Bila1 (nt.) [Vedic bila, perhaps fr. bhid to break, cp. K.Z. 12, 123. Thus already expld by Dhtp 489: bila bhedane] a hole, den, cave A ii.33=S iii.85; Th 1, 189; Nd1 362; J i.480; ii.53; vi.574 (=guhā C.); Miln 151; Sdhp 23. -- kaṇṇa˚ orifice of the ear Vism 195; vammīka˚ ant's nest J iv.30; sota˚=kaṇṇa˚ DhsA 310.

 -- āsaya (adj.) living in holes, a cave -- dweller, one of the four classes of animals (bil˚, dak˚, van˚, rukkh˚) S iii.85=A ii.33; Nd1 362; Bu ii.97; J i.18.