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… nted into the womb of Rohiṇī by Yogamāyā — earning the name Saṅkarṣaṇa ('he who was drawn away'). Two Vaiṣṇava streams describe him differently: the Mahābhārata / Viṣṇu Purāṇa stre …

Two authoritative streams disagree about the eighth Daśāvatāra: one names Kṛṣṇa the avatāra with Balarāma as Ādi-Śeṣa, the other (Gauḍīya) names Kṛṣṇa Svayam Bhagavān with Balarāma…

… ulled* from Devakī's womb to Rohiṇī's, Balarāma is called **Saṅkarṣaṇa** — 'he who was drawn away'. The *Mahābhārata*'s *Mausala Parva* and the eleventh canto of the *Bhāgavata* b …

… al entity pages, Balarāma is presented as Ādi-Śeṣa *and* as Saṅkarṣaṇa, with both his agricultural iconography (plough, mace, dark-blue garments, forest-flower garland, fair comple …