Harikesha, Harikeśa, Hari-kesha: 12 definitions
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Harikesha has 11 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Harikeśa can be transliterated into English as Harikesa or Harikesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHarikeśa (हरिकेश):—[Śāntanācārya’s Phiṭsūtrāṇi 4, 5] (in der klassischen Sprache der Ton auf beliebiger Silbe).
1) adj. blondhaarig: Agni [Ṛgveda 3, 2, 13.] die Sonne [10, 37, 9.] Savitar [?139, 1; vgl. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 15, 15.] Indra [Ṛgveda 10, 96, 5. 8.] Viṣṇu [Mahābhārata 6, 2949.] Śiva [13, 1158. 14, 194.] Baum [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 16, 17.] —
2) m. a) Bez. eines best. Sonnenstrahles [Viṣṇupurāṇa 2te Aufl. 2, 297, Nalopākhyāna] — b) Nomen proprium α) eines Yakṣa [Oxforder Handschriften 42,a,7. 69,b,46.] — β) eines Sohnes des Śyāmaka [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 24, 41.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Harikeshabala, Harikeshata.
Full-text: Purnabhadra, Kanakakundala, Harakesha, Puṇṇabhadda, Shyamaka, Dandapani, Bala, Harikeshabala, Varanasi, Somadeva, Hari, Kubera, Agni.
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