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हरिश्चन्द्र (harizcandra)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
हरिश्चन्द्र
m.
 (-न्द्रः) A sovereign, the twenty-eighth of the solar dynasty
in the second age, celebrated for his piety and liberality, and who
on those accounts was elevated, together with his subjects, to
heaven: having been insidiously induced by NĀRADA, to relate
his actions with unbecoming pride, he descended from Swarga, a
stage at each sentence, till stopping in time, and doing homage to
the gods, he was fixed with his capital in mid-air.
E.
 हरि VISHṆU,
चन्द्र the moon.
Capeller Eng
English
ह॑रिश्चन्द्र
a.
 having a golden-coloured splendour
m.
N.
 of
sev.
 kings.
Yates
English
हरि-श्चन्द्र (न्द्रः) 1.
m.
 A liberal so-
vereign, the 28th of the solar
dynasty in the 2d age, who is
supposed with his city to be
fixed in mid air.
Wilson
English
हरिश्चन्द्र
m.
 (-न्द्रः) A sovereign, the twenty-eighth of the solar
dynasty in the second age, celebrated for his piety and liberality, and who on
those accounts was elevated, together with his subjects, to heaven: having been
insidiously induced by NĀRADA, to relate his actions with unbecoming pride, he
descended from Svarga, a stage at each sentence, till stopping in time, and
doing homage to the gods, he was fixed with his capital in mid-air.
E.
 हरि VIṢṆU, and चन्द्र the moon.
Apte
English
हरिश्चन्द्रः [hariścandrḥ],
N.
 of a king of the solar dynasty. [He was the son of Triśaṅku and was famous for his liberality, probity, and unflinching adherence to truth. On one occasion his family-priest Vasiṣṭha commended his qualities in the presence of Viśvāmitra, who refused to believe them. A quarrel thereupon ensued, and it was at last decided that Viśvāmitra should himself test the king. The sage accordingly subjected him to the most crucial test with a view to see if he could not be but once made to swerve from his plighted word. The king, however, stood the test with exemplary courage, adhering to his word though he had to forego the kingdom, to sell off his wife and son, and at last, even his own self to a low-caste man, and-as the last test, as it were, of his truthfulness and courageto be even ready to put his own wife to death as a witch! Viśāmitra thereupon acknowledged himself vanquished, and the worthy king was elevated along with his subjects to heaven. ]
Apte 1890
English
हरिश्चंद्रः N. of a king of the solar dynasty. [He was the son of Triśanku and was famous for his liberality, probity, and unflinching adherence to truth. On one occasion his family-priest Vasiṣṭha commended his qualities in the presence of Viśvāmitra, who refused to believe them. A quarrel thereupon ensued, and it was at last decided that Viśvāmitra should himself test the king. The sage accordingly subjected him to the most crucial test with a view to see if he could not be but once made to swerve from his plighted word. The king, however, stood the test with exemplary courage, adhering to his word though he had to forego the kingdom, to sell off his wife and son, and at last, even his own self to a low-caste man, and-as the last test, as it were, of his truthfulness and courage-to be even ready to put his own wife to death as a witch! Viśvāmitra there-upon acknowledged himself vanquished, and the worthy king was elevated along with his subjects to heaven].
Monier Williams Cologne
English
ह॑रि—श्चन्द्र (ह॑रि-),
mfn.
 (see चन्द्र) having golden splendour,
RV.
ह॑रि—श्चन्द्र
m.
N.
 of the 28th king of the solar dynasty in the Tretā age (he was son of Tri-śaṅku, and was celebrated for his piety
accord.
 to the Mārkaṇḍeya-Purāṇa he gave up his country, his wife and his son, and finally himself, to satisfy the demands of Viśvāmitra
after enduring incredible sufferings, he won the pity of the gods and was raised with his subjects to heaven :
accord.
 to
MBh.
 ii, 489
&c.
 , his performance of the Rāja-sūya sacrifice was the cause of his elevation, and in the Aitareya-Brāhmaṇa quite another legend is told about him, see under शुनःशेप,
p.
 1082, col. 3 : in later legends Hari-ścandra is represented as insidiously induced by Nārada to relate his actions with unbecoming pride, whereupon he was degraded from Svarga, one stage at each sentence, till stopping in time and doing homage to the gods he was fixed with his capital in mid-air
his aerial city is popularly believed to be still visible in the skies at particular times
cf.
 सौभ),
Br.
MaitrUp.
MBh.
&c.
N.
 of various authors
&c.
 ,
Inscr.
Cat.
ह॑रि—श्चन्द्र mn. (?)
N.
 of a place,
Cat.
ह॑रि—श्चन्द्र
n.
N.
 of a Liṅga,
MW.
Macdonell
English
हरिश्चन्द्र hári-ścandra,
a.
 having a yellow 🞄or golden lustre (Soma, RV.¹)
m.
 N. of a 🞄king of the race of Ikṣvāku
in E. a son of 🞄Trisaṅku, who having been elevated with his 🞄subjects to heaven and expelled thence owing 🞄to his pride, remained suspended in mid-air 🞄with his city (Saubha): (hári) -śmaśāru,
a.
 🞄having a tawny beard (RV.¹)
-śmaśru,
a.
 🞄id. (E.)
-siṃha,
m.
 N. of a king
-soma, 🞄m. N.
-svāmin,
m.
 N.
-haḍaukasa,
m.
 N.
🞄-haya,
a.
 having tawny steeds, ep. of Indra
🞄-hara,
m.
 sg. Viṣṇu and Śiva in person
🞄du. or °—, Viṣṇu and Śiva
N. of a various 🞄men
-kathā,
f.
 discourse about viṣṇu and 🞄Śiva
-heti,
f.
 Indraʼs weapon, rainbow
🞄Viṣṇʼs weapon, discus: -mat,
a.
 adorned 🞄with a rainbow, -hūti,
m.
 (called after the 🞄discus or cakra), the, Cakravāka or ruddy 🞄goose (Anas casarca).
Benfey
English
हरिश्चन्द्र हरि-श्चन्द् + र (see
चन्द्),
m.
 The name of a king.
Apte Hindi
Hindi
हरिश्चन्द्रः
पुं*
 - "हरिः चन्द्र इव, सुडागमः ॠषावेव"
सूर्यवंश का एक राजा
Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum
English
हरिश्चन्द्र on Śṛṅgārarasa. Often quoted by Tārācaraṇa
in Śṛṅgāraratnākara.
हरिश्चन्द्र
Purudevacampū. Probably Jain.
हरिश्चन्द्र
Dharmasaṃgraha.
अभिधानचिन्तामणिः
Sanskrit
--source--
धुन्धुमारः कुवलाश्वो हरिश्चन्द्रस्त्रिशङ्कुजः ।
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धुन्धुमार (पुं), कुवलाश्व (पुं), हरिश्चन्द्र (पुं), त्रिशङ्कुज (पुं)
Mahabharata
English
Hariścandra, an ancient king. § 266 (Śakrasabhāv.): II, 7, 294 (rājarshiḥ, in the palace of Indra).--§ 271b (Lokapālasabhākhyānap.): H. is the only king who lives in the palace of Indra, and the reason is that H. had formerly brought the whole earth with its seven islands under his sway, and had performed the rājasūya sacrifice, to which all the kings of the earth brought wealth at his command, and having concluded the rājasūya, he was installed in the sovereignty of the earth (sāmrājyena). All princes who perform a rājasūya or are slain in battle without turning their backs, or yield up their lives after severe ascetic penances, attain to the region of Indra
II, 12, 484 (rājarshiḥ), 488, 496, 497.--§ 271 (do.): II, 12, 502, 504 (Pāṇḍu wished to obtain the same regions as H., therefore Yudhishṭhira must perform the rājasūya).--§ 272 (Rājasūyārambhap.): II, 13, 516 (rājarshiṃ).--§ 296 (Dyūtap): II, 53, 1931 (rājasūyam avāpyaivaṃ Hºa iva prabhuḥ).--§ 626 (Rājadh.): XII, 20, †614 (ºaḥ pārthivendraḥ śrutas te yajñair ishṭvā puṇyabhāg vītaśokaḥ|ṛddḥyā Śakraṃ yojayan mānushaḥ san).--§ 721 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 3, 187 (read with B. Hºakratau, and cf. Śunaḥśepha).--§ 746 (do.): XIII, 65, 3290 (a sentence of his is quoted).--§ 761 (do.): XIII, 115, 5663 (among the kings who abstained from meat during the month of Kārttika), 5664 (carati vai divi satyena candravat).-§ 775 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 166, 7678 (enumeration).-§ 795 (Svargārohaṇap.): XVIII, 3, 106 (ºsamāḥ, sc. lokāḥ, won by Yudhishṭhira).
पुराणम्
English
हरिश्चन्द्र १ / HARIŚCANDRA I. A King of the solar dynasty very much reputed for his unique truthfulness and integrity. He was the son of the famous triśaṅku.1) Genealogy. See under triśaṅku.2) A brief life-sketch. To keep his plighted word and for the sake of truth he gifted away the whole of his kingdom to viśvāmitra. When that was not sufficient he cleared his debts to viśvāmitra with the money got by selling his wife, candramatī, his son, lohitāśva and finally himself. And, he earned his livelihood with the wages he got for cremating corpses, himself doing duties as guard at a burning ghat and as the slave to a Cāṇḍāla. Ultimately the Trimūrtis (brahmā, viṣṇu and śiva) appeared and heaped on him all the boons he desired and rewarded him with high honours. (See for details para 4 under viśvāmitra).
हरिश्चन्द्र २ / HARIŚCANDRA II. An emperor of ancient times, to whom brahmā gave as a gift a palace which automatically produced everything desired by its owner. He was lord over the seven islands. About his former birth and the plenitude of his riches the padma purāṇa (uttara khaṇḍa, Chapter 32) has the following story to say:-
hariścandra himself was surprised that he became so very rich in the matter of children and of wealth. Wondering what actions of his entitled him to so much wealth and to his position which was equal to Indra's the emperor went to sumeru by vimāna where he questioned sanatkumāra, a brahminical sage seated in meditation on a golden stone as to who he was in his past life and to which actions of his past life he owed all the present wealth and prosperity. The great sage replied as follows:-
“In the past birth you were a truthful and purehearted vaiśya
you gave up your own profession and so you were ousted from home by your own people. At that time a famine and other scarcity conditions occurred there. One day you got into a pond along with your wife, collected lotus flowers from it and went to kāśī to sell the flowers. But, no one purchased the flowers. At last, candramatī, daughter of indradyumna purchased the flowers for a yajña she was performing. When you saw viṣṇu installed along with Ādityabhagavān (Sun-God) and worshipped with flowers, feelings of devotion swept your mind and you too worshipped the idols with lotus flowers. You enjoy today the fruits of that action in the past life.
(It is not quite definite whether hariścandra I and II are one and the same person).
हरिश्चन्द्र ३ / HARIŚCANDRA III. A Sanskrit poet who lived in the 9th century A.D. The mahākāvya called “Dharmaśarmābhyudaya” is his main work. This mahākāvya comprises of 21 contos. He has composed another work called “Jīvandharacampū”.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
हरिश्चन्द्रः,
पुं,
 नृपविशेषः । तु त्रेतायुगे सूर्य्य-वंशीयः अष्टाविंशराजः । तत्पर्य्यायः । त्रिश-ङ्कुजः २ । इति हेमचन्द्रः ॥
अपि च । त्रिशङ्की-र्हरिश्चन्द्रस्तस्माद्रोहिताश्वस्ततश्च हरितः । इतिविष्णुपुराणे । ४ । ३ । १५ ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
हरिश्चन्द्र
पु०
 हरिः चन्द्र इव ऋषौ सुट् । सूर्य्यवंश्येत्रिशङ्गुपुत्रे नृपभेदे । ऋषिभिन्ने तु न सुट् । हरि-चन्द्र एव ।
Capeller
German
ह॑रिश्चन्द्र goldglänzend
m.
 N. eines Königs.
Grassman
German
hári-ścandra, a., golden glänzend [ścandrá].
-as (sómas) {778, 26}.