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.