As a deity name
Name 660 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
हर्ष · noun · masculine
प्रफुल्लता या भय आदि के कारण रोंगटों का खड़ा होना · प्रफुल्लता । आनंद । चित्तप्रसादन खुशी · ३३ संचारी भावों में से एक का नाम — Śabdasāgara
हर्ष · harsh · s.m.
Thrill, rapture, delight, glee, joy, pleasure, gladness, elation, exultation — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1225
हर्ष · masculine
a male given name, Harsh, from Sanskrit
हर्ष · masculine
joy, pleasure, delight
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हर्ष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हर्ष (harṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
harṣa m. (ifc. f(ā). ; fr. √ hṛṣ) bristling, erection (esp. of the hair in a thrill of rapture or delight), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
joy, pleasure, happiness (also personified as a son of Dharma), KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
bristling, erection (esp. of the hair in a thrill of rapture or delight), &c.
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Dictionary citations
harṣa m. (ifc. f(ā). ; fr. √ hṛṣ) bristling, erection (esp. of the hair in a thrill of rapture or delight), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
joy, pleasure, happiness (also personified as a son of Dharma), KaṭhUp.; MBh. &c.
erection of the sexual organ, sexual excitement, lustfulness, Suśr.
ardent desire, MBh.
N. of an Asura, Kathās.
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