Hricchaya, Hṛcchaya, Hrid-shaya, Hrikchhaya, Hṛkchhaya: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Hṛcchaya and Hṛkchhaya can be transliterated into English as Hrcchaya or Hricchaya or Hrkchhaya or Hrikchhaya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Hricchaya.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Hṛcchayā (हृच्छया) refers to “dormant passions”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.23 (“Outraging the modesty of Vṛndā”).—Accordingly, after Viṣṇu (in disguise) tricks Vṛnda (wife of Jalandhara): “[...] Delighted in the heart and with all the dormant passions kindled up (saṃjāta-hṛcchayā), she [=Vṛndā] sported with him [=Jalandhara] for many days in the middle of that forest. Once at the end of the sexual intercourse she realised that it was Viṣṇu. Vṛndā rebuked him angrily and spoke thus”.
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय).—A son of Avabhṛta; agni or Pāvaka; located at the Jaṭhara of men or Jaṭharāgni; son Mṛtyumān.*
- * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa 12. 34; Vāyu-purāṇa 29. 31.
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
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय).—
1) the god of love; अहोरूपमहो धाम अहो अस्या नवं वयः । इति ते तामभिद्रुत्य पप्रच्छुर्जातहृच्छयाः (ahorūpamaho dhāma aho asyā navaṃ vayaḥ | iti te tāmabhidrutya papracchurjātahṛcchayāḥ) || Bhāgavata 8.9.2.
2) love; हृच्छयेनाभिभू- तात्मा भीमसेनमकामयत् (hṛcchayenābhibhū- tātmā bhīmasenamakāmayat) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.12.95.
3) soul, conscience (antaryāmī); नूनं तयोरनुमते हृदि हृच्छयचोदितः (nūnaṃ tayoranumate hṛdi hṛcchayacoditaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.334.13.
Derivable forms: hṛcchayaḥ (हृच्छयः).
Hṛcchaya is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hṛd and śaya (शय).
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय).—m.
(-yaḥ) Kamadeva. E. hṛt tht heart, and śaya who sleeps.
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय).—i. e. hṛd-śi + a, m. Kāma, the god of love, and love, [Indralokāgamana] 5, 44; [Nala] 1, 17; [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 14, 7.
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय).—[adjective] lying in the heart; [masculine] love or the god of love.
1) Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय):—[=hṛc-chaya] [from hṛc > hṛd] mfn. (for -śaya) lying or abiding in the heart (with muniḥ-purāṇaḥ, ‘the eternal Monitor in the heart’, id est. ‘the conscience’), [Mahābhārata; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘h°-dweller’, Kāma-deva or love, [ib.]
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय):—(yaḥ) 1. m. Kāmadeva.
Hṛcchaya (हृच्छय):—(hṛd + śaya)
1) adj. im Herzen ruhend: muniḥ purāṇaḥ so v. a. das Gewissen [Spr. (II) 1438.] sarvabhūtānām [Mahābhārata 13, 4031.] sādhu so v. a. die Gedanken Guter beschäftigend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 51.] —
2) m. a) Geschlechtsliebe (auch der Liebesgott) [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 227.] [Halāyudha 1, 32.] [Mahābhārata 3, 1860. 2088.] vardhana [2154.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 14, 7. 6, 1, 61.] jāta adj. [8, 9, 2.] — b) Wunsch, Verlangen: sarvānmuñcati hṛcchayān [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 6, 23.] — [Mahābhārata 6, 4246] schlechte Lesart für anuśaya, wie die ed. Bomb. liest.
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
Hṛcchaya (ಹೃಚ್ಛಯ):—
1) [noun] the feeling of the mind; love; affection.
2) [noun] Manmatha, the God of Love.
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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Partial matches: Hrich, Hric, Hrid, Saya, Caya, Chaya.
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