Haridvara, Haridvāra, Hari-dvara: 11 definitions
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Haridvara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार).—A famous place of pilgrimage in the northern foothills of the Himālaya Mountains. This is where . Ajāmila went for purlfication, where Prajāpati Dakṣa performed his sacrifice and lost his daughter Satī, and where some drops of nectar falling from the hand of Mohinī-mūrti, the Lord's incarnation as a woman, landed. Because these drops of nectar fell, there is a Kumbha-melā every twelve years here. Nowadays the town is known as Haradwara, meaning “the gateway to Lord Śiva.”
Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार) refers to a sacred sites and corresponds to “modern Hardvar”, according to the Abhyākaragupta’s commentary Āmnāyamañjarī on the Sampuṭatantra.—Abhyākaragupta lived from the 11th to the first quarter of the 12th century. He was probably born in Magadha and received his Tantric training in Bengal (ibid. 136). Chapter seventeen of the Sampuṭatantra refers to six sacred sites, namely, Koṅkaṇa (Western Ghats), Candradvīpa (southeast Bengal?), Aṭṭahāsa (Bengal), Devīkoṭṭa (north Bengal), Haridvāra (modern Hardvar), and Jālandhara (Himachal Pradesh). Apart from Koṅkaṇa, an important place for the Kubjikā tradition also, these places are in the north of India. As Bengal is especially favoured, this Tantra may have been composed there. Abhyākaragupta adds another eighteen places to make twenty-four.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
India history and geography
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार) is the name of a North-Indian Tirtha (sacred place) mentioned in the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī authored by Varadarāja (A.D. 1600-1650), a pupil of Bhaṭṭoji Dīkṣita.—Varadarāja in his Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī refers to several works which ought to be studied by a Pandit. In the same text are listed some Ghats of Benares (Varanasi). We also find in this work a list of holy places or tīrthas on folio 6 of the manuscript [e.g., haridvāra-kṣetra] which appears to have been composed say between A.D. 1600 and 1650.—[Cf. the manuscript of the Gīrvāṇapadamañjarī at the Government Manuscripts Library, B.O.R. = Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona]
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
haridvāra (हरिद्वार).—n (S Road to Viṣṇu or Viṣṇu's heaven.) The town Haridwar, where the Ganges descends into the level land of Hindustan.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार).—Name of a celebrated Tīrtha or sacred bathing-place.
Derivable forms: haridvāram (हरिद्वारम्).
Haridvāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hari and dvāra (द्वार).
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार).—n.
(-raṃ) The town of Haridwa'R. where the Ganges descends into the level land of Hindusthan, the sacred bathing-place of the Hindus. E. hari Vishnu, and dvāra gate; being the road to Vaikunt'Ha or Vishnu'S heaven.
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार):—[=hari-dvāra] [from hari] n. ‘Viṣṇu’s gate’, Name of a celebrated town and sacred bathing-place (commonly called Hardvār, where the Ganges finally leaves the mountains for the plains of Hindūstān, whence it is sometimes called Gaṅgadvāra; it is called ‘Hari’s gate’, as leading to Vaikuṇṭha or Viṣṇu’s heaven), [Rudrayāmala; Buddhist literature]
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार):—[hari-dvāra] (raṃ) 1. n. A town, Hardwār.
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार):—n. Viṣṇu’s Thor, Nomen proprium einer heiligen Stadt [Lassen’s Indische Alterthumskunde.1,50.] [Oxforder Handschriften 149,a,32. fg.] [RUDRAYĀMALA im Śabdakalpadruma] [WASSILJEW 53.] [TĀRAN. 171.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1,213. 239.]
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Haridvāra (ಹರಿದ್ವಾರ):—[noun] a holy place where the Ganga river coming down from the moutaneous region, enters the level land.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Haridvāra (हरिद्वार):—n. name of the town and pilgrimage-place where the Ganges enters the north Indian plain;
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: Haridvarakshetra, Haridvaramahatmya, Haritvaram.
Full-text: Haridvaramahatmya, Haritvaram, Gangadvara, Haridvarakshetra, Arittuvaram, Haridwar, Mayapuri, Kumbhamela, Antarvedi, Attahasa, Candradvipa, Konkana, Jalandhara, Devikota, Sacred Geography.
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Narada Purana (English translation) (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 66 - Glory of Gaṅgādvāra (Or Haridvāra) < [Part 5 - Uttara-bhāga]
Chapter 97 - The Nāradīya Purāṇa: Contents < [Part 4 - Pūrva-bhāga: Caturtha-pāda]
Mahabhagavata Purana (translation and study) (by Prabir Kumar Nanda Goswami)
Chapter 5 - Tirthas in the Mahabhagavata Purana < [Study]
Chapter 70 - The arrival of Ganga at the sea shore
Chapter 3d - Incarnation of the mother Goddess as Ganga < [Study]
Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 217 - The Greatness of Haridvāra < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 21 - The Greatness of Haridvāra < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Chapter 20 - The Story of Sagara < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
A True Servant—A True Master (by Swami Bhaktivedanta Madhava Maharaja)
Letter 94 - The glories of Haridvāra,...
Letter 110 - [Śrī Śyāmasundara Gauḍīya Maṭha Milanpalli]
Brihaddharma Purana (abridged) (by Syama Charan Banerji)
Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 1.9.128 < [Chapter 9 - Nityānanda’s Childhood Pastimes and Travels to Holy Places]
Verse 1.14.58 < [Chapter 14 - The Lord’s Travel to East Bengal and the Disappearance of Lakṣmīpriyā]
Verse 2.3.108-114 < [Chapter 3 - The Lord Manifests His Varāha Form in the House of Murāri and Meets with Nityānanda]
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