Haram, Hāram: 5 definitions
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Haram means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi, Tamil. 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHāram (हारम्):—[from hara] ind. seizing, destroying (cf. sarvasvah), [Kusumāñjali]
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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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Haram in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) a harem, female apartment; ~[sara] a harem..—haram (हरम) is alternatively transliterated as Harama.
2) Haram in Hindi refers in English to:—(a) ill-begotten; unlawful, forbidden; improper; ~[kara] lewd, debauch; hence ~[kari] (nf); ~[khora] subsisting on ill-begotten resources or on others' earnings; slothful, basely indolent; ~[khori] subsistence on ill-begotten resources; slothfulness, base indolence; ~[jada] ill-begotten; bastard; rascal, scoundrel; hence ~[jadi; ~jadapana] see [haramajadagi; —kara dena] to make (things) difficult/impossible; —[ka] ill begotten; —[ka khana] to subsist on ill-begotten resources or on others' earnings; —[ka peta] ill-begotten pregnancy; —[ka mala] illegitimate earnings; —[ki kamai] ill-begotten earnings/money; —[hona] to be difficult/impossible..—haram (हराम) is alternatively transliterated as Harāma.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHarāṃ (ಹರಾಂ):—[noun] = ಹರಾಮು [haramu].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconHarām (ஹராம்) noun < Arabic harām. That which is unlawful and not permitted by religion; மதசம்மதமல்லாதது. ஹராமான சம்பாத்தியம். [mathasammathamallathathu. haramana sambathiyam.]
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Hāram (ஹாரம்) noun < hāra. See ஆரம்³ [aram³], 1, 2.
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+13): Harama, Haramajada, Haramajadagi, Haramakhora, Haramakhori, Haramala, Haramalanem, Haramana, Haramandita, Haramasamkata, Haramekhala, Haramekhalakagrantha, Haramekhalin, Haramekki-kayi, Haramgey, Haramgi, Haramgodu, Harami, Haramjada, Haramjan.
Ends with (+462): A-cantirataram, Abhyagharam, Acaravupacaram, Acaropacaram, Accaram, Acharam, Acurakuncaram, Adhikandharam, Adhishirodharam, Adhyaksharam, Adrishtigocharam, Aghargharam, Ajakajantaram, Akattiyeccaram, Alaram, Amejataram, Ampotaram, Amutataram, Anataram, Anittaram.
Full-text (+11): Suvidalla, Naagakes haram, Anupariharam, Senna haram, Pratiharam, Haravali, Bhogavasa, Patnyata, Bhogasadman, Bhogasthana, Sarvaharam, Aramjata, Haramjan, Nihri, Piraivatam, Garbhamandapa, Cantiraharam, Avarodhaka, Dhandali, Pramadavana.
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verses 5.24.64-65 < [Chapter 24 - The Killing of the Kola Demon]
Verse 4.12.9 < [Chapter 12 - The Story of the Gopīs That In the Holi Festival Displayed Three Transcendental Virtues]
Verse 1.6.46 < [Chapter 6 - Description of Kaṃsa’s Strength]
Sahitya-kaumudi by Baladeva Vidyabhushana (by Gaurapada Dāsa)
Text 10.112 < [Chapter 10 - Ornaments of Meaning]
Text 9.9 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Text 9.32 < [Chapter 9 - Ornaments of Sound]
Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)
Verse 2.4.33 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]
Verse 4.6.5 < [Part 5 - Dread (bhayānaka-rasa)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 12.121 < [Section XIII - Summing up of the Esoteric Teaching]
Brihad Bhagavatamrita (commentary) (by Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktivedānta Nārāyana Gosvāmī Mahārāja)
Verse 2.3.23 < [Chapter 3 - Bhajana (loving service)]
Verse 2.4.246 < [Chapter 4 - Vaikuṇṭha (the spiritual world)]
Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 6.1c - Anyayoni (2): Ālekhyaprakhya < [Chapter 5 - Analyasis and Interpretations of the Kāvyamīmāṃsā]