As a deity name
Name 1 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 839 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 124 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 745 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
हरि
जू इते दिन कहाँ लगाए । तबाहिँ अवधि मैं कहत न समुझी गनत अचानक आए ।—सूर॰ ,१० ।४२८८ । (ख) नाचि अचानक हीँ उठे बिनु पावस बन मोर ।—बिहारी र॰, दो॰ ४६९ — Śabdasāgara
हरि · adj
पिंगल (वर्ण) । भूरा या बादामी · पीला · हरे रंग का । हरा । हरित् — Śabdasāgara
हरि · masculine
Vishnu
Platts (p. 1223) also records: Green; greenish yellow
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From Sanskrit हरि” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
bearing, carrying (see dṛti and nātha-h˚).
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hari" is the vocative of "harin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "hari" is the vocative of "harī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. hari mfn. (for 2. See col. 3) bearing, carrying (see dṛti and nātha-h˚).
2. hari mfn. (prob. fr. a lost √ hṛ, ‘to be yellow or green’; for 1. hari See above, col. 2) fawn-coloured, reddish brown, brown, tawny, pale yellow, yellow, fallow, bay (esp. applied to horses), green, greenish, RV. &c., &c.
hari m. yellow or reddish brown or green (the colour), L.
a horse, steed (esp. of Indra), RV. &c. &c.
a lion, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
1. harin m. (mc. for hari, only in gen. pl. hariṇām) a monkey, R. (B.) iv, 44, 16.
2. harin in comp. for harit.
harī (ī), f. N. of the mythical mother of the monkeys, MBh.; R.
Alternative readings
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