[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.1515 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.1515 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.1515 - **Language:** English ### [c4.1515](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1515) taking a black hair said that it would go into Devakī’s womb and change into Śrī Kṛṣṇa. It was thus that Balabhadra became white and Śrī Kṛṣṇa black. (Chapter 199, Ādi Parva, M.B.). - [Previous: c4.1514](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1514) - [Next: c4.1516](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1516) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1515](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.1515) · Pramāṇa