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Prahlāda (Hindu mythological character)

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Personal name headingPrahlāda (Hindu mythological character)
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Variant(s)Prahalada (Hindu mythological character)
Prahrāda (Hindu mythological character)
Other standard no.101149616500503750136
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Found inA classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history and literature, 1961: page 238 (Prahlāda, Prahrāda, a Daity, son of Hiranyakasipu and father of Bali. An ardent devotee of Vishnu, which so enraged his father that he ordered the boy to be killed)
An encyclopaedic dictionary of Indian culture, 1992: page 303 (Prahalāda, name of a daitya. He was a devotee of Viṣṇu. Prahalāda succeeded his father Hiraṇyakaśipu as the king of the daityas)
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