A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Balarama
This page describes Balarama which is located on page 240 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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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Balarama” according to 71 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Garga Samhita (English) [by Danavir Goswami]
Sanskrit text, transliteration and word-by-word meaning: कंस उवाच हे कूट हे तोशलक हे चाणूर महा-बल राम-कृष्णौ च मे मृत्यू दर्शितौ नारदेन तु kamsa uvaca he kuta he toshalaka he canura maha-bala rama-krishnau ca me mrityu darshitau naradena tu kamsa—Kamsa; uvaca—said; he—O; kuta—Kuta; he—O; toshalaka—Tosala; he—O; canura—Canura; maha-bala—very powerful; rama—Balarama; krishnau—and Krishna; ca—and; me—my; mrityu—death; darshitau—revealed; naradena—by Narada; tu—indeed....
Read full contents: Verse 5.1.12
The Agni Purana [by N. Gangadharan]
(Bala) Rama and Krishna came to Gomantaka leaving Mathura. After conquering Jarasandha, the despiser of Vasudeva (Krishna) and of Paundraka, he made Dvaraka as his capital and stayed there being surrounded by Yadavas. Having killed (the demon) Naraka, the son of the Earth, he (Krishna) brought 16000 daughters of the celestials, gandharvas and yakshas (kinds of semi-divine beings) and married them, as well as the eight (girls) Rukmini and others. 32-34....
Read full contents: Chapter 12 - Manifestation of Vishnu as Krishna
The Vishnu Purana (abridged)
And when Balarama and Pralamba raced, Balarama defeated Pralamba. This meant that Pralamba would have to carry Balarama upon his shoulders. But as soon as Balarama got up on Pralamba’s shoulders, Pralamba began to run away. He adopted the size of a huge mountain and his eyes were as large as cart-wheels. Balarama cried out, “Krishna, I am being kidnapped. What will I do?” “Why ask me,” Krishna replied. “You are strong enough. Kill the asura....
Read full contents: The Killing of Pralamba
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