As a deity name
Name 18 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 106 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 753 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 242 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
हराना
to defeat, beat, conquer
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set हारना (hārnā) हराना (harānā) हरवाना (harvānā) Regular causative of हारना (hārnā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
āī (only ifc.; fr. √ 1. hṛ) bearing, wearing, taking, conveying, bringing (see kavaca-, vārttā-h˚), taking away, carrying off, removing, destroying (see bala-, śakti-h˚)
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "harāya" is the dative of "hara" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
hara mf(ā, rarely ī)n. (only ifc.; fr. √ 1. hṛ) bearing, wearing, taking, conveying, bringing (see kavaca-, vārttā-h˚), taking away, carrying off, removing, destroying (see bala-, śakti-h˚)
receiving, obtaining (see aṃśa-h˚)
Alternative readings
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