Meanings
alternative Balram
- HinduismBalarama, son of Vasudeva, and Rohini, brother of Subhadra, and Krishna, who uses a plough as his weapon.
The deities installed inside the sanctum sanctorum, are the chlorite figures of Balarama, Krushna and Subhadra.
2008, Orissa: An Encyclopaedia of Events, 2 edition, Sankalpa Publications, page 531 more example
The carpenter had disappeared, leaving half-finished not one but three images, as they are still today, identified as Krishna, Balarama and their sister Subhadra.
1960, Mayadhar Mansinha, History of Oriya Literature, Sahitya Akademi, page 76
Origin
- Sanskritबलराम
- Sanskritबलराम
- EnglishBalarama
Borrowed from Sanskrit बलराम (balarāma).
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Bengali বলরাম
- বলরাম (boloram)brother of Krishna
Chinese Mandarin 大力羅摩 /大力罗摩
- 大力羅摩 /大力罗摩 (dàlìluómó)brother of Krishna
Hindi बलराम, बलराम
- बलराम (balrām)brother of Krishna
- बलराम (balrām)a male given name
Korean 발라라마
- 발라라마 (ballarama)brother of Krishna
Punjabi ਬਲਰਾਮ
- ਬਲਰਾਮ (balrām)brother of Krishna
Tamil பலராமன்
- பலராமன் (palarāmaṉ)brother of Krishna
Thai พระพลราม
- พระพลรามbrother of Krishna
Urdu بلرام
- بلرامbrother of Krishna
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
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