As a deity name
Name 789 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
The demigod named BALARĀMA, half brother to KṚṢṆA, and the third of the RĀMAS; according to some, the eighth Avatāra of VIṢṆU. E. bala strength, rama to sport, aff. ghañ.
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "balarāmāya" is the dative of "balarāma" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
bala—rāma m. N. of the elder brother of Kṛṣṇa and third of the Rāmas (regarded as the 8th Avatāra of Viṣṇu, sometimes as an incarnation of the great serpent Śeṣa or An-anta; he is also called Bala, Bala-deva, Bala-bhadra, and Halāyudha, cf. IW. 332 &c.), MBh.; Pur.
balarāma m. (-maḥ) The demigod named BALARĀMA, half brother to KṚṢṆA, and the third of the RĀMAS; according to some, the eighth Avatāra of VIṢṆU. E. bala strength, rama to sport, aff. ghañ.
Alternative readings
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