Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c29.151
Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c29.151
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**Baladeva.**—The second of the sons of Devagabbhā, the brothers known as the Andhakaveṇhuputtā. Baladeva killed Cāṇura and Muṭṭhika. The latter, when dying, vowed vengeance and, having been born as a goblin in the Kāḷamattikā forest, assumed the form of a wrestler when Baladeva passed that way and killed and ate him.¹