Dictionary Definition :
Definition[1]
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biḷāra : [m.] a cat.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Biḷāra [etym. uncertain, prob. a loan -- word; cp. late Sk. biḍāla & see also P. biḷāla. The Prk. forms are birāla & virāla, f. birālī] a cat D ii.83; M i.128, 334; S ii.270; A iii.122 (viḷāra); v.202, 289; Th 1, 1138; J i.461 (as representing deceit), 480; v.406, 416, 418; Miln 118; DhA ii.152; PugA 225. On biḷāra in similes cp. J.P.T.S. 1907, 116.
-- nissakkana ( -- matta) (large enough) for a cat to creep through A v.195. -- bhastā (a bag of) catskin M i.128 (expld by Bdhgh as "biḷāra -- camma -- pasibbako"); Th 1, 1138. At both passages in similes.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]
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biḷāra: m. 貓
Source
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巴漢辭典 編者:(斗六) 廖文燦
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