Samharsha, Saṃharṣa: 10 definitions
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Samharsha 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.
The Sanskrit term Saṃharṣa can be transliterated into English as Samharsa or Samharsha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysaṃharṣa (संहर्ष).—m or saṃharṣaṇa n S Rubbing together, trituration or levigation &c.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsaṃharṣa (संहर्ष).—m saṃharṣaṇa n Rubbing together.
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 dictionarySaṃharṣa (संहर्ष).—
1) Horripilation, a thrill of joy or fear.
2) Pleasure, joy, delight.
3) Emulation, rivalry.
4) Wind.
5) Rubbing together.
6) Sexual excitement; Suśr.
Derivable forms: saṃharṣaḥ (संहर्षः).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃharṣa (संहर्ष).—m.
(-rṣaḥ) 1. Air, wind. 2. Pleasure, joy. 3. Erection of the hair of the body, either from pleasure, or disease. 4. Envy, emulation. 5. Trituration, rubbing, grinding. E. sam before hṛṣ to be pleased, or ghṛṣ to rub, &c., aff. aṇ .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃharṣa (संहर्ष).—m., i. e. I. sam-hṛṣ + a. 1. Pleasure, joy. 2. Erection of the hair of the body. Ii. for saṃgharṣa. 1. Rubbing. 2. Envy. 3. Wind.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃharṣa (संहर्ष).—[masculine] bristling of the hair of the body, thrill of delight, rapture, joy; also = seq [neuter]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Saṃharṣa (संहर्ष):—[=saṃ-harṣa] a ṣaṇa See sam-√hṛṣ.
2) [=saṃ-harṣa] [from saṃ-hṛṣ] b m. bristling or erection of the hair of the body, thrill of delight, joy, pleasure, [Mahābhārata; Śiśupāla-vadha]
3) [v.s. ...] sexual excitement, [Suśruta]
4) [v.s. ...] ardour, emulation, rivalry, jealousy (cf. saṃ-gharṣa), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] air, wind, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] rubbing together, trituration (for saṃgharṣa), [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySaṃharṣa (संहर्ष):—[saṃ-harṣa] (rṣaḥ) 1. m. Air, wind; pleasure, joy; envy; rubbing; horripilation.
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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 corpusSaṃharṣa (ಸಂಹರ್ಷ):—
1) [noun] a rubbing of the surface of one thing with the surface of another.
2) [noun] the act of competing; emulation; competition.
3) [noun] intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility; hatred.
4) [noun] the bristling or erection of the hair of the body (as from fear, joy, etc.).
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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