# ह्री (hrī)

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ह्री (hrī) is a Sanskrit word meaning to feel shame, blush, be bashful or modest, shame, modesty, shyness, or timidity, to blush, to be ashamed or modest, shame, bashfulness, or modesty, bashfulness, modesty. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 3 contexts, among them The noun 'ह्री' (shame/modesty), The verb 'ह्री' (to feel shame/modesty), Personification of Shame/Modesty (Hrī).

- **SLP1:** `hrI`  **IAST:** hrī  **Devanagari:** ह्री
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hr%C4%AB_%28Buddhism%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/hri/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** हृ (hṛ), हॄ (hṝ)

## Meanings by context

### The noun 'ह्री' (shame/modesty) (11 definitions)
- shame, modesty, shyness, or timidity  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1307,2] 2. ह्री (hrī) f. shame, modesty, shyness, timidity (also personified as daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma), Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title); &c. [ ID=264773 ]
- Shame  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) f. 1 Shame; रतेरपि ह्री (hrī) पदमादधाना (raterapi hrīpadamādadhānā) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 3. 57; दारिद्र्याद् ह्रियमेति ह्री (hrī) परिगतः (dāridryād hriyameti hrīparigataḥ) प्रभ्रश्यते तेजसः (prabhraśyate tejasaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭikā 1. 14; Raghuvaṃśa (Bombay) 4. 80
- Bashfulness, modesty  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) f. 2 Bashfulness, modesty; ह्री (hrī) सन्नकंठी (hrīsannakaṃṭhī) कथमप्युवाच (kathamapyuvāca) Kumārasambhava (Bombay) 7. 85
- shame or bashfulness  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) hrī́, f. shame; bashfulness. [ ID=20682 ]
- Shame or bashfulness.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) f. ( - ह्री (hrī) ः (-hrīḥ) ) Shame, bashfulness. E. ह्री (hrī) to be ashamed, aff. क्विप् (kvip). [ ID=44546 ]
- Shame, bashfulness  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) ( ह्री (hrī) ः ) ((hrīḥ)) 3. f. Shame, bashfulness. [ ID=44384 ]
- 1. Shame. 2. Modesty or bashfulness.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 839-19 ] ह्री (hrī) f. 1. Shame, पौलस्त्यतुलितस्याद्रेरादधान इव ह्रियम् (paulastyatulitasyādrerādadhāna iva hriyam) R. iv.8, K.S. iii.57; 2. modesty, bashfulness, ह्री (hrī) मूढानां भवति विफलप्रेरणा चूर्णमुष्टिः (hrīmūḍhānāṃ bhavati viphalapreraṇā cūrṇamuṣṭiḥ) Megh. ii.5. [ ID=43579 ]
- Shame, bashfulness  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) f. ( - ह्री (hrī) ः (-hrīḥ) ) Shame, bashfulness. E. ह्री (hrī) to be ashamed, aff. क्विप् । (kvip.) [ ID=47275 ]
- 1. Shame or bashfulness. 2. Personified shame.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) hrī, f. Shame, Hit. i. d. 133, M.M.; bashfulness, Pañc. i. d. 185; personified, Rām. 3, 52, 26. [ ID=17290 ]
- shame, bashfulness  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 2 ह्री (hrī) f. shame, bashfulness. [ ID=40035 ]
- Shame, bashfulness, or modesty.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 2. hrī, īs, f. shame, bashfulness, modesty; Modesty, Shame, (personified as daughter of Dakṣa and wife of Dharma.) —Hrī-jita, as, ā, am, overcome by shame, modest, ashamed. —Hrī-nirāsa, as, m. abandonment of shame, shamelessness. —Hrī-ni- ṣedha, as, ā, am, having shame as a check, checked by modesty. —Hrī-niṣeva, as, ā, am, or hrī-niṣevin, ī, iṇī, i, practising modesty, modest. —Hrī-mat, ān, atī, at, bashful, modest, ashamed. —Hrī-yantraṇā, f. the constraint or pain of bash- fulness, torment of shame. —Hrī-sanna-kaṇṭha, as, ī, am, having the throat choked by shame, i. e. having a feeble or broken utterance through bashfulness. [ ID=54485 ]

### The verb 'ह्री' (to feel shame/modesty) (10 definitions)
- to feel shame, blush, be bashful or modest  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1307,2] Whitney Roots links: ह्री (hrī) & Westergaard Dhatupatha links: 25.3 1. ह्री (hrī) cl. 3. P. ( Westergaard Dhātupāṭha (Title) xxv, 3 ) जिह्रेति (jihreti) ( जिह्रियत् (jihriyat), Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā (Title); pf. जिह्राय (jihrāya), Raghuvaṃśa (Title); जिह्रयां - चकार (jihrayāṃ-cakāra), ° (°) याम् - आस (° (°)yām-āsa), Gr.; aor. अह्रैषीत् (ahraiṣīt), in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title); Prec. ह्री (hrī) यात् (hrīyāt), in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title); p. ह्रयाण (hrayāṇa), See अ - ह्र् (a-hr) ° (°); fut. ह्रेता (hretā), ह्रेष्यति (hreṣyati) Gr. ), to feel shame, blush, be bashful or modest, be ashamed of any one ( gen. ) or anything ( abl. ), Kāvya literature (Literary category); Kathāsaritsāgara (Title) : Caus. ह्रेपयति (hrepayati) ( aor. अजिह्रिपत् (ajihripat) ), to make ashamed, cause to blush, confound, put to shame (also fig. = ‘surpass, excel’), in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) : Desid. जिह्री (hrī) षति (jihrīṣati) Gr. : Intens. जेह्री (hrī) यते (jehrīyate) ( p. ° (°) यमाण (° (°)yamāṇa), Saddharma-puṇḍarīka (Title) ), जेह्रयीति (jehrayīti), जेह्रेति (jehreti), to be greatly ashamed, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=264772 ]
- Be ashamed  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 381-3 ] ह्री (hrī) HRĪ, Ⅲ. P. jihreti, be ashamed of any one ( g. ) or anything ( ab. ): pp. hrīta, ashamed, embarrassed, bashful; hrīṇa ( rare ), id.; cs. hrepaya, P. make ashamed, cause to blush, put to shame ( also fig. = surpass); intv. jahrīyate, be greatly ashamed. [ ID=20681 ]
- To be modest or ashamed  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 981 ] ह्री (hrī) r. 3rd cl. ( जिह्रेति (jihreti) ) To be modest or ashamed. [ ID=44545 ]
- To be bashful  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 907-a ] ह्री (hrī) जिह्रेति (jihreti) 3. a. To be bashful. [ ID=44383 ]
- 1. To blush or be modest. 2. To be ashamed.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 839-18 ] ह्री (hrī) vi. 3P (pp. ह्री (hrī) त (hrīta) or ह्री (hrī) ण (hrīṇa); pres. जिह्रति (jihrati) ) 1. To blush, to be modest; 2. to be ashamed of, (with an abl. or gen.), अन्योन्यस्यापि जिह्राम्हः किं पुनः सहवासिनाम् (anyonyasyāpi jihrāmhaḥ kiṃ punaḥ sahavāsinām) Kir. xi.58, Bt. iii.53, R. xv.44. [ ID=43577 ]
- to put to shame, degrade, or disgrace  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) Caus. ( ह्रपयति (hrapayati) - ते (te) ) to put to shame, to degrade, to disgrace, युष्मान् ह्रेपयति क्रोधाल्लोके शत्रुकुलक्षयः । न लज्जयति दाराणां सभायां केशकर्षणम् (yuṣmān hrepayati krodhālloke śatrukulakṣayaḥ. na lajjayati dārāṇāṃ sabhāyāṃ keśakarṣaṇam) Ve. i., R. vi.49, Kir. xi.64. [ ID=43578 ]
- 1. To be modest or blush. 2. To be ashamed.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 839-a ] ह्री (hrī) r. 3rd cl. ( - जिह्रेति (-jihreti) ) To be modest, to blush. 2. To be ashamed of, (with an ablative or genitive.) [ ID=47274 ]
- 1. To be ashamed. 2. Ashamed, bashful, or modest. 3. To put to blush or confound.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 1125-b ] ह्री (hrī) HRĪ ( cf. hṛṇīya ), ii. 3, jihrī, Par. To be ashamed, Ragh. 15, 44. Ptcple. of the pf. pass. hrīṇa, and hrīta, Ashamed, bashful, modest, Nal. 13, 30 ( hrīta ). Caus. hrepaya, To put to blush, to confound, Kir. 11, 64. — With सम् (sam) sam, saṃhrīṇa, Ashamed. — Cf. pro- bably O.H.G. hriuwan; A.S. hreówan. [ ID=17289 ]
- 1. Be ashamed or abashed. 2. Put to shame or confound.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 669 ] 1 ह्री (hrī) जिह्रेति (jihreti) pp. ह्री (hrī) त (hrīta) (& ह्री (hrī) ण (hrīṇa) ) be ashamed or abashed. C. ह्रेपयति (hrepayati) put to shame, confound. I. जेह्री (hrī) यते (jehrīyate) be greatly ashamed. [ ID=40034 ]
- 1. To blush. 2. To be ashamed or modest.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 1179-c ] ह्री (hrī) 1. hrī (connected with rt. 2. hṛ or hṝ, q. v.), cl. 3. P. jihreti (3rd pl. jihriyati ), Perf. jihrāya or jihrayāñ-cakāra, hreṣyati, ahraiṣīt, hretum, to blush; to be ashamed, be modest; to be ashamed of (with abl. or gen., e. g. anyonyasya jihrīmaḥ, we are ashamed of one an- other, Kirāt. XI. 58): Caus. hrepayati, -yitum, Aor. ajihripat (according to some ajihrīpat ), to put to shame, make to blush, confound: Desid. jihrīṣati: Intens. jehrīyate, jehrayīti, jehreti; [cf. probably Old Germ. hriuwan; Angl. Sax. hreowan.] [ ID=54484 ]

### Personification of Shame/Modesty (Hrī) (2 definitions)
- shame  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 325-2 ] Hrī (“shame,” personif.). § 270 (Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 458 (in the palace of Brahmán).—§ 330 (Indradarśana): III, 37, 1488.—§ 615 u (Skanda): IX, 45 γ, 2515 (came to the investiture of Skanda). [ ID=4546 ]
- 1. A daughter of Daksha and wife of Dharma. 2. The mother of Prashraya. 3. A shakti.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > ह्री (hrī) [Printed book page 3-786 ] Hrī — a daughter of Dakṣa and a wife of Dharma; mother of Praśraya; 1 a śakti. 2 [ Footnote: 1) Bhā. IV. 1. 50 and 52.] [ Footnote: 2) Br. IV. 44. 71.] [ ID=17509 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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