Balacarita, Bāḷacarita, Bālacarita, Bala-carita: 6 definitions
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Balacarita means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.
The Sanskrit term Bāḷacarita can be transliterated into English as Balacarita or Baliacarita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Balacharita.
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarybāḷacarita (बाळचरित) [or च, ca].—n (bālacaritra S) Juvenile pastime or sports.
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
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBālacarita (बालचरित).—
1) juvenile sports.
2) early life or actions; Uttararāmacarita 6.
Derivable forms: bālacaritam (बालचरितम्).
Bālacarita is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and carita (चरित).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumBālacarita (बालचरित) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Sāhityadarpaṇa p. 147.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryBālacarita (बालचरित):—[=bāla-carita] [from bāla] n. ‘childish doings’, Name of works or chs. of works treating of the youthful adventures of a deity, ([especially]) of [chapter] of [Gaṇeśa-purāṇa]
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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.
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Partial matches: Bala, Carita.
Starts with: Balacaritanaman.
Ends with: Ramacandrabalacarita.
Full-text: Balacaritanaman, Balacaritra.
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