As a deity name
Name 39 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
हरा · masculine
green (colour)
हरा
green (colour); raw; unripe
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit हरित — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰárHiš Proto-Indo-Iranian *-itas Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰárHitas Sanskrit हरित (harita) Hindi हरा Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀬 (hariya, “green; fresh”), from Sanskrit हरित (harita, “yellow, g…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
harita mf(ā or hariṇī)n. yellowish, pale yellow, fallow, pale red, pale (also, ‘pale with fright’), greenish, green (also; ‘verdant’ as opp. to śuṣka ‘dry’), RV. &c. &c.
harita m. yellowish (the colour), L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
green (colour) (a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit हरित; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
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No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
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