Balarama

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit बलराम (balarāma).

Proper noun

Balarama

  1. (Hinduism) Balarama, son of Vasudeva, and Rohini, brother of Subhadra, and Krishna, who uses a plough as his weapon.
    • 1960, Mayadhar Mansinha, History of Oriya Literature‎[1], Sahitya Akademi, page 76:
      The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sister Subhadra.
    • 2008, Orissa: An Encyclopaedia of Events‎[2], 2 edition, Sankalpa Publications, page 53:
      The deities installed inside the sanctum sanctorum, are the chlorite figures of Balarama, Krushna and Subhadra.

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