Harishcandra, 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补, Harishcamdra: 21 definitions
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The Sanskrit term 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 can be transliterated into English as Hariscandra or Harishcandra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Harishchandra.
In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
: archive.org: The mirror of gesture (abhinaya-darpana)One of the Hands of Famous Emperors.鈥擧ari艣chandra: the 艢ukatu峁囜笉a hand.
Natyashastra (啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 苍腻峁瓂补艣腻蝉迟谤补) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya鈥攖heatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Source: Wisdom Library: Bhagavata Purana贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�):鈥擲on of Tri艣a峁卥u, or, Satyavrata (son of Tribandhana). He had no son, but after promising to perform a sacrifice for Varu峁嘺, he begot a son named Rohita. A second son was bought for him by Rohita, named 艢una岣ヅ沞pha, whom was to be used for the sacrifice. (see Bh膩gavata Pur膩峁嘺 9.7.7-20)
: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia1) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擜 King of the solar dynasty very much reputed for his unique truthfulness and integrity. He was the son of the famous Tri艣a峁卥u. Genealogy. See under Tri艣a峁卥u. A brief life-sketch. To keep his plighted word and for the sake of truth he gifted away the whole of his kingdom to Vi艣v膩mitra. When that was not sufficient he cleared his debts to Vi艣v膩mitra with the money got by selling his wife, Candramat墨, his son, Lohit膩艣va and finally himself. And, he earned his livelihood with the wages he got for cremating corpses, himself doing duties as guard at a burning ghat and as the slave to a C膩峁囜笉膩la. Ultimately the Trim奴rtis (Brahm膩, Vi峁ａ箛u and 艢iva) appeared and heaped on him all the boons he desired and rewarded him with high honours. (See for details para 4 under Vi艣v膩mitra). (See full article at Story of 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)
2) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擜n emperor of ancient times, to whom Brahm膩 gave as a gift a palace which automatically produced everything desired by its owner. He was lord over the seven islands. About his former birth and the plenitude of his riches the Padma Pur膩峁嘺 (Uttara kha峁囜笉a, Chapter 32) has the following story to say:鈥�
2) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 himself was surprised that he became so very rich in the matter of children and of wealth. Wondering what actions of his entitled him to so much wealth and to his position which was equal to Indra鈥檚 the emperor went to Sumeru by vim膩na where he questioned Sanatkum膩ra, a brahminical sage seated in meditation on a golden stone as to who he was in his past life and to which actions of his past life he owed all the present wealth and prosperity. The great sage replied as follows:鈥�
2) "In the past birth you were a truthful and purehearted vai艣ya; you gave up your own profession and so you were ousted from home by your own people. At that time a famine and other scarcity conditions occurred there. One day you got into a pond along with your wife, collected lotus flowers from it and went to K膩艣墨 to sell the flowers. But, no one purchased the flowers. At last, Candramat墨, daughter of Indradyumna purchased the flowers for a yaj帽a she was performing. When you saw Vi峁ａ箛u installed along with 膧dityabhagav膩n (Sun-God) and worshipped with flowers, feelings of devotion swept your mind and you too worshipped the idols with lotus flowers. You enjoy today the fruits of that action in the past life.
2) (It is not quite definite whether 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 I and II are one and the same person).
3) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擜 Sanskrit poet who lived in the 9th century A.D. The mah膩k膩vya called "Dharma艣arm膩bhyudaya" is his main work. This mah膩k膩vya comprises of 21 contos. He has composed another work called "J墨vandharacamp奴".
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index1a) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擲on of Tri艣anku and Satyarat膩. Concerning him there was a battle between Vasi峁ａ弓ha and Vi艣v膩mitra in the disguise of birds for many years. Issueless, and advised by N膩rada, he prayed to Varu峁嘺 for a son, promising to offer him in sacrifice to the deity. The son was Rohita. Varu峁嘺 reminded him often about the promised sacrifice, and the king evaded saying that he was not yet fit for it. Knowing this Rohita left for forests and the king had a disease mahodara: when the boy returned to relieve his father, Indra prevented him from going home. Six years passed and Rohita purchased Suna岣ヅ沞pa, the second son of Ajiganta and returned home. 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 proceeded to offer Suna岣ヅ沞pa in sacrifice and was relieved of his disease. Suna岣ヅ沞pa was sold as a sacrificial animal to Rohita.1 Attained permanent fame;2 a samr膩峁� by performing R膩jas奴ya3
- 1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 IX. 7. 7-27; 16. 31; Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 12. 38; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 88. 117-9; Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 IV. 3. 25.
- 2) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 X. 72. 21.
- 3) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 63. 115; 66. 66; V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 91. 94.
1b) Sacred to Candrik膩; sacred to Pit峁泂;1 sacred to 艢iva.2
: Shodhganga: The saurapurana - a critical study贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�) is the son of 顿峁涐笉丑腻艣惫补 and grandson of 顿丑耻苍诲丑耻尘腻谤颈, according to the 痴补峁兣浤乶耻肠补谤颈迟补 section of the 10th century 厂补耻谤补辫耻谤腻峁嘺: one of the various Upapur膩峁嘺s depicting 艢aivism.鈥擜ccordingly, [...] Sr膩vasti was the son of Yuvan膩艣va and he established the city of 艢ravasti. Kuvalaya was born of Sr膩vasti and afterwards 顿丑耻苍诲丑耻尘腻谤颈 was born. 顿丑耻苍诲丑耻尘腻谤颈 had three sons 顿峁涐笉丑腻艣惫补 and others. 顿峁涐笉丑腻艣惫补鈥檚 son was 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 and Rohita was the son of 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补.
The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 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.
Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)
: VedaBase: 艢r墨mad Bh膩gavatam 9.7.7Once 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 performed a yaj帽a for which Vi艣v膩mitra was the priest, but Vi艣v膩mitra, being angry at 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补, took away all his possessions, claiming them as a contribution of dak峁峁嚹�. Vasi峁ａ弓ha, however, did not like this, and therefore a fight arose between Vasi峁ａ弓ha and Vi艣v膩mitra. The fighting became so severe that each of them cursed the other. One of them said, "May you become a bird," and the other said, "May you become a duck." Thus both of them became birds and continued fighting for many years because of 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补.
: ISKCON Press: Glossary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擳he twenty-eighth king in the Tret膩-yuga. He appeared in the dynasty of the sun as the son of Tri艣a峁卥u, and he is celebrated in the M膩rka峁囜笉eya Pur膩峁嘺 as the pious king who satisfied Vi艣v膩mitra Muni by sacrificing his kingdom, wife, and son.
Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) 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 (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).
Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)
Source: Wisdom Library: 艢aivism1) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�) is a Sanskrit word referring to one of the sixty-eight places hosting a 蝉惫腻测补尘产丑耻惫补濒颈峁単补, one of the most sacred of 濒颈峁単补蝉 according to the 艢补颈惫腻驳补尘补蝉. The presiding deity residing over the 濒颈峁単补 in this place (贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补) is named Hara. The list of sixty-eight 蝉惫腻测补尘产丑耻惫补濒颈峁単补s is found in the commentary of the 闯颈谤峁噊诲诲丑腻谤补-诲补艣补办补 by Nigamaj帽膩nadeva. The word 濒颈峁単补 refers to a symbol used in the worship of 艢iva and is used thoughout 艢aiva literature, such as the sacred 膧gamas.
2) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�) is the disciple of K膩la: a teacher to whom the K膩p膩lika doctrine was revelead, mentioned in the 艢腻产补谤补迟补苍迟谤补. The 艢膩bara-tantra is an early tantra of the K膩p膩lika sect containing important information about the evolution of the N膩tha sect. It also lists the twelve original K膩p膩lika teachers and their disciples (eg., 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补). Several of these names appear in the N膩tha lists of eighty-four Siddhas and nine N膩thas.
Shaiva (啶多啶�, 艣aiva) or Shaivism (艣aivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�) is the son of Kurumat墨 and king Kurucandra: ancestor of king 惭补丑腻产补濒补 (i.e., previous incarnation of 峁氠梗abha), as mentioned in chapter 1.1 [腻诲墨艣惫补谤补-肠补谤颈迟谤补] of Hemacandra鈥檚 11th century Tri峁峁ａ弓i艣al膩k膩puru峁caritra: an ancient Sanskrit epic poem narrating the history and legends of sixty-three illustrious persons in Jainism.
Accordingly, as Svayambuddha said to king 惭补丑腻产补濒补:鈥�
鈥淚n your family there were formerly a king, Kurucandra, his wife, Kurumat墨, and his son, 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补. The king was a Kaula with great enterprises that caused injury and great possessions,. foremost in ignoble acts, pitiless like K峁泃膩nta. Even though wicked and cruel, he enjoyed the kingdom for a long time鈥�.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
: What is India: Epigraphia Indica volume XXXI (1955-56)贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补, son of Devap膩la, is the name of a person mentioned in a Jain inscription found at Shergarh. The next stanza (verse 5) mentions Devap膩la鈥檚 son Ilhuka, as well as Go峁ａ弓hin, V墨sala, Lalluka, M膩uka and 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补, and also Allaka, son of G膩g膩, all of whom may have been associated with the installation of the Jinas.
The inscription (mentioning 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补) was found found on the pedestal below the central figure of a group of three images of Jain T墨rtha峁卥aras in a small temple outside the fort at Shergarh (ancient Ko艣avardhana). The three T墨rtha峁卥aras represented are 艢膩nti (艢膩ntin膩tha), Kunthu or Kunthan膩tha and Ara (Aran膩tha).
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
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryhari艣candra (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶傕う啷嵿ぐ).鈥攎 (S) The proper name of a king who, in reward of his piety and liberality, was raised, together with his city and subjects, to Swarg.
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
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擭ame of a king of the solar dynasty. [He was the son of Tri艣a峁卥u and was famous for his liberality, probity, and unflinching adherence to truth. On one occasion his family-priest Vasi峁ａ弓ha commended his qualities in the presence of Vi艣v膩mitra, who refused to believe them. A quarrel thereupon ensued, and it was at last decided that Vi艣v膩mitra should himself test the king. The sage accordingly subjected him to the most crucial test with a view to see if he could not be but once made to swerve from his plighted word. The king, however, stood the test with exemplary courage, adhering to his word though he had to forego the kingdom, to sell off his wife and son, and at last, even his own self to a low-caste man, and-as the last test, as it were, of his truthfulness and courage--to be even ready to put his own wife to death as a witch! Vi艣膩mitra thereupon acknowledged himself vanquished, and the worthy king was elevated along with his subjects to heaven.]
Derivable forms: 丑补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补岣� (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶班).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥攎.
(-苍诲谤补岣�) A sovereign, the twenty-eighth of the solar dynasty in the second age, celebrated for his piety and liberality, and who on those accounts was elevated, together with his subjects, to heaven: having been insidiously induced by Narada, to relate his actions with unbecoming pride, he descended from Swarga, a stage at each sentence, trll stopping in time, and doing homage to the gods, he was fixed with his capital in mid-air. E. hari Vishnu, candra the moon.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擺hari-艣cand + ra] (see cand), m. The name of a king.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�).鈥擺adjective] having a golden-coloured splendour; [masculine] [Name] of [several] kings.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum1) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�) as mentioned in Aufrecht鈥檚 Catalogus Catalogorum:鈥攐n 艢峁涐箙g膩rarasa. Often quoted by T膩r膩cara峁嘺 in 艢峁涐箙g膩raratn膩kara.
2) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�):鈥擯urudevacamp奴. Probably Jain.
3) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�):鈥擠harmasa峁僩raha.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) 贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�):鈥擺=丑补谤颈-艣肠补苍诲谤补] [from hari] mfn. (See candra) having golden splendour, [峁歡-veda]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of the 28th king of the solar dynasty in the Tret膩 age (he was son of Tri-艣a峁卥u, and was celebrated for his piety; [according to] to the M膩rka峁囜笉eya-Pur膩峁嘺 he gave up his country, his wife and his son, and finally himself, to satisfy the demands of Vi艣v膩mitra; after enduring incredible sufferings, he won the pity of the gods and was raised with his subjects to heaven : [according to] to [Mah膩bh膩rata ii, 489 etc.], his performance of the R膩ja-s奴ya sacrifice was the cause of his elevation, and in the Aitareya-Br膩hma峁嘺 quite another legend is told about him See under 艣耻苍补岣ヅ沞辫补, p. 1082, col. 3 : in later legends Hari-艣candra is represented as insidiously induced by N膩rada to relate his actions with unbecoming pride, whereupon he was degraded from Svarga, one stage at each sentence, till stopping in time and doing homage to the gods he was fixed with his capital in mid-air ; his aerial city is popularly believed to be still visible in the skies at particular times; cf. saubha), [Br膩hma峁嘺; Maitr墨-upani峁d; Mah膩bh膩rata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] Name of various authors etc., [Inscriptions; Catalogue(s)]
4) [v.s. ...] mn. (?) Name of a place, [Catalogue(s)]
5) [v.s. ...] n. Name of a Li峁単a, [Monier-Williams鈥� Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�):鈥擺丑补谤颈-艣肠补苍诲谤补] (苍诲谤补岣�) 1. m. A liberal sovereign, the 28th of the solar dynasty in the 2d age, who is supposed with his city to be fixed in mid air.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHari艣ca峁僤ra (嗖灌舶嗖苦捕喑嵿矚嗖傕拨喑嵿舶):鈥擺adjective] having lustre resembling that of gold.
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Hari艣ca峁僤ra (嗖灌舶嗖苦捕喑嵿矚嗖傕拨喑嵿舶):鈥�
1) [noun] name of a king known for his truthfulness.
2) [noun] (fig.) a truthful man.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary贬补谤颈艣肠补苍诲谤补 (啶灌ぐ啶苦ざ啷嵿啶ㄠ啶︵啶�):鈥攏. Mythol. a king synonymous with truth tested at the altar of truth;
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.
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