Balacandra, Bala-candra, Balacamdra: 10 definitions
Introduction:
Balacandra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
Alternative spellings of this word include Balachandra.
In Hinduism
Ganapatya (worship of Ganesha)
Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र) refers to the “crescent moon” (worshipped by devotees of Gaṇeśa), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.18 (“Gaṇeśa crowned as the chief of Gaṇas”).—Accordingly, as Śiva said to Gaṇeśa: “[...] Gaṇeśa shall be adored with incense, lamps and different kinds of food-offerings. After worshipping you with various articles of worship like betel etc. and eulogising you with hymns, the devotee shall worship the crescent moon (bālacandra). Afterwards, he shall feed the brahmins joyously with sweets with due honour. He himself shall take sweets and avoid salt. [...]”.
Ganapatya (गाणपत्य, gāṇapatya) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Ganesha is revered and worshipped as the prime deity (ishta-devata). Being a minor though influential movement, Ganapatya evovled, llike Shaktism and Shaivism, as a separate movement leaving behind a large body of literature.
India history and geography
Balacandra or Balachandra is the name of a Jain ascetic, mentioned in the “Herle stone inscription of Gaṇḍarāditya”. Tribhuvanachandra and Nāgacandra-Sāiddhāntika. They were evidently the sadharmas of Bālacandra. Accordingly, “The world incessantly praises the ascetics Tribhuvanachandra, Nagachandra-Saiddhantika and the excellent ascetic Balachandra, who is eulogised by the wise”.
This stone inscription (mentioning Balachandra) was found at Herle, a village, about 11.25 km. west of Hātakaṇangale in the Kolhāpur District. It records the grant of one matter of land in Eḍenāḍa and a garden to the Tīrthaṅkara Chandraprabha in the Basadi. It was made on the occasion of a lunar eclipse in Śaka 1040, when the cyclic year was Vilambi.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
bālacandra (बालचंद्र).—m (S) A term for the moon until the fifth or sixth day of her age.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र).—m.
1) the young or waxing moon; इह जगति महोत्सवस्य हेतुर्नयनवतामुदियाय बालचन्द्रः (iha jagati mahotsavasya heturnayanavatāmudiyāya bālacandraḥ) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 2.1.
2) a cavity of a particular shape; Mṛcchakaṭika 3.13.
Derivable forms: bālacandraḥ (बालचन्द्रः).
Bālacandra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and candra (चन्द्र). See also (synonyms): bālacandramas.
Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र).—[masculine] the young or waxing moon.
Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Haribhaktibhāskarodaya. Oudh. Xxii, 118. In Rgb. 742 the author is called Bālakṛṣṇa.
1) Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र):—[=bāla-candra] [from bāla] m. the young or waxing moon (also dra-mas), [Kāvya literature]
2) [v.s. ...] n. a cavity of a [particular] shape (made in a wall), [Mṛcchakaṭikā]
Balacandra (बलचन्द्र):—[(bala + ca)] m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten [WASSILJEW 53.]
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Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र):—und bālacandramas s. u. bāla 1.
Bālacandra (बालचन्द्र):——
1) m. der zunehmende Mond. —
2) n. eine Bresche von best. Form [Mṛcchakaṭika 47,11.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Bālacaṃdra (ಬಾಲಚಂದ್ರ):—[noun] the crescent moon, esp. as seen on the second day after the newmoon-day.
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Bāḷacaṃdra (ಬಾಳಚಂದ್ರ):—[noun] the crescent moon, esp. as seen on the second day after the newmoon-day.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Ba-la, Candra, Bala.
Starts with: Balacandramas.
Full-text: Candrabala, Balacandramas, Balendu, Balashashi, Subalacandra, Candra, Haribhaktibhaskarodaya, Jatamalla, Tribhuvanacandra, Nagacandra-Saiddhantika, Shantivira, Aindramandapa, Bhahkara, Mukta, Kollapura, Kollapuratirtha, Indramandapa, Balakrishna, Bala.
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