Harasvamin, Harasvāmin, Hara-svamin: 3 definitions
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Harasvamin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraHarasvāmin (हरस्वामिन्) is the name of a Brāhman whose story is told in the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 24 by King Paropakārin to her daughter Kanakarekhā in order to demonstrate that “people are particularly fond of blackening the character of one distinguished”. Accordingly, “there is a city on the banks of the Ganges named Kusumapura, and in it there was an ascetic who visited holy places, named Harasvāmin. He was a Brāhman living by begging; and constructing a hut on the banks of the Ganges, he became, on account of his surprisingly rigid asceticism, the object of the people’s respect”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Harasvāmin, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryHarasvāmin (हरस्वामिन्):—[=hara-svāmin] [from hara] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Hara, Svamin.
Ends with: Hariharasvamin, Shikharasvamin, Shridharasvamin, Simadharasvamin, Simamdharasvamin, Simandharasvami, Viharasvamin.
Full-text: Hariharasvamin, Kusumapura.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Identification and origins of Pāṭaliputra < [Notes]
Chapter XXIV < [Book V - Caturdārikā]
Naishadha-charita of Shriharsha (by Krishna Kanta Handiqui)
Introduction to Cāṇḍūpaṇḍita’s commentary < [Introduction]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 78 - Avimukteśvara (avimukta-īśvara-liṅga) < [Section 2 - Caturaśīti-liṅga-māhātmya]