Bala / Strength

by Hla Min

Updated : Oct 2025

Bala ဗလ stands for Strength or Prowess.

Bala Nga Tan (Five kinds of strength)

• Kaya Bala (ကာယဗလ Physical Strength).
  In our younger days, there were Kaya Bala Ah Thin (Clubs) for developing Physical Strength. Some instructors have their names prefixed with “Kaya Bala”.
• Nyana Bala (ဥာဏဗလ Mental Strength).
• Bawga Bala (ဘောဂဗလ Economic Prowess). There used to be an Oil Mill (Vendor) named “Bawga Bala”.
• Meikta Bala (မိတ္တဗလ Skill for making friends). U Nu’s translation of “How to win friends and influence people” was named “Meikta Bala Tika”. It’s earlier title was “Lu Paw Lu Zaw Loke Nee” (which did not seem diplomatic).
• Caritta Bala (စာရိတ္တဗလ Moral Courage)