| LC control no. | n 2017241998 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Balarāma (Hindu deity) |
| Variant(s) | Baladevjew (Hindu deity) Balabhadra (Hindu deity) Baladeva (Hindu deity) Tāladhwaja (Hindu deity) |
| Place of birth | India |
| Field of activity | Hindu mythology India--Religion |
| Found in | The cult of Baladeva, 2015: preface (Balarāma; Baladevjew; enshrined in Baladevjew Temple in Kendrapara District of Odisha) A classical dictionary of Hindu mythology and religion, geography, history, and literature, 1961: page 40 (Hindu deity Balarāma; Balabhadra and Baladeva are other forms of this name; elder brother of Krishna; taught Duryodhana and Bhima the use of mace; his special weapons are ploughshare and pestle; as he had a palm for a banner; he is also called Tāladhwaja) An encyclopaedic dictionary of Indian culture, 1992: page 52 (God of strength and epithet of Balarāma; one of the supermen in Jaina mythology Balarāma is the brother of Krsna in Hindu mythology) |
| Invalid LCCN | sh 85011144 |
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