Balavant (adj.) [fr. bala] strong, powerful, sturdy M i.244 (purisa) S i.222; J ii.406; DhA ii.208; VvA 35; PvA 94. Comparative balavatara Miln 131; f.˚a(n)tarī Sdhp 452. In compn balava˚, e. g. ˚gavā sturdy oxen M i.226; ˚vippaṭisāra deep remorse PvA 14, ˚balava very strong J ii.406. -- balavaŋ as nt. adv. "exceedingly," in cpd. balav' âbalavaŋ very (loud and) strong Vin ii.1 (=suṭṭhu balavaŋ C.), and ˚paccūse very early in the morning Vism 93, and˚paccūsa -- samaye id. J i.92; DhA i.26.