Hrishikesha, Hṛṣīkeśa, Hrishika-isha: 20 definitions
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Hrishikesha has 19 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Hṛṣīkeśa can be transliterated into English as Hrsikesa or Hrishikesha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Hrashikesh.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchHṛṣīkeśa (हृषीकेश):—m.
1) ein N. Viṣṇu’s oder Kṛṣṇa’s [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 13.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 214.] [Halāyudha 1, 23.] [Bhagavadgītā 1, 15. 21. 24. 2, 9. 10. 11, 36. 18, 1.] [Mahābhārata 1, 24.] harṣātsukhātsukhaiśvaryāddhṛṣīkeśatvamaśnute [5, 2567. 12, 893.] [Harivaṃśa 10. 14114.] hṛṣīkāṇīndriyāṇyāhusteṣāmīśo yato bhavān . hṛṣīkeśastato viṣṇo khyāto deveṣu keśava .. [14950.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 45, 30. 6, 102, 12.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 2,] [Nalopākhyāna 2.] [WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 294.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 8, 23. 2, 4, 11. 3, 13, 12.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 100.] Ist nicht in hṛṣīka + īśa, sondern in hṛṣī (vgl. hṛṣīvant) + keśa zu zerlegen und bedeutet demnach dessen Haupthaar zu Berge steht; vgl. harṣ . —
2) Bez. des 10ten Monats [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 105, 15.] —
3) Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha, an dem Viṣṇu als Hṛṣīkeśa verehrt wurde, [Oxforder Handschriften 149,a,33.] —
4) Herr —, Gebieter der Sinne, vom manas [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4, 24, 36.]
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Partial matches: Hrishika, Hrishi, Sha, Kesa, Isha, Ca.
Starts with: Hrishikeshashrama, Hrishikeshatva.
Full-text (+34): Rishikecan, Hrishikeshatva, Hrishikeshashrama, Hrishikanatha, Hrashikesh, Ketumalavarsha, Atindriya, Hrishika, Kamatha, Harsha, Avyakrita, Adhokshaja, Kshipat, Vishnu, Bhadrapada, Kamari, Naranayatanu, Mahanarakaharin, Pralayabdhi, Shirobhushana.
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