Meanings
- HinduismSubhadra, daughter of Vasudeva, and Rohini, sister of Krishna, and Balarama, wife of Arjuna and the mother of Abhimanyu.
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 532 more examples
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 76An inscription from this temple clearly refers to Purusottama and to the images of Bala, Krsna and Subhadra enshrined within.
1994, O. M. Starza, The Jagannatha Temple at Puri: Its Architecture, Art, and Cult, Brill, →ISBN, page 64 - A female given name from Sanskrit mostly used in India.
Origin
- Sanskritसुभद्रा
- EnglishSubhadra
Borrowed from Sanskrit सुभद्रा (subhadrā).
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Bengali সুভদ্রা
- সুভদ্রা (śubhodra)character in Mahabharata
Hindi सुभद्रा
- सुभद्रा (subhadrā)character in Mahabharata
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