Aharyaharini, Ahāryahāriṇī, Aharya-harini: 1 definition

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Ahāryahāriṇī (अहार्यहारिणी).—said of a river, according to Speyer car- rying away rocks or boulders: Avadāna-śataka i.235.11 sā ca nadī ah° śīghrasrotās te ca mṛgā durbalāḥ. Perhaps rather, (capa- [Page086-a+ 23] ble of) carrying away a mountain; in Sanskrit ahārya (as adj. what cannot be carried away) seems to be used as subst., mountain, not only in Lex. ([Boehtlingk and Roth]) but in literature (Schmidt, Nachträge).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary
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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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