis trifoliata — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 164
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Nom. Ā. ˚yate (for 2. See col. 3), to put forth strength
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "balāya" is the dative of "bala" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. balāya Nom. Ā. ˚yate (for 2. See col. 3), to put forth strength, Nir. x, 3.
2. balāya m. (for 1. See col. 2) Crataeva Roxburghii, L.
balāya m. (-yaḥ) A plant, (Capparis trifoliata.) E. bala strength, aya to go, aff. ac.
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.
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