Alternative spellings of this word include Hardik.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

1) Hārdika (हार्दिक).—A Kṣatriya King born from an aṃśa of the asura called Aśvapati. (Ādi Parva, Chapter 67, Verse 15).

2) Hārdika (हार्दिक).—Kṛtavarman. He was called Hārdika because he was the son of Hṛdika of the Yadu dynasty. (See under Kṛtavarman).

Source: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and places

Hardika (हर्दिक) is a name mentioned in the Mahābhārata (cf. V.19.17, VIII.44.52) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Mahābhārata (mentioning Hardika) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 ślokas (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.

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

Hārdikā (हार्दिका):—[from hārd] See yama-h.

[Sanskrit to German]

Hardika in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Hārdika (हार्दिक) [Also spelled hardik]:—(a) cordial, hearty; ~[tā] cordiality; heartiness.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Hārdika (ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ):—[adjective] war and friendly; hearty; cordial.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Hārdika (हार्दिक):—adj. cordial; hearty; heart-felt;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Hardikaket, Hardikata, Hardikate.

Ends with: Chardika, Chhardika, Pracchardika, Prachchhardika, Vicchardika, Vichchhardika, Yamahardika.

Full-text: Hardik, Yamahardika.

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