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Saṃkarṣaṇa (IAST
Saṃkarṣaṇa, "The Plougher")
later known as Balarama, was a son of
Vasudeva Anakadundubhi, king of the
Vrishnis in the
region of Mathura...
- mace and a plough.
Samkarsana-Balarama on a coin of
Maues (90-80 BCE)
Samkarsana-Balarama on a coin of
Maues (90-80 BCE)
Samkarsana-Balarama on a coin...
- "Gentleness and
strength are ****ociated with Vasudeva, "knowledge with
Samkarsana, (Narasimha)
female power with
Pradyumna (Varaha) and
ferociousness and...
- with the
other members of the
Vrishni clan of the
Pancharatra system:
Samkarsana,
Pradyumna and Aniruddha, with
Samba missing, Vāsudeva
being the central...
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Vaisnava imagery in India. The
deities displa**** on the
coins appear to be
Saṃkarṣaṇa-Balarama with
attributes consisting of the Gada mace and the plow, and...
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describes the chaturvyuha,
consisisting of the
Vrishni heroes Vāsudeva,
Samkarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha, that
would later be the
basis for the Vaishnava...
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earlier Vīravāda cult of the
Vrishni heroes, in
which the five
heroes Saṃkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna,
Samba and
Aniruddha had
remained mostly human in...
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Vrishni heroes Saṃkarṣaṇa Vāsudeva
Pradyumna Samba Aniruddha v t e...
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which says that God has four
manifestations (vyuhas),
namely Vasudeva,
Samkarsana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.
These four
manifestations represent "the Highest...
- ISBN 978-0-88706-981-9.
Matchett 2001, p. 63: "There are
strong links between Samkarsana/Sesa and Siva, so that it is not
difficult to see in this pale companion...
