Harishcandra, Hariścandra, Harishcamdra: 20 definitions

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Harishcandra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Harishcandra has 20 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Hariścandra can be transliterated into English as Hariscandra or Harishcandra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Harishchandra.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Hariścandra (हरिश्चन्द्र):—(hari + ścandra)

1) adj. gelb —, golden schimmernd [Ṛgveda 9, 66, 26.] —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Fürsten mit dem patron. Vaidhasa aus dem Geschlecht des Ikṣvāku [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 7, 13.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 15, 17.] [MAITRYUP. 1, 4.] ein Ṛṣi (Rājarṣi?) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 1, 153.] im Epos ist Har. ein Sohn Triśaṅku’s, der für seine Frömmigkeit und Freigebigkeit mit seinen Unterthanen in den Himmel erhoben, aus diesem aber wegen seines Hochmuths wieder vertrieben wird und mit seiner Stadt (vgl. saubha) im Luftraum schweben bleibt, [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 701.] [Mahābhārata 2, 294. 484. 488. fgg. 12, 614. 13, 187. 3290. 5663. fg. 18, 106.] [Harivaṃśa 754. fgg. 11110.] [Spr. (II) 4830.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 372] nebst [Nalopākhyāna 9.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 252.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 7, 1. fgg.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 7, 6. 16, 31. 10, 72, 21.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 648. 7, 798.] [Daśakumāracarita 8, 1 v. u.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 181. 362.] [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1198.] als Autor [No. 941.] Nomen proprium eines historischen Fürsten [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 35. fg.] eines Sohnes des Bharahapāla [Oxforder Handschriften 276,a,8.] —

3) Nomen proprium eines Wallfahrtsortes [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,16. 42,a,11.] — Vgl. haricandra .

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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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