A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Balaki
This page describes Balaki which is located on page 239 of the first volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) [by George Thibaut]
For Ajatashatru, in order to instruct Balaki about the 'maker of the persons' who had been proposed as the object of knowledge, calls a sleeping man by various names and convinces Balaki, by the circumstance that the sleeper does not hear his shouts, that the prana and so on are not the enjoyers; he thereupon wakes the sleeping man by pushing him with his stick, and so makes Balaki comprehend that the being capable of fruition is the individual soul which is distinct from the prana....
Read full contents: I, 4, 16
List of Mahabharata people and places [by Laxman Burdak]
(balaki, बलाकी) (Dhritarashtra's son) (I.108.7), (1.117),(I.177.2), (1.188), Balanama (balanama, बलानाम) (IX.44.69), Balavardhana (balavardhana, बलवर्धन) (Dhritarashtra's son) (I.108.7), (1.117), Balavira (balavira, बलवीर) (I.61.41), (1.67), Bali (bali, बलि) (I.59.19), (I.65),(I.98.21-22), (1.104),(II.9.12), Bali (bali, बाली) (N) (II.9.12), Baliha (baliha, बलीह) (V.72.14), Balirashtra (balirashtra, बलिराष्ट्र) (VI.10.43), Balotkata (balotkata, बलॊत्कटा) (L) (IX.45.22), Bana (bana, बाण) (I.59.19),...
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Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) [by George Thibaut]
Then, with a view to teaching Balaki the difference of Brahman from the individual soul, he asks him the following questions: Where, O Balaki, did this person here sleep? Where was he? Whence did he thus come back? To these questions he thereupon himself replies, When sleeping he sees no dream, then he becomes one in that prana alone. —From that Self the organs proceed each towards its place, from the organs the gods, from the gods the worlds....
Read full contents: Sutra 1.4.18
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