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हरिहरharihara

हरिहर (harihara) is a Sanskrit word meaning Vishnu and Shiva, various persons, of a river. Its 7 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them The syncretic deity Harihara, A name for persons or concepts, Name of a river.

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Meanings by context

The syncretic deity Harihara

4 definitions
a combined form of deity representing Vishnu and Shiva conjoined

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a combined form of Vishnu and Shiva

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

a particular form of deity consisting of Vishnu and Shiva conjointly

— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. A deity combining Vishnu and Shiva. 2. Vishnu and Shiva.

— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

A name for persons or concepts

1 definition
various persons

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Name of a river

1 definition
of a river

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Viṣṇu and Śiva as a pair

1 definition
Vishnu and Shiva

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 4 works: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.