Haridatta: 6 definitions
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Haridatta 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
Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)
Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammarHaridatta (हरिदत्त).—A grammarian who wrote a commentary on the Unadi Sutras, called उणादिसूत्रटीका (uṇādisūtraṭīkā).
Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Haridatta (हरिदत्त) is the name of a Brāhman from the city Kambuka, as mentioned in the story “Devadatta the gambler”, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 26. Accordingly, Vindurekhā narrated to Śaktideva “long ago there lived in the city of Kambuka a Brāhman named Haridatta; and the son of that auspicious man, who was named Devadatta, though he studied in his boyhood, was, as a young man, exclusively addicted to the vice of gaming”.
2) Haridatta (हरिदत्त) was a soldier in Sunītha and Sūryaprabha’s army whose strength is considered as equaling a full-power warrior (pūrṇaratha), according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 47. Accordingly, as the Asura Maya explained the arrangement of warriors in Sunītha’s army: “... [Haridatta, and others], are all full-power warriors”.
The story of Haridatta was narrated by the Vidyādhara king Vajraprabha to prince Naravāhanadatta in order to relate how “Sūryaprabha, being a man, obtain of old time the sovereignty over the Vidyādharas”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Haridatta, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHaridatta (हरिदत्त).—[masculine] [Name] of a Dānava & [several] men.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) Haridatta (हरिदत्त) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa]
2) Haridatta (हरिदत्त):—Uṇādisūtraṭīkā.
3) Haridatta (हरिदत्त):—son of Śrīpati: Gaṇitanāmamālā. Subodhajātaka.
4) Haridatta (हरिदत्त):—Janmeṣṭakālaśodhana.
5) Haridatta (हरिदत्त):—Bālabodhajātaka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Haridatta (हरिदत्त):—[=hari-datta] [from hari] m. Name of a Dānava, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
2) [v.s. ...] of various authors etc., [ib.; Pañcatantra; Śukasaptati] etc.
3) Haridattā (हरिदत्ता):—[=hari-dattā] [from hari-datta > hari] f. Name of a woman, [Śukasaptati]
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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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Starts with: Haridatta bhatta, Haridatta daivajna, Haridatta mishra, Haridattabhatta, Haridattadaivajna, Haridattamishra.
Full-text (+2): Haridattabhatta, Haridattamishra, Haridattadaivajna, Govindaswami, Haridatta mishra, Ganitanamamala, Jagadbhushana, Subodhajataka, Vyavaharaparibhasha, Devadatta, Balabodhajataka, Haraji bhatta, Upasargarthadipika, Haridatta daivajna, Unadisutravritti, Haridatta bhatta, Janmeshtakalashodhana, Tithicandrika, Rudradhyaya, Kambuka.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 207 - The Story of Vimala < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Note on gambling in ancient India < [Notes]
Chapter XLVII < [Book VIII - Sūryaprabha]
Chapter XXVI < [Book V - Caturdārikā]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Expiatory Rites in Keralite Tantra (by T. S. Syamkumar)
9.2. Devapraśna and Impact of Astrology in Tantric Expiatory Rites < [Chapter 4 - Socio-Cultural aspects of Expiatory Rites]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 31 - Khaṇḍeśvara (khaṇḍa-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]
History of Indian Medicine (and Ayurveda) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 9 - Commentators of Caraka Samhita < [Part 1 - The History of Medicine in India]