[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.214 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.214 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.214 - **Language:** English ### [c5.214](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.214) The “wine-loving” Bala-rāma (Madhu-priya or Priya-madhu) was as much addicted to wine as his brother Krishna was devoted to the fair sex. He was also irascible in temper, and sometimes quarrelled even with Krishna: the Purāṇas represent them as having a serious difference about the Syamantaka jewel. He had but one wife, Revatī, daughter of King Raivata, and was faithful to her. By her he had two sons, Nisatha and Ulmuka. He is represented as of fair complexion, and, as Nīla-vastra, ‘clad in a dark-blue vest.’ His especial weapons are a club (khetaka or saunanda), the ploughshare (hala), and the pestle (musala), from which he is called Phāla and Hāla, also Halāyudha, ‘plough-armed;’ Hala-bhrit, ‘plough-bearer;’ Lāngali and Sankarshana, ‘ploughman;’ and Musali, ‘pestle-holder.’ As he has a palm for a banner, he is called Tāla-dhwaja. Other of his appellations are Gupta-chara, ‘who goes secretly;’ Kāmpāla and Samvartaka. - [Previous: c5.213](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.213) - [Next: c5.215](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.215) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) ## Cites (1) - [Purāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.214](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.214) · Pramāṇa