Harshavardhana, Harṣavardhana, Harsha-vardhana: 7 definitions
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Harshavardhana has 6 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Harṣavardhana can be transliterated into English as Harsavardhana or Harshavardhana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHarṣavardhana (हर्षवर्धन):—m. Nomen proprium
1) pl. eines Volkes [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 57, 38.] —
2) eines Fürsten [Viṣṇupurāṇa 412.] [Hiouen-Thsang 1, 247.] [Vie de Hiouen-Thsang 111.] [HALL] in der Einleitung zu [VĀSAVAD. 17. 51.] [Mémoire géographique 139.] [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde 2, 749.] [WEBER], Indische Streifen [1, 355.]
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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Partial matches: Harsha, Vardhana.
Full-text: Harshacarita, Harsha, Kumararaja, Sthaneshvara, Shrivardhana, Shabarasvamin, Harshavarddhanasvamin, Sahadeva, Linganushasana, Tulya-meya, Kapitthika, Gunaprabha, Bana, Vikramaditya, Bhaskaravarman, Pulakeshin, Kashmira, Bharata.
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