Prakrit Proper Names Part 2

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta, K R Chandra, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Bala
Baradáma Same as Varadāma.
1. Jam. 45. 1. Bala A merchant of Hatthiņapura. He took to asceticism and was born as a god after death,
1. Nir. 3.9.
2. Bala King of the city of Viyasogă. He had one thousand wives, Dhāriņi(23) being the chief among them. He took to asceticism handing over the kingdom to his son Mahabbala(2).1
1. Jna. 64. 3. Bala King of Mahāpura, husband of Subhaddā(6) and father of Mahabbala(10).
1. Vip. 34 4. Bala King of Hatthiņāgapura, husband of Pabhāvati(1) and father of Mahabbala(1).
1. Bha. 428-432. 5. Bila Father of Pabhāsa(i), the eleventh chief disciple of Mahävira.?
1. Avan. 648. 6. Bala A Brāhmana identified with Bahula(2). He was the first to offer alms to Mahāvira.? See Bahula(2).
1. AvaCu. I. p. 270 7. Bala Same as Hariesa-Bala."
1. UttCu. p. 202. 8. Bala A Kșatriya mendicant."
1. Aup. 38. 9. Bala Ninth chapter of Papphiyā.?
1. Nir. 3.1. 10. Bala One of the hundred sons of Usabha(1).
1. KalpDh. p. 152, KalpV. p. 236. 11. Bala Presiding deity of Balakūļa in Namdaņavaņa(1).
1. Jam. 104. 12. Bala A Jakkha god who was a serpent in his previous birth."
1. Mar. 522. 13. Bala A brief form of the name of Baladeva(2).
1. AvaN. 402.
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