Balavarman, Bala-varman: 6 definitions

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Balavarman means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India. 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.

In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

[«previous next»] — Balavarman in Kavya glossary
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara

Balavarman (बलवर्मन्) is the name of a merchant (vaṇij) from Kauśāmbī, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 58. Accordingly, “... there was a merchant in this very city [Kauśāmbī] named Balavarman, and he had a wife named Candraśrī, and she beheld from a window a merchant’s handsome son, of the name of Śīlahara”.

The story of Balavarman was narrated by Tapantaka to Naravāhanadatta in order to instruct him that he should “never repose any confidence at all in women, for they are all light, even those that, being married or unmarried, dwell in their father’s house, as well as those that are courtesans by profession”. Also that “the way of a woman’s heart truly hard to understand; they fall in love with strange men, and die when separated from their husbands”.

The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Balavarman, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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India history and geography

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Balavarman (बलवर्मन्) is an example of a name based on abstract qualities mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Derivation of personal names (e.g., Balavarman) during the rule of the Guptas followed patterns such as tribes, places, rivers and mountains.

Source: What is India: Inscriptions of the Early Gupta Kings

Balavarman (बलवर्मन्).—The eighth and last prince of Āryāvarta, who is mentioned in the praśasti, is Balavarman. According to Dikṣit he is most probably identical with Balavarman, an ancestor of Bhāskaravarman, who pertained to the Vajradatta family of Prāgjyotiṣa. But Kāmarūpa or Assam has been distinguished from Āryāvarta by our epigraph. Hence Balavarman of Āryāvarta cannot be identified with Balavarman of Kāmarūpa.

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Balavarman in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Balavarman (बलवर्मन्):—[=bala-varman] [from bala > bal] m. Name of a king, [Inscriptions]

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Balavarman in German

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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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