Earlier we had a discussion on Balarama and Sanakaranarayanan said that Balarama is referred as 'Vellaiyan', for which he was criticized.
He forwarded a mail to in private, in which he has a reference. Pls find below his mail and the attachment which is a scanned copy of Pingala nigandu (10th century)
================== I am forwarding the relevant pages from Pingala Nigandu. The sacn is avg qlty but readable.
1. The list of names of Balabadran is given . One name is Vellai.
2. Simillarly, the meaning for the word vellai - The first meaning is Baladeva.
3. It also gives the list of avatars, upa avatars and detail of balaramareplced by Bhudda.
Trust, now we can be clear that Vellai with a Aiyyan vigudi ie Vellai + Aiyan = Vellaiyan is balarama. ================