See bālakhilya.

n. (also written bāl, of doubtful derivation) N. of a collection of 11 (accord. to some only 6 or 8) hymns of the R2ig ṛg - veda veda (commonly inserted after viii, 48, but numbered separately as a supplement by some editors; they are also called vālakhilyāḥ,... n. (ly/a) pl. N. of a class of R2ishis fzi s of the size of a thumb (sixty thousand were produced from Brahma1 brahmā 's body and surround the chariot of...