Harivasara, Harivāsara, Hari-vasara: 6 definitions

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Harivasara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

harivāsara (हरिवासर).—m (S Day of hari or viṣṇu) A term for the first quarter of the twelfth lunar day. 2 A common term for the twelfth lunar days of the light fortnights of the months āṣāḍha, bhādrapada, kārttika, upon which respectively occur the nakshatras anurādhā, śravaṇa, rēvatī. Popularly the term for the first sense is tithivāsara, and for the second, nakṣatravāsara.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Harivāsara (हरिवासर).—'Viṣṇu's day', the eleventh day of a lunar fortnight (ekādaśī).

Derivable forms: harivāsaraḥ (हरिवासरः).

Harivāsara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hari and vāsara (वासर).

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

Harivāsara (हरिवासर).—m.

(-raḥ) The eleventh day of a lunar fortnight; also haridina .

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

Harivāsara (हरिवासर):—[=hari-vāsara] [from hari] n. Viṣṇu’s day (the 11th or 12th lunar day, or [according to] to some, the first quarter of the 12th l° d°), [Kṛṣṇaj.]

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Harivasara 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Harivāsara (ಹರಿವಾಸರ):—[noun] either the tenth or eleventh day of any lunar fortnights which are considered holy for worshipping Viṣṇu.

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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.

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