Bala: [Vedic bala, most likely to Lat. de-bilis "without strength" (cp. E. debility, P. dubbala), and Gr. be/ltistos (superl.)=Sk. balis.Âha the strongest....1. strength, power, force D II.73; A I.244...(one of the 4 blessings, viz. ¤yu, va¼¼a, sukha, bala...)...- adj. bala strong...2. an army, military force...- Eight bal¤ni or strong points are 1. of young children (ru¼¼a-balaµ). 2. of womanhood (kodha-). 3. of robbers (¤vudha-). 4. of kings (issariya-), 5. of fools (ujjhatti-). 6. of wise men (nijjhatti-). 7. of the deeply learned (paÂisankh¤na-). 8. of sama¼as & br¤hma¼as (khanti-)... -- Five bal¤ni of women are: r¬pabalaµ, bhoga-, ¾¤ti-, putta-, s¨la-... The five-fold force (balaµ pa¾ca-vidhaµ) of a king...consists of b¤h¤balaµ strength of arms, bhoga- of wealth, amacca- of counsellors, abhijacca- of high birth, pa¾¾¤- the force of wisdom; in the religious sense five bal¤ni or powers are commonly enumd: saddh¤balaµ, viriya-, sati-, sam¤dhi-, pa¾¾¤- A III.12; D II.120; M II.12, III.296; S III.96, 153; IV.366, V.219, 249... They correspond to the 5 indriy¤ni and are developed with them...they are cultivated to destroy the five uddhambh¤giy¤ni saµyojan¤ni S V.251. They are freq. referred to in instructions of the Buddha about the constituents of the "Dhamma," culminating in the eightfold Path, viz. catt¤ro satipaÂÂh¤n¤, samappadh¤n¤, catt¤ro iddhip¤d¤, pa¾cindriyani, p. bal¤ni, sattabojjhang¤ni, ariyo aÂÂhangiko maggo e. g. S III.96... Two bal¤ni are specially mentioned A I.52 (paÂisankh¤nabalaµ and bh¤van¤-), also D III.213, followed here by the other "pair" satibalaµ and sam¤dhi-. There are four bal¤ni of the ariyas¤vaka, by which he overcomes the five fears (pa¾ca bhay¤ni q. v.); the four are pa¾¾¤balaµ, viriya-, anavajja- sang¤ha- A IV.363 sq., as given at A II.141, also the foll. 3 groups of catt¤ri bal¤ni: -- (1) saddh¤balaµ, viriya-, sati-, sam¤dhi-, cp. D III.229. -- (2) sati- sam¤dhi-, anavajja-, sang¤ha-. (3) paÂisankh¤na-, bh¤van¤-, anavajja-, sang¤ha-. -- For 4 bal¤ni see also D III.229 note... The ten bal¤ni of the Tath¤gata consist of his perfect comprehension in ten fields of knowledge A V.32 sq.; M I.69...In a similar setting 10 powers are given as consisting in the knowledge of the PaÂiccasamupp¤da at S II.27, 28. ... There are seven bal¤ni D III.253, and seven kh¨¼¤sava-bal¤ni 283 i. e. saddh¤balaµ, viriya-, sati-, sam¤dhi-, pa¾¾¤-, hiri- and ottappa-.