In Jainism, Balabhadra or Baladeva are among the sixty-three illustrious beings called śalākāpuruṣas that are said to grace every half cycle of time.
According to Jain cosmology, śalākāpuruṣa are born on this earth in every Dukhama-sukhamā ara.
They comprise twenty-four tīrthaṅkaras, twelve chakravartins, nine balabhadra, nine narayana, and nine pratinarayana.
[3] According to the Digambaras nine Balabhadras of the present half cycle of time (avasarpini) are:[4]
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