In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Bālārka (बालार्क) refers to the “rising sun”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.22. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] On hearing her words, Śiva was fascinated and he went to the summit of the Himālayas along with her. He reached the beautiful summit where the Siddha ladies resided, which could not be reached by birds and which shone with lakes and forests. The top was of variegated colours as of various gems, embellished by lotuses of diverse forms, shapes and lustre. Śiva in the company of Satī reached that top which shone like the rising sun (bālārka)”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

In Buddhism

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (tantric Buddhism)

Bālārka (बालार्क) refers to the “newly risen sun”, according to the Nāmamantrārthāvalokinī by Vilāsavajra, which is a commentary on the Nāmasaṃgīti.—Accordingly, [while describing Mañjuśrī-jñānasattva]—“[Next] he should visualise himself as the fortunate one, the gnosis-being [Mañjuśrī], born from the syllable a situated in the middle of that [wisdom-] wheel [situated in the heart of the Ādibuddha]. He has six faces, is radiant like the autumn moon, with the best of sapphires in his beautiful hair, with a halo that has the brilliance of the orb of the newly risen sun (bālārka-maṇḍala), with all the tathāgatas as [head-]ornaments, immersed in meditative concentration, seated on a variagated lotus throne, in tranquil mood, with a pair of books of the Prajñāpāramitā above blue lotuses held in his two hands”.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

bālārka (बालार्क).—m (S) The early morning sun. 2 The heat or beams of it. Ex. bā0 ghētalā mhaṇajē āyuḥkṣaya hōtō.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

bālārka (बालार्क).—m The early morning sun; the heat of it.

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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 dictionary

Bālārka (बालार्क).—the newly-risen sun; R.12.1.

Derivable forms: bālārkaḥ (बालार्कः).

Bālārka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and arka (अर्क).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālārka (बालार्क).—m. the rising sun.

Bālārka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms bāla and arka (अर्क).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālārka (बालार्क).—[masculine] the young (newly risen) sun.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Bālārka (बालार्क):—[from bāla] m. the newly risen sun, [Mahābhārata]

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bālārka (ಬಾಲಾರ್ಕ):—[noun] the rising sun.

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Bāḷārka (ಬಾಳಾರ್ಕ):—[noun] the rising sun.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Bala, Arka.

Starts with: Balarkakomala, Balarkamandala, Balarkapratima, Balarkavarna, Balarkaya.

Full-text: Balarkapratima, Balarkavarna, Balarkakomala, Balaruna, Balarkaya, Balatapa, Sthira, Bala.

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Search found 2 books and stories containing Balarka, Bālārka, Bala-arka, Bāla-arka, Bāḷārka; (plurals include: Balarkas, Bālārkas, arkas, Bāḷārkas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:

The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)

Chapter 286 - Greatness of Bālārka < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]

Chapter 292 - Greatness of Bhadrakālī-Bālārka < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]

Chapter 288 - Greatness of Bālāditya < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]

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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)

Verse 3.2.5 < [Chapter 2 - The Great Festival of Śrī Girirāja]

Verses 5.13.12-14 < [Chapter 13 - The Arrival of Sri Uddhava]

Verse 1.12.48 < [Chapter 12 - Description of Śrī Nanda’s Festival]

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