Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A cowherd; kuṃjeṣvākrāṃ- tavīrunnicayaparicayā ballavāḥ saṃcaraṃtu Ve 6. 2; Śi. 11. 8.
2 A cook.
3 The name assumed by Bhīma when serving as a cook at the court of Virāṭa. vī A cowherdess; Ki. 4. 17. Comp. yuvatiḥ tī f. a [Page0791-b+ 55] young cowherdess (gopī); harivirahā- kulaballavayuvatisakhīvacanaṃ paṭhanīyaṃ Gīt. 4.