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Words Starting with H
hala
– plow
Haladhara
– “the plow bearing One”; name for Lord Balarāma
Hanumān
– (Hanumat) eternal devotee of Lord Rāma
Hara
– name of Lord Siva
Harā
– name of Rādhā, Lord Kṛṣṇa’s spiritual pleasure potency
Hare
– see Harā
Hare
Kṛṣṇa – (mahāmantra) the Great Chant of Deliverance, the
fundamental chant of developing love for Lord Kṛṣṇa
Hari
– remover of obstacles in devotional service, a name of Viṣṇu
or Kṛṣṇa
Haridāsa
Thākura – the disciple of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu who is known for
His constant chanting of the Holy Name
Hari
Bol – (hari bolo) “Chant the name of Hari”
harijana
– (lit. “children of god”) a modernized class termed as “untouchables” (this is
not derived from the Vedic system)
Hariścandra
– a virtuous king in the Raghu dynasty who sold his wife and son to fulfill a
promise
Harivaḿśa
Purāṇa – the extension of the Mahābhārata describing the
pastimes of Lord Kṛṣṇa
harmonium
– a hand-pumped reed organ commonly used in North Indian music
harmony
– playing two notes together at the same time
Harṣaloma – father of Janaka and Kuśadhvaja
Hastināpura
– “the land of elephants”; the capital city of the Kuru dynasty
Hayagrīva
– 1) the form of Lord Kṛṣṇa in the form of half-horse half-man
who returned the Vedas to Brahmā 2) a horse-headed demon who stole the
Vedas according to the Viṣṇu
Purāṇa
Hindustāni
sańgīt – North Indian music
Hiraṇyadhanu
– father of Eklavya
Hiraṇyākṣa – brother of Hiraṇyākaśipu;
demon who tried to submerge the world underwater; killed by Lord
Varāhadeva
Hiraṇyākaśipu –
brother of Hiraṇyākṣa; demon who tried to kill his pious son, Prahlāda, for his devotion
to Lord Kṛṣṇa;
was killed by Lord Nṛsiḿhadeva