Balisa & Baḷisa (m. & nt.) [cp. Sk. baḍiśa] a fish-hook S ii.226=iv.158 (āmisa -- gataŋ b.); Nd2 374 (kāma˚,v. l. palisa); J i.482 sq.; iii.283; iv.195; v.273 sq., 389; vi.416; Miln 412; SnA 114 (in expln of gaḷa Sn 61); ThA 280, 292; VbhA 196 (in comparison); Sdhp 610. On use in similes cp. J.P.T.S. 1907, 115.

   -- maŋsikā (f.) "flesh-hooking," a kind of torture M i.87; iii.164; A i.47; ii.122; Nd1 154; Nd2 604; Miln 197. -- yaṭṭhi angling rod DhA iii.397.