Etymology of The Word Arjuna

Respected member Mihir Sanghavi is correct.
अजर् ् means 1 P. [अजर्ित, आनजर्, अिजर्ष्यित, आजीर्त ्, अिजर्तम ु ्, अिजर्त] 1 To procure, secure, gain,
earn, usually in the caus. in this sense; िपतदर् ृ व्यािवरोधेन यदन्यत्स्वयमिजर्तम ् Y.2. 118. -2 To
take up; आनजर्न ु भ
र्ृ ज
ु ो$स्तर्ािण Bk.14.74.1 P. or caus. 1 To procure, acquire, obtain; स्वयमिजर्त,
स्वािजर्त obtained by one's own exertions, self-acquired. -2 To work or manufacture,
make, prepare (सतो गुणान्तराधानम ्). -With -अित अित 1 to allow, permit, let go. -2 to remove,
despatch, make away with. -अन अनु to let go, set free, deliver. -अिप अिप to add to. -अन्वव
अन्वव 1 to
cause to go after or in a particular direction. -2 To visit with anything, overcome. -अप्यित अप्यित
to add, append; say something in addition to what is already said. -अव अव to permit to
leave, release, let go. -उद् उद् to drive out, remove. -पर् पर् caus. to furnish, supply, procure.
Hence that dhatu is not correct for the etymology of the word Arjuna. But Monier
williams sanskrit Dictionary somehow tries to explain the etymology for Arjuna from the
so called ṛjrá and √raj by comparision. unfortunately the meaning of ṛjra is mfn. red,
reddish, ruddy and not white
Further as per Apte's sanskrit dictionary the meaning is of रञ्ज ् rañj रञ्ज ् 1, 4 U. (रजित-ते,
रज्यित-ते, रक्त; pass. रज्यते; desid. िररं क्षित) 1 To be dyed or coloured, to redden, become
red -2 To dye, tinge, colour, paint.. -Caus. (रञ्जयित- ते) 1 To dye, tinge, colour, redden,
paint; comparision of ṛjrá and √raj which mean red is not appropriate becuase the
meaning of the word Arjuna is nothing but white.
In tamil we can find lot of tamil words derived with the meaning of white. The
etymology of the same can be used to explain for the Sanskrit word Arjuna
அல்(al) White
அல்(al)->அஃகரம் aḵkaram, n. White madar. See ெவள்ெளருக்கு. (W.)

அல்(al)->அஃகரம் aḵkaram->அக்கரம்¹ akkaram, n. White madar. See ெவள்ெளருக்கு.
(மைல.)
அல்(al)-> [அன் an] ->[அம்பு ambu] அம்பலி² ampali, n. Gummy substance, as the white of
an egg; முட்ைடெவள்ைளக் கரு. (ஜாலத். பக். 21.)
அல்(al)->அஃகரம் aḵkaram -> [அக்கமி (akkami)]->[அகமி akami ] ->அயமி ayami n. White
mustard. See ெவண்கடுகு. (மைல.)
அயமி ayami->அயலி ayali, n. White mustard. See ெவண்கடுகு. (மைல.)
அல்(al)->[அய aya]->அயிர் ayir, n. An imported white fragrant substance for burning;
அல்(al) White-> அலர்க்கம் alarkkam, n. . White madar. See ெவள்ெளருக்கு. (மைல.)
அல்(al)->அல்லாரி¹ allāri, n. 1. White water-lily. See ெவள்ளாம்பல். (மூ. அ.)
அல்(al)->அல்லி alli, n. < அல்¹. [M. alli.] White water-lily. See ெவள்ளாம் பல். (பிங்.)
அல்(al)->அலரி alari, n. < அலர்-. [M. alari.] White Oleander, ஒரு பூச்ெசடி. (பிங்.)
அல்(al)->அள்(aḷ)->அரி (ari), n.[Kannada. ari.] Lines in the white of the eye; கண்வரி.
அரிமதருண்கண்ணார் (கலித். 91)
அல்(al)-> அள்(aḷ)-> [அர் (ar),]->அருளகம் aruḷakam, n. White madar. See ெவள்ெளருக்கு.
(மைல)
அல்(al)-> அள்(aḷ)-> [அர் (ar)]அருச்சுனம்¹ aruchchuṉam, n. 1. Whiteness; ெவண்ைம.
(சூடா.) 2. Arjan. மருது. (பிங்.)->SKT Arjuna
அல்(al)-> அள்(aḷ)-> [அர் (ar)]அருச்சுனம்² aruccuṉam, n. Madar. எருக்கு. (மைல.)
அல்(al)-> அள்(aḷ)->அள்ைளமைர aḷḷai-marai, n. Bull with white patches on its sides; பக்
கங்களில் ெவள்ைளநிறங் கலந்த காைள. Loc.
அல்(al)-> அள்(aḷ)->அள்ளாத்தி aḷḷātti, n. Big-eyed herring, silvery, Elops saurus; மீன் வைக.
This is only for the illustrative purpose and nothing else.
regards
dravivararo
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From: Phillip Hill <divyastra2002aaa@hotmail.com>
To: <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:55:04 -0400
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Meaning of 'Arjuna'
The dictionary meanings of arjuna as white & pure

suggest shuddhatva - anagha. The arch - dhAtu -
to worship may also be considered.
Bryan Hill
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:35:16 -0400
> From: msanghavi@gmail.com
> To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
> Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Meaning of 'Arjuna'
>
> arjuna means white or clear. it seems to me to be derived from arj
> dhaatu meaning to take or procure with the kRdanta suffix una. But how
> this translates into white/clear is something that the pandits can
> explain.
>
> -mihir sanghavi
>
> On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Dravid, Narayan V.
> (GRC-DPP0)<narayan.v.dravid@nasa.gov> wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > Now that this web site has been revived again, I am venturing with
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> > it relates to the hero in Mahabharata epic. I have heard of a tree called
> > ‘Yamalarjuna’ but I don’t know if the two have any connection. Could
> > someone help?
> > Thanks. Narayan Dravid
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From: Phillip Hill <divyastra2002aaa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:20:55 -0400
Subject: [Sanskrit] FW: mahAbhArata arjuna - dasha - nAma nirvachanas for arjuna &
kRîshhNa nAmas
pRîthivyAM chaturantAyAM varNo me durlabhaH

samaH
karomi karma shuklaM cha tasmAnmAmarjunaM
viduH 4.44.20
They call me Arjuna because my complexion is very rare within the four boundaries of the
earth and because also my acts are always stainless.
kRîshhNa ityeva dashamaM nAma chakre pitA
mama
kRîshhNAvadAtasya tataH priyatvAdbAlakasya
vai (4.44.22)
And Krishna, my tenth appellation, was given to me by my father out of affection towards
his black-skinned boy of great purity
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From: Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com>
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Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:28:06 -0700 (PDT)
To
David Narayan V.
Sir,
The word arjuna is derived from the dhAtu "arj" with the suffix "unan" in active voice. Its
various meanings are: as a noun masculine 1. shuddhasvabhAva (one with a pure
immutable character) -- as used in the gItA. 2. The only son of a mother. 3. peacock. 4.
kakubha tree. 5. the color white. As an adjective 6. white colored. As a noun neuter 7.
grass (particularly the white variety). 8. A~njani, As a noun feminine with form "arjunI" 9.
dawn. 10. cow. 11. kuTTinI. 12. The river called karatoyA.
With best wishes,

Dr. Suryansu Ray, New Delhi.
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From: Dravid, Narayan V. (GRC-DPP0) <narayan.v.dravid@nasa.gov>

Subject: [Sanskrit] Meaning of 'Arjuna'
To: "sanskrit@cs.utah.edu" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 6:12 PM
Hello All,
Now that this web site has been revived again, I am venturing with my first query.
Someone asked me what does the word ‘Arjuna’ means as far as it relates to the hero in
Mahabharata epic. I have heard of a tree called ‘Yamalarjuna’ but I don’t know if the two have
any connection. Could someone help?
Thanks. Narayan Dravid
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From: RAMESH RAMANAN <rameshramanan@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:28:32 +0000 (GMT)
Pranams,
I had read in the Tattvaaloka once that Sri Chandrashekara Bharathi Theertha Mahaswami,
the 34th peetadhipathi has said that Arjuna means sinless one. Pranams again. Ramesh
--- On Tue, 14/7/09, Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com>
> To: "Sanskrit Mailing List" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, 14 July, 2009, 8:58 AM
> To
> David Narayan V.
>
> Sir,
> The word arjuna is derived from the dhAtu
> "arj" with the suffix "unan" in active
> voice. Its various meanings are: as a noun masculine 1.
> shuddhasvabhAva (one with a pure immutable character) -- as
> used in the gItA. 2. The only son of a mother. 3. peacock.
> 4. kakubha tree. 5. the color white. As an adjective 6.
> white colored. As a noun neuter 7. grass (particularly
> the white variety). 8. A~njani, As a noun feminine with form
> "arjunI" 9. dawn. 10. cow. 11. kuTTinI. 12. The
> river called karatoyA.
>
> With best wishes,
> Dr. Suryansu Ray, New Delhi.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Dravid, Narayan V. (GRC-DPP0)
> <narayan.v.dravid@nasa.gov> wrote:
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>
> From: Dravid, Narayan V. (GRC-DPP0)
> <narayan.v.dravid@nasa.gov>
> Subject: [Sanskrit] Meaning of 'Arjuna'
> To: "sanskrit@cs.utah.edu"
> <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
> Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 6:12 PM
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>
>
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> Hello All,
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> ‘Arjuna’ means as far as it relates to the hero in
> Mahabharata epic. I have heard of a tree called
> ‘Yamalarjuna’ but I don’t know if the two have
> any connection. Could someone help?
> Thanks. Narayan
> Dravid
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From: "Shreyas P. Munshi" <shreyasmunshi@rediffmail.com>
To: <vsarma@bigpond.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2009 10:20:10 -0000
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] meaning/etymology of a phrase
Yes Vimala,
Very well stated.
In a lighter vein, I have always said that when incorrectly pronounced as 'Haare Ram,
Haare Krishna, RamaKrishna Haare Haare', it means "Ram (got) defeated, Krshna (got)
defeated", (yes, they got) defeated, (yes,they got)defeated!! (In fact that seems to
describe the situation today in India of Rama and Krishna, no?)...Shreyas
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:14:01 +0530 wrote

>Or to put it into Western grammatical terms
>
>Hare is the vocative sing masc in the short i (i.e. Hari - epithet of
>Vishnu) paradigm, as in muni declension.
>
>HariH here is nominative, sing, masc - same declension paradigm, as above,
>and hariH is in apposition to Om - both are in the same case and number, the
>verb "asti" is understood.
>
>
>
>Vimala
>
>
>
>From: sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu] On
>Behalf Of Vidya R
>Sent: Monday, 13 July 2009 7:03 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] meaning/etymology of a phrase
>
>
>
>1. Â hare rAma is -> sambodhana prathamA of the 2 words 'rAma' ('akArAntaH')
>and 'hari' ('ikArAntaH') . Â So, you are just calling out to them. Â 'he
>rAma', 'he hare' |
>
>2. Â hariH Om -> is a statement that equates 'hari' ('hariH = prathamA, eka
>vachanam') to the praNava mantra 'Om'.
>
>vidyA
>
> Â _____ Â
>
>From: Kattamuri Ekanadham
>To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
>Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:45:35 AM
>Subject: [Sanskrit] meaning/etymology of a phrase
>
>What is the origin/ meaning/"pada vibhajana" of the following two phrases
>that are commonly used?
>
>
>
>1. harE rAma Â (is this to be understood as Â harihi + rAma and does this mean
>
>that "only hari is rAma"?)
>
>
>
>2. harihi Om Â (same question as above)
>
>
>
>I am interested in the linguistic formation of these two phrases - what is
>the root
>
>and in what case each word is composed and to mean what.
>
>
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To: <imarch4th@yahoo.com>
Date: 14 Jul 2009 10:33:34 -0000
Should not "hariH Om" be simply 'hari Om'? I thought the visarga before the 'om'
symbol is dropped. If 'i' of Hari is followed by another vowel, the sandhi rules apply, no?
Like 'Hari' plus 'IchhA' becomes HarIchha', no?. My query is here because I have not
studied Sanskrit after my school days, 56 years ago. So pl enlighten me, dont get
angry...Shreyas
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:25 +0530 wrote
>1. Â hare rAma is -> sambodhana prathamA of the 2 words 'rAma' ('akArAntaH') and
'hari' ('ikArAntaH') . Â So, you are just calling out to them. Â 'he rAma', 'he hare' |
>
>
vachanam') to the praNava mantra 'Om'.
>
>vidyA
>
>
>
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>Subject: [Sanskrit] Â meaning/etymology of a phrase
>
>What is the origin/ meaning/"pada vibhajana" of the following two phrases that are
commonly used?
>
>
>
>I am interested in the linguistic formation of these two phrases - what is the root
>
>
> Â Â Â _______________________________________________
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From: Vis Tekumalla <vistekumalla@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:45:59 -0700 (PDT)
A few years ago Mr. P.K. Ramakrishnan posted a knotty verse from Vyasa Mahabharata
(Virata Parva) which goes:
nadiijalaM keshavanaariketu nagaahvayo naama nagaarisuunuH. eSaa~Nganaa

veSadharaH kiriiTii jitvaa vayaM neSyati chaadya gaavaH..
In this, the "nagaahvayonaama" is "one named after a tree," i.e., Arjuna.
"nagaarisuunuH," "a`Nganaa veShadharaH," and "kiriiTii" are all Arjuna too.
...Vis Tekumalla
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--- On Tue, 7/14/09, RAMESH RAMANAN <rameshramanan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> From: RAMESH RAMANAN <rameshramanan@yahoo.co.uk>

> To: "Sanskrit Mailing List" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 2:28 AM
>
>
> Pranams,
> I had read in the Tattvaaloka once that Sri Chandrashekara
> Bharathi Theertha Mahaswami, the 34th peetadhipathi has said
> that Arjuna means sinless one. Pranams again. Ramesh
>
> --- On Tue, 14/7/09, Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Meaning of 'Arjuna'
> > To: "Sanskrit Mailing List" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
> > Date: Tuesday, 14 July, 2009, 8:58 AM
> > To
> > David Narayan V.
> >
> > Sir,
> > The word arjuna is derived from the dhAtu
> > "arj" with the suffix "unan" in active
> > voice. Its various meanings are: as a noun masculine
> 1.
> > shuddhasvabhAva (one with a pure immutable character)
> -- as
> > used in the gItA. 2. The only son of a mother. 3.
> peacock.
> > 4. kakubha tree. 5. the color white. As an adjective
> 6.
> > white colored. As a noun neuter 7. grass
> (particularly
> > the white variety). 8. A~njani, As a noun feminine
> with form
> > "arjunI" 9. dawn. 10. cow. 11. kuTTinI. 12. The
> > river called karatoyA.
> >
> > With best wishes,
> > Dr. Suryansu Ray, New Delhi.
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Dravid, Narayan V. (GRC-DPP0)
> > <narayan.v.dravid@nasa.gov>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: Dravid, Narayan V. (GRC-DPP0)
> > <narayan.v.dravid@nasa.gov>
> > Subject: [Sanskrit] Meaning of 'Arjuna'
> > To: "sanskrit@cs.utah.edu"
> > <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
> > Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 6:12 PM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello All,
> > Now that
> > this web site has been revived again, I am venturing
> with my
> > first query. Someone asked me what does the word
> > ‘Arjuna’ means as far as it relates to the hero
> in
> > Mahabharata epic. I have heard of a tree called
> > ‘Yamalarjuna’ but I don’t know if the two
> have
> > any connection. Could someone help?
> > Thanks. Narayan
> > Dravid
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From: vararo devaraj <ravivararo@gmail.com>
To: sanskrit@cs.utah.edu
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:30:05 +0530
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] sanskrit Digest, Vol 51, Issue 5
<< Now that this web site has been revived again, I am venturing with
my first query. Someone asked me what does the word 'Arjuna' means as
far as it relates to the hero in Mahabharata epic. I have heard of a
tree called 'Yamalarjuna' but I don't know if the two have any
connection. Could someone help?>>
Though there is such an Arjuna character in Mahabharatha, in reality

it is a tree, Jerminalia and that was uprooted by Krishna during his
childhood.
यमल yamala
यमल a. Twin, one of a couple. -लः The number 'two'. -लौ (dual) A pair.
-लम ्, -ली A pair, couple. -ला A kind of hiccough. -ली A dress
consisting of two pieces. -Comp. -अजर्न ु ौ two Arjuna trees (uprooted
by Kṛiṣṇa in childhood); Bhāg.1.1.23-24. -छदः Bauhinia Variegata (Mar.
काचन-आपटा).
ं -पतर्ः N. of two trees (कोिवदार and अश्मन्तक). -पतर्म ्
The treaty of alliance.
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From: Vidya R <imarch4th@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 05:46:28 -0700 (PDT)
namaste / Hari Om!
HariH Om is HariH Om (as laid out earlier.)
Hari Om - It is a good question, and has given me cause to pause. I will leave it to more
knowledgable people to resolve it.
vidyA
(Hari Om, I have come to infer, can be one of 2 things:

1. a modern-day version of HariH Om.
2. When used as a samasta-padam (like hyphenated words in English), only the 'stem' or
'prAtipadikam' is considered.
For the samamsta-padam, there are 2 aspects to highlight:
a. dadhi + odanam becomes dadhyodanam -> i + o = yo
b. I suspect 'Om' remains intact and does not get involved in Sandhi.
3. hariH oNati may be hariroNati -> I confess I am not sure.
)
From: Shreyas P. Munshi <shreyasmunshi@rediffmail.com>
To: imarch4th@yahoo.com
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Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:33:34 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Sanskrit] meaning/etymology of a phrase
Should not "hariH Om" be simply 'hari Om'? I thought the visarga before the 'om' symbol is
dropped. If 'i' of Hari is followed by another vowel, the sandhi rules apply, no? Like 'Hari'
plus 'IchhA' becomes HarIchha', no?. My query is here because I have not studied Sanskrit
after my school days, 56 years ago. So pl enlighten me, dont get angry...Shreyas
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:25 +0530 wrote
>1. Â hare rAma is -> sambodhana prathamA of the 2 words 'rAma' ('akArAntaH') and 'hari'
('ikArAntaH') . Â So, you are just calling out to them. Â 'he rAma', 'he hare' |
>
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>2. Â hariH Om -> is a statement that equates 'hari' ('hariH = prathamA, eka vachanam') to
the praNava mantra 'Om'.
>
>vidyA
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commonly used?
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From: Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:59:12 -0700 (PDT)
Namaste!
hari om is a bIja-mantra.Hence hari is not inflected as hariH om and the sandhi form harirom.
Similarly, it is not inflected as in the vocative case hare, like hare rAma. The standard form of this
mantra is hari om tat sat.
With best wishes,

Dr. Suryansu Ray, New Delhi
--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Vidya R <imarch4th@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Vidya R <imarch4th@yahoo.com>

Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 6:16 PM
namaste / Hari Om!
HariH Om is HariH Om (as laid out earlier.)
Hari Om - It is a good question, and has given me cause to pause. I will leave it to more
knowledgable people to resolve it.
vidyA
(Hari Om, I have come to infer, can be one of 2 things:

1. a modern-day version of HariH Om.
2. When used as a samasta-padam (like hyphenated words in English), only the 'stem' or
'prAtipadikam' is considered.
For the samamsta-padam, there are 2 aspects to highlight:
a. dadhi + odanam becomes dadhyodanam -> i + o = yo
b. I suspect 'Om' remains intact and does not get involved in Sandhi.
3. hariH oNati may be hariroNati -> I confess I am not sure.
)
From: Shreyas P. Munshi <shreyasmunshi@rediffmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 6:33:34 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Sanskrit] meaning/etymology of a phrase
Should not "hariH Om" be simply 'hari Om'? I thought the visarga before the 'om' symbol is
dropped. If 'i' of Hari is followed by another vowel, the sandhi rules apply, no? Like 'Hari' plus
'IchhA' becomes HarIchha', no?. My query is here because I have not studied Sanskrit after my
school days, 56 years ago. So pl enlighten me, dont get angry...Shreyas
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:25 +0530 wrote
>1. Â hare rAma is -> sambodhana prathamA of the 2 words 'rAma' ('akArAntaH') and 'hari'
('ikArAntaH') . Â So, you are just calling out to them. Â 'he rAma', 'he hare' |
>
>
>2. Â hariH Om -> is a statement that equates 'hari' ('hariH = prathamA, eka vachanam') to the
praNava mantra 'Om'.
>
>vidyA
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
>What is the origin/ meaning/"pada vibhajana" of the following two phrases that are commonly
used?
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From: "Vimala Sarma" <vsarma@bigpond.com>
To: "'Sanskrit Mailing List'" <sanskrit@cs.utah.edu>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:29:46 +1000
Sandhi does not apply to Om and vocatives, - OM stands on its own.
Visarga endings are not dropped – it is a grammatical ending – it may be
changed – ie for the iH ending, the visarga would become r before
vowels.
Vimala
From: sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu] On

Behalf Of Shreyas P. Munshi
Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 8:34 PM
Should not "hariH Om" be simply 'hari Om'? I thought the visarga before the 'om'
symbol is dropped. If 'i' of Hari is followed by another vowel, the sandhi rules apply, no?
Like 'Hari' plus 'IchhA' becomes HarIchha', no?. My query is here because I have not
studied Sanskrit after my school days, 56 years ago. So pl enlighten me, dont get
angry...Shreyas
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:25 +0530 wrote
>1. Â hare rAma is -> sambodhana prathamA of the 2 words 'rAma' ('akArAntaH') and
'hari' ('ikArAntaH') . Â So, you are just calling out to them. Â 'he rAma', 'he hare' |
>
>
vachanam') to the praNava mantra 'Om'.
>
>vidyA
>
>
>
>________________________________
>
commonly used?
>
>
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Shreyas Munshi
Tel Res: (22) 26364290 Mob: 981 981 8197

Date: 16 Jul 2009 08:54:03 -0000
Subject: [Sanskrit] Re :Re: meaning/etymology of a phrase
Vimala,
While our answer is well uderstood, the
foolowing is a copy-paste reply from a scholar:
Quote
hari om is a bIja-mantra.Hence hari is not
inflected as hariH om and the sandhi form
harirom. Similarly, it is not inflected as in the
vocative case hare, like hare rAma. The standard
form of this mantra is hari om tat sat.
With best wishes,
Dr. Suryansu Ray, New Delhi
Unquote
Yours and Dr Ray's assertion seems to differ. Pl

elaborate...Shreyas
On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:29:46 +1000 Sanskrit Mailing List wrote
Sandhi does not apply to Om and vocatives, - OM stands on its

own.
Visarga endings are not dropped â€“ it is a grammatical

ending â€“ it may be changed â€“ ie for the ï¿½iH ending, the visarga
would become r before vowels.
Vimala
From: sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu
[mailto:sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu] On Behalf Of Shreyas P. Munshi
Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 8:34 PM
Should not "hariH Om" be simply 'hari Om'? I thought the visarga
before the 'om' symbol is dropped. If 'i' of Hari is followed by another vowel,
the sandhi rules apply, no? Like 'Hari' plus 'IchhA' becomes HarIchha', no?. My
query is here because I have not studied Sanskrit after my school days, 56
years ago. So pl enlighten me, dont get angry...Shreyas
On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:25 +0530 wrote
>1. ï¿½ hare rAma is -> sambodhana prathamA of the 2 words 'rAma'
('akArAntaH') and 'hari' ('ikArAntaH') . ï¿½ So, you are just calling out to
them. ï¿½ 'he rAma', 'he hare' |
>
>
>2. ï¿½ hariH Om -> is a statement that equates 'hari' ('hariH =

prathamA, eka vachanam') to the praNava mantra 'Om'.
>
>vidyA
>
>
>
>________________________________
>Subject: [Sanskrit] ï¿½ meaning/etymology of a phrase
>
>What is the origin/ meaning/"pada vibhajana" of the following two

phrases that are commonly used?
>
>1. harE rAma ï¿½ (is this to be understood as ï¿½ harihi + rAma and
does this mean
>
>2. harihi Om ï¿½ (same question as above)
>
>I am interested in the linguistic formation of these two phrases - what is

the root
>
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From: krishna hm <hmkrishna20032002@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:36:28 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] Textbook available on Google Books
Thank you Pankaj Gupta.
regards
Krishna HM
From: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@tower-research.com>

Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2009 10:16:35 PM
Subject: [Sanskrit] Textbook available on Google Books
Hi
I would like to share this book with everyone. It is freely available on google books. It contains
Sanskrit text of parts of Hitopadesha along with word to word translations.
http://books.google.com/books?id=-
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Respected member Mihir Sanghavi is correct.

அல்(al)->அஃகரம் aḵkaram, n. White madar. See ெவள்ெளருக்கு. (W.)

---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

The dictionary meanings of arjuna as white & pure

---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

pR^ithivyAM chaturantAyAM varNo me durlabhaH

---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

With best wishes,

--- On Mon, 7/13/09, Dravid, Narayan V. (GRC-DPP0)

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---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

--- On Tue, 14/7/09, Suryansu Ray <suryansuray@yahoo.com> wrote:

---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:14:01 +0530 wrote

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---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

nadiijalaM keshavanaariketu nagaahvayo naama nagaarisuunuH. eSaa~Nganaa

--- On Tue, 7/14/09, RAMESH RAMANAN <rameshramanan@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> From: RAMESH RAMANAN <rameshramanan@yahoo.co.uk>

---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

Though there is such an Arjuna character in Mahabharatha, in reality

2009/7/13, sanskrit-request@cs.utah.edu <sanskrit-request@cs.utah.edu>:

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---------- முன் அனுப்பப்பட்டத் தகவல் ----------

HariH Om is HariH Om (as laid out earlier.)

(Hari Om, I have come to infer, can be one of 2 things:

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With best wishes,

--- On Wed, 7/15/09, Vidya R <imarch4th@yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Vidya R <imarch4th@yahoo.com>

namaste / Hari Om!

HariH Om is HariH Om (as laid out earlier.)

(Hari Om, I have come to infer, can be one of 2 things:

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From: sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu [mailto:sanskrit-bounces@cs.utah.edu] On

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Seven Bungalows, Versova, Mumbai 400 061

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Yours and Dr Ray's assertion seems to differ. Pl

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 11:29:46 +1000 Sanskrit Mailing List wrote

Sandhi does not apply to Om and vocatives, - OM stands on its

Visarga endings are not dropped â€“ it is a grammatical

Sent: Tuesday, 14 July 2009 8:34 PM

Subject: Re: [Sanskrit] meaning/etymology of a phrase

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:32:25 +0530 wrote

>2. ï¿½ hariH Om -> is a statement that equates 'hari' ('hariH =

>From: Kattamuri Ekanadham

>Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:45:35 AM