Harisvamin, Harisvāmin, Hari-svamin: 4 definitions
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Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: Kathāsaritsāgara1) Harisvāmin (हरिस्वामिन्) is the name of a Brāhman from Ujjayinī, as mentioned in the fifth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 79. Accordingly, “... in Ujjayinī there lived an excellent Brāhman, the dear dependent and minister of King Puṇyasena, and his name was Harisvāmin. That householder had by his wife, who was his equal in birth, an excellent son like himself, Devasvāmin by name. And he also had born to him a daughter, famed for her matchless beauty, rightly named Somaprabhā”.
2) Harisvāmin (हरिस्वामिन्) is the son of Devasvāmin: a Brāhman from from Vārāṇasī, as mentioned in the thirteenth story of the Vetālapañcaviṃśati in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 87. Accordingly, “... and that rich Brāhman [Devasvāmin] had a son named Harisvāmin; and he had an exceedingly lovely wife, named Lāvaṇyavatī... Now, one night Harisvāmin fell asleep, as he was reposing with her in a palace cool with the rays of the moon”.
The story of Harisvāmin is mentioned in the Vetālapañcaviṃśati (twenty-five tales of a vetāla) which is embedded in the twelfth book of the Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’). The main book is a famous Sanskrit epic detailing the exploits of prince Naravāhanadatta in his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The Kathā-sarit-sāgara is is explained to be an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā which consisted of 100,000 verses and in turn forms part of an even 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’.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumHarisvāmin (हरिस्वामिन्) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—See Hariharasvāmin.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHarisvāmin (हरिस्वामिन्):—[=hari-svāmin] [from hari] m. Name of various men, [Kathāsaritsāgara; Catalogue(s)]
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Hari, Svamin.
Starts with: Harisvamini.
Full-text (+5): Harisvamiputra, Hariharasvamin, Jayasvamin, Sushila, Upodbalay, Apivrata, Lavanyavati, Apratidhura, Gavesh, Devasvamin, Dhumrashikha, Punyasena, Tandyabrahmana, Nabhaga, Kalavant, Abhyavartam, Shatapathavrahmana, Somaprabha, Madanavega, Aptoryama.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXIX < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Chapter LXXXVII < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]
Vetāla 13: The Brahmin Harisvāmin, who first lost his Wife, and then his Life < [Appendix 6.1 - The Twenty-five Tales of a Vetāla]
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 3, brāhmaṇa 5 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 4, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa XIII, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Thirteenth Kāṇḍa]
A Historical Study of Kaushambi (by Nirja Sharma)
The Vedic and Epic Traditions < [Chapter 2]
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 3: Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa (Introduction) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Part 1: An Introduction to the Śukla Yajurvedic Texts < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Naishadha-charita of Shriharsha (by Krishna Kanta Handiqui)
Introduction to Cāṇḍūpaṇḍita’s commentary < [Introduction]
Vedic influence on the Sun-worship in the Puranas (by Goswami Mitali)
Part 11 - Review of Literature < [Chapter 1 - Vedic Concept of God and Religion]