Harashekhara, Haraśekharā, Hara-shekhara: 5 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Haraśekharā can be transliterated into English as Harasekhara or Harashekhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Haraśekharā (हरशेखरा).—'Śiva's crest', the Ganges.

Haraśekharā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hara and śekharā (शेखरा).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haraśekharā (हरशेखरा).—f.

(-rā) The Ganges. E. hara Siva, and śekhara crest.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haraśekharā (हरशेखरा):—[=hara-śekharā] [from hara] f. ‘Ś°’s crest’, the Ganges, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Haraśekharā (हरशेखरा):—[hara-śekharā] (rā) 1. f. The Ganges.

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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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