Form · Shakta · Pan-India

Bala

Also called: Bala Tripurasundari, Balamba, Kumarika

Lalita's daughter, always like a girl of nine, master of every art, who killed Bhanda's thirty sons.

Sources: Lalitopakhyana ch. 26 to 28, Bhanda's sons, the exploits of Gananatha, Vishukra and Vishanga slain, tr. G. V. Tagare (wisdomlib); Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya's commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed. 1925, archive.org) · see Bala's web

Relations 2

Bala child of

Lalita Tripura Sundari (God) Shakta · The war with Bhanda

Bala rival of

Bhandasura (Asura) Shakta · The war with Bhanda
Kills his thirty sons.

Stories 1

The war with Bhanda
Legend · as her nine-year-old daughter · 2 tellings

Cited

Lalitopakhyana ch. 26 to 28, Bhanda's sons, the exploits of Gananatha, Vishukra and Vishanga slain, tr. G. V. Tagare (wisdomlib) Primary text (translation)
Lalita Sahasranama with Bhaskararaya's commentary, tr. R. Ananthakrishna Sastry (2nd ed. 1925, archive.org) Primary text (translation)