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# Balacarita (Bālacarita)

बालचरित

Five-act play on the boyhood of Kṛṣṇa up to the killing of Kaṃsa.

- **Language:** Sanskrit
- **Date:** 100–400 CE
- **Author:** [Bhāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/person/bhasa)
- **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.balacarita~en-mt) — English

## Based on

- [Harivaṃśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.harivamsa)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.balacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.balacarita) · Pramāṇa