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हरि
हरि
Sanskrit
Adjective
हरि • (hari)
- to be yellow or green
- fawn-coloured
- reddish brown
- brown
- tawny
- pale
- yellow
- fallow
- bay (especially applied to horses)
- green
- greenish
Noun
हरि • (hari)
- a horse, steed (especially of Indra)
- a lion
- the sign of the zodiac Leo
- the sun
- a monkey
- a ray of light
- the moon
- Phaseolus mungo
- a jackal
- a parrot
- peacock
- the koil or Indian cuckoo
- a goose
- a frog
- a snake
- fire
- the wind
- (in the plural) men, people (= मनुष्याः)
Proper noun
हरि • (Hari)
- name of Vaayu (god of the wind)
- name of Indra
- name of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa (in this sense thought by some to be derived from √hṛ, 'to take away or remove evil or sin')
- name of Brahmā TĀr.
- name of Yama
- name of Śiva
- name of Śukra
- name of Su-parṇa
- name of a son of Garuḍa
- name of a Rākshasa
- name of a Dānava
- name of a son of Akampaua (or Anukampana)
- name of a son of Tārakâksha
- name of a son of Parājit
- name of a son of Parāvṛit
- name of a worshiper of Vishṇu
- name of various authors and scholars (especially of the poet Bhartṛi-hari as the author of the Vākya-padīya)
- name (also with miśra, bhaṭṭa, dīkṣita etc.)
- name of a mountain
- name of a world (compare hari-varṣa)
- name of a metre
- name of a particular high number
- name a particular class of gods under Manu Tāmasa
- female name of the mythical mother of the monkeys
References
- Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, page 1289