In Jainism, he is known as Baladeva, and has been a historically significant farmer-related deity. His image in artwork is dated to around the start of the common era, and in coins dated to the second-century BCE. īalarama's significance in Indian culture has ancient roots. Originally an agri-cultural deity, Balarama is mostly described as an incarnation of Shesha, the serpent associated with the deity Vishnu while some Vaishnava traditions regard him as the eighth avatar of Vishnu, with Jayadeva’s Gitagovinda (c.1200) "incorporat Balarama into the pantheon" as the eighth of the 10 principal avatars of Vishnu. The first two epithets associate him with hala ( langala, "plough") from his strong associations with farming and farmers, as the deity who used farm equipment as weapons when needed, and the next two refer to his strength. He is also known as Haladhara, Halayudha, Baladeva, Balabhadra, and Sankarshana. He is particularly significant in the Jagannath tradition, as one of the triad deities. The elder brother of Vāsudeva-Krishna he is described in the Bhagavata Purana as the highest form of divinity that expanded into Vishnu and creation. Balarama ( Sanskrit: बलराम, IAST: Balarāma) is a Hindu god.
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