As a deity name
Name 562 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
हलायुध · noun · masculine
बलराम का एक नाम · संस्कृत का एक कोश ग्रंथ — Śabdasāgara
हलायुध · halāyudh · s.m.
See s.v. hal, 'plough.' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1231
हलायुध · masculine
Halayudha, an epithet of Balarama (one whose weapon is a plough)
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हलायुध — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit हलायुध (halāyudha).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
halāyudha m. ‘plough-weaponed’, N. of Bala-rāma (see above; also transferred to Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa), MBh.; Hariv.
(also with bhaṭṭa, miśra &c.) N. of various writers (esp. of a poet, of the author of the Abhidhāna-ratnamālā, of the author of the Purāṇa-sarvasva &c.), Cat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘plough-weaponed’, N. of Bala-rāma (see above; also transferred to Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa)
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Dictionary citations
halāyudha m. ‘plough-weaponed’, N. of Bala-rāma (see above; also transferred to Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa), MBh.; Hariv.
(also with bhaṭṭa, miśra &c.) N. of various writers (esp. of a poet, of the author of the Abhidhāna-ratnamālā, of the author of the Purāṇa-sarvasva &c.), Cat.
halāyudha m. (-dhaḥ) A name of BALARĀMA. E. hala a plough, āyudha a weapon.
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