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बल्लाल (ballAla)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
बल्लाल
m.
N.
of various men,
Col.
of a king,
Kuval.
of the father of Śaṃkara,
Cat.
Monier Williams 1872
English
बल्लाल बल्लाल, अस्, m., N. of various men
of the author of the Bhoja-prabandha or history of
king Bhoja.
—बल्लाल-मिश्र, अस्, m., N. of a king.
—बल्लाल-सेन, अस्, m., N. of a poet
N. of a
king of Bengal who reigned in the eleventh century
of our era.
Macdonell
English
बल्लाल ballāla,
m.
N.: -sena,
m.
N..
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
बल्लाल father of Śaṅkara (Tīrthakaumudī, Vratodyāpa-
nakaumudī). L. 1824. 2504.
बल्लाल
Sāhityamañjūṣā and C..
बल्लाल son of Trimalla, son of Rāma, son of Cintāmaṇi:
Bhojaprabandha.
पुराणम्
English
बल्लाल / BALLĀLA. Son of a vaiśya named kalyāṇa. From childhood ballāla was an ardent devotee of gaṇapati. When he was a child he used to gather pebbles and make a heap and then worship it, imagining it to be Gaṇeśa (gaṇapati).
His parents did not like this. They tried their best to dissuade him from this habit. Once they tied him to a tree and gave him severe cuts. But their attempts were futile. One day an image of gaṇapati arose in the place where the child used to worship. (Gaṇeśa purāṇa 1:2).