Vala or VALA may refer to:

Religion and mythology

Vala (Vedic) Vala ('), meaning "enclosure" in Vedic Sanskrit, is a demon mentioned in the Vedas, including the Rigveda and the Atharvaveda. Vala is attributed to be the son of Tvashtr and therefore the brother of Vritra, Vrtra. Historically, it has the same ori ...

, a demon or a stone cavern in the Hindu scriptures *

Völva In Germanic paganism, a seeress is a woman said to have the ability to foretell future events and perform sorcery. They are also referred to with many other names meaning "prophetess", "staff bearer" and "sorceress", and they are frequently calle ...

, also spelled Vala, a priestess in Norse mythology and Norse paganism

Fiction

Vala (Middle-earth) The Valar (; singular Vala) are characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. They are "angelic powers" or "gods" subordinate to the one God ( Eru Ilúvatar). The '' Ainulindalë'' describes how some of the Ainur choose to enter the ...

, an angelic being in J. R. R. Tolkien's fiction *

Vala Mal Doran Vala Mal Doran is a fictional character in the American military science fiction television series ''Stargate SG-1'' about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by former ''Farscape'' actress Cl ...

, a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Vala (Blake), a character in the mythological writings of William Blake * '' Vala, or The Four Zoas'', a poem by Blake

People

* Vala (clan), a Rajput clan found in Gujarat in India

Surname

* Aleš Vála (born 1973), a Czech ice hockey player * Asad Vala (born 1987), a Papua New Guinean cricketer * Jessie Rose Vala (born 1977), an American artist * Jorge Vala (born 1984), a Portuguese academic * Katri Vala (1901–1944), a Finnish poet * Lobat Vala (born 1930), an Iranian poet and activist * Numonius Vala, a Roman family name, or any of the men of that name *

Vajubhai Vala Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala (born 23 January 1937) is an Indian statesman who was the 12th Governor of Karnataka from 1 September 2014 to 6 July 2021. He is also the longest-serving governor for Karnataka after Khurshed Alam Khan. Vajubhai served ...

, an Indian politician

Given name

* Vala Flosadóttir (born 1978), an Icelandic former pole vaulter * Vala Chakradhar Rao (1928–1991), an Indian doctor and politician

Places

* Vala State, a former Indian princely state during the British Raj * Våla Hundred, see

List of hundreds of Sweden A hundred is a geographic division formerly used in northern Germanic countries and related colonies, which historically was used to divide a larger region into smaller administrative division Administrative divisions (also administrative un ...

131 Vala 131 Vala is an inner main-belt asteroid. It was discovered by C. H. F. Peters on 24 May 1873, and derives its name from '' völva'' (''vǫlva'', ), a prophetess in Norse paganism. One observation of an occultation of a star by Vala is from Ita ...

, an asteroid discovered in 1873 named after Völva

Other uses

Vala (programming language) Vala is an object-oriented programming language with a self-hosting compiler that generates C code and uses the GObject system. Vala is syntactically similar to C# and includes notable features such as anonymous functions, signals, prope ...

, a programming language targeting GNOME's object system * VALA, Libraries, Technology and the Future Inc., an Australian not-for-profit organisation * Vala GSM, a mobile operator in Kosovo * Vala halt, a closed railway station in the municipality of Silves, Portugal