Harahara, Hārahārā, Hara-hara, Harāhara: 5 definitions
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Harahara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesHarāhara (हराहर) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. I.59.25, I.65) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Harāhara) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHārahārā (हारहारा).—a kind of reddish-brown grape.
Hārahārā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hāra and hārā (हारा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryHārāhāra (हाराहार).—in °ra-kuśalāḥ Sukhāvatīvyūha 59.9, said of people born in Sukhāvatī, in long list of descriptive epithets; followed by nayānaya-kuśalāḥ sthāna-(corruption of sthānā- sthāna-? Müller's Transl., note)-kuśalāḥ; Müller, clever in taking and refusing; the following nayānaya- suggests Artha- śāstra (compare Jātaka (Pali) vi.581.22 hāra-hārinī, epithet of an army, senā, of uncertain meaning, commentary haritabba-haraṇa-samatthā, not very plausibly), but war-raids (of all kinds ? § 23.12) would not be appropriate to Sukhāvatī; probably all these terms have rather an intellectual application (compare sthāna); but the precise meaning escapes me.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Harahāra (हरहार):—[=hara-hāra] [from hara] m. ‘Śiva’s necklace’, Name of the serpent-demon Śeṣa, [Alaṃkāratilaka]
2) Harāhara (हराहर):—[from hara] m. Name of a Dānava ([dual number] rau, also = ‘Hara and Ahara’), [Mahābhārata]
3) Hārahārā (हारहारा):—[=hāra-hārā] [from hāra > hara] f. a kind of brown grape, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Hara.
Starts with: Haraharaiya, Haraharala, Haraharayita.
Ends with: Bharahara, Charahara, Dharahara, Dharahara, Kharahara, Pharahara.
Full-text: Hura, Hara, Harahura, Hara Hara Mahadeva, Asura, Pan, Mosla dianthera, Stipa sibirica, Mahodara, Pana, Ketu, Adenophora triphylla.
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