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 HARIVAMSA : Encyclopedia Entry
The Harivamsha (also Harivamsa; Sanskrit harivaṃśa हरिवंश "the lineage of Hari (Vishnu)") is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,375 verses.
There have been translations of the Harivamsa in many Indian vernacular languages, English (M. Dutt, 1897), French (M. Langlois, Paris, 1834-35), and other languages.
There are also Jain Harivamsas in various languages that present Jain traditions of the Krishna story.
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 Harivamsa | Italian | Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
Along with the and Yogavasishtha, the Harivamsa is considered to belong to the category of Hindu scripture known as itihāsa, or 'history'.
[1] Harivamsa takes its name from Hari, the well-known epithet of Vishnu, of whom Krishna is considered to be an avatar.
Harivamsa, Harivansa (Sanskrit) The lineage of Hari, or Krishna.
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 Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari [Krishna]) [Attributed to India] (28.63.1) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | The ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari [Krishna]) [Attributed to India] (28.63.1)
Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari [Krishna]), Detached folio from an illustrated manuscript, ca.
"Harivamsa (The Legend of Hari [Krishna]) [Attributed to India] (28.63.1)".
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 Harivamsa
Along with the Rāmāyaṇa and Yogavasishtha, the Harivamsa is considered to belong to the category of Hindu scripture known as itihāsa, or 'history'.
Harivamsa takes its name from Hari, the well-known epithet of Vishnu, of whom Krishna is considered to be an avatar.
Harivamsa includes many details of Krishna's youth and upbringing not found elsewhere in Hindu itihaas.
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 Harivamsa - HinduWiki
The Harivamsha (also Harivamsa; Sanskrit None Template:Lang "the lineage of Hari (Vishnu)") is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,375 verses.
The text was adapted to serve as an appendix to the Mahabharata, which led to the accretion of interpolations, including references to Krishna's nature of an avatar of Vishnu; these portions date to approximately the 11th century and are influenced by classical Sanskrit court poetry.
There are also Jain Harivamsas in various langauges that present Jain traditions of the Krishna story.
www.hinduwiki.com /index.php?title=Harivamsa   (218 words)

  
 Harivamsa Purana (Volume One): Transliteration, Roman with English Translation
Harivamsa is considered to be a supplement of Mahabharata.
There is no doubt that the readers of this book will find it both interesting and beneficial for their cultivation of Krsna consciousness.
The great sage, Vyasadeva, has said that the piety one achieves by performing one hundred horse-sacrifices, which enables one to establish four thousand food distribution centers serving an inexhaustible quantity of food, and rewards one with the position of Indra, is achieved simply by giving this most sacred literature, Harivamsa, in charity.
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These reliefs clearly demonstrate that, though Cambodia had by then become a Theravadin Buddhist nation, the Khmers had not yet forgotten their past Brahmanic culture.
The scenes on the northern section of the eastern gallery, are thought to have been extracted from the Indian Harivamsa, show the God Vishnu, in the center, singularly defeating the Demons.
The scenes on the eastern section of the northern gallery, thought to have been extracted from the Indian Harivamsa, show Krishna, one of Vishnu's many avatars, defeating his rival Bana.
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 Krishna - HinduWiki
The Harivamsa, an appendix to this epic that was added to it later, contains the earliest detailed version of Krishna's childhood and youth.
While the Mahabharata and the Harivamsa are considered sacred by the Hindus, the two Puranas (the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana) that contain the most elaborate telling of Krishna’s story and teachings are the most theologically venerated.
This summary is based on details from the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana.
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 Krishna
The Harivamsa, an appendix to this epic that was added to it later contains the earliest detailed version of Krishna's childhood and youth.
In the absence of any historical biography, this summary is based on the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana.
The scenes from the tale are set in north India, mostly in the present states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana, Delhi and Gujarat.
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 A Harivamsa hymn in Yijing's Chinese translation of the Sutra of Golden Light. - The Journal of the American Oriental ...
A Harivamsa hymn in Yijing's Chinese translation of the Sutra of Golden Light.
The Harivamsa (first to third century), well known as an account of the life of the god Krsna, contains also a few hymns to the goddess Durga.
These hymns are extremely inter-esting in that they are amongst the earliest written sources on Durga and represent one of the early efforts at establishing the identity, significance, and worship of Durga as the great goddess.
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 Harivamsa Gosvami Information
Harivamsa Gosvami, a disciple of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, espoused a Vaishnava Theology which created the Radhavallabha Vaishnava sect of Hinduism.
Also, Harivamsa Gosvami is known for his emotional poetry about Radha and Krishna.
He was born around 1500 in the village of Bad, in Braja Mandala.
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 Harivamsa Gosvami at AllExperts
Harivamsa Gosvami, a disciple of Gopala Bhatta Gosvami, espoused a Vaishnava Theology which created the Radhavallabha Vaishnava sect of Hinduism.
Also, Harivamsa Gosvami is known for his emotional poetry about Radha and Krishna.
He was born around 1500 in the village of Bad, in Braja Mandala.
en.allexperts.com /e/h/ha/harivamsa_gosvami.htm   (188 words)

  
 The Hare Krsnas - Transcendental Associates - Demigods and Controlling Deities - Kama   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Elsewhere, Kama is said to be born from the heart of Brahma.
In Harivamsa, Kama is mentioned as the son of Lakshmi.
When Taraka, a demon emboldened by Lord Brahma's favors, conquered the gods, Kama was approached by the demigods so that he could arouse passion in the mind of Shiva and induce the birth of Shiva's child, who could kill Taraka.
harekrsna.com /philosophy/associates/demigods/kama.htm   (147 words)

  
 VEDAS and PURANAS:
Mythology and Philosophy Intertwined
The mythological texts are known as the Itihasas and Puranas.
There are four books under Itihasas, which means histories: The Ramayana, the Yogavasishtha, the Mahabharata and the Harivamsa.
These works explain the great universal truths in the form of historical narratives, stories, parables and dialogues.
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 Harivamsa in India   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Harivamsa is a Sanskrit book describing the history of Hari or Vishnu.
Harivamsa later took in a large amount of insertion from the passages that constitute the avatar concept.
This extension of the text appears to have continued until the 11th century.
www.india9.com /i9show/Harivamsa-47355.htm   (87 words)

  
 VNN Editorial - Appearance Of Gopal Bhatta Gosvami
Gopal Bhatta came from Ramanuja section, Vaisnava section and also from the brahmin class.
It is said that he got some support from Prabhodanada, because Prabhodananda wrote many Sanskrit books, Vrindavan sataka, Navadvip sataka, Radha Rasa sudhanidhi one famost book in praise of Radharani.
These books are very much appreciated by that section Harivamsi how came from Harivamsa.
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Harivamsa Purana and Mahabharata are complementary to each other.
Harivamsa consists of about sixteen thousand verses, it was first recited by the great sage, Vaisampayana, to King Janamejaya.
Later on, by the request of the sages at Naimisaranya, headed by Saunaka, Sauti again recited the Harivamsa Purana.
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 Radha-vallabha - Vrindavana
He is the founder of the Radha-Ballabha Sect, and is known for his emotional poetry about Radha and Krishna.
In a dream Atmadeva was directed to give the Deity to Hit Harivamsa and also that his daughter should be married to him.
A temple was constructed for Radha Ballabha around 1626 by a Bengali devotee named Sundara Das, who was the disciple of Braja Chand, Sri Hit Harivamsa’s son.
www.vrndavana.com /index.php/Radha-vallabha   (682 words)

  
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Some have called it the "forbidden land" while others have described it as "different from the rest of the world".
Harivamsa, the epilogue to the Mahabharata, describes it as overflowing with vegetation, a place where elephants and deer abound.
Welcome to Okhamandal, lapped by turquoise waters and blessed with a touch of paradise.
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Harivamsa, Harivamsa Parva, chapter 35, verses 12-22 (Aryashastra recension of Bengal) narrated by VaishampAyana to Janamejaya.
Abruptly, in the account of Vasudeva's progeny, this account is inserted: ShaishirAyaNa was the husband of the Trigarta king's daughter.
Chapter 57 gives another account of KAlayavana's birth in verses 7-26, of which verses verses 14-17 are a reproduction of Harivamsa Parva's verses 15-18: Great GArgya was the guru of Vrishnis and Andhakas who, at one time, remaining celibate was engaged in ascesis, abstaining from female contact.
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 Kamat's Potpourri: Pictures from Indian Mythology - The Mahabharata
But according to Rajaji, interpolations in a recognized classic seem to correspond to inclusion in the national library in the days when there was no printing.
The fact that Harivamsa (Life of Lord Krishna) which forms an appendix and Bhagavadgita, most sacred text of Hindus with twelve thousand and six hundred thirty seven shlokas (verses) form part and parcel of the epic shows its magnitude.
Painting by Ravi Varma depicts Krishna as ambassador in the court of Kauravas.
www.kamat.com /kalranga/mythology/mahabharat/mahabharat.htm   (678 words)

  
 MATHURA - VRINDAVAN
A contemporary of the six Gosvamis, Swami Haridasa known for his devotional bhajanas, was the guru of the famous musician Tansen.
Another very popular temple of Vrindavana whih was founded by Hit Harivamsa Gosvami, who started the Radha Vallabha sect emphasizing devotion to Radharani.
In this temple, there is no deity of Radharani, but a crown has been placed next to Krishna to signify Her presence.
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 What Is The Difference Between The Nimbarka And Gaudiya Sampradaya?
He did not write the Radha Rasa Sudhanidhi because this is a Sanskrit book.
Gaudiya Vaisnavas do not accept their thinking because they do not accept the rules and regulations given in sastra.
(4) Some are saying that Hit Harivamsa is an incarnation of Lalita Sakhi.
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 part 9 --Lord Vishnu names 150 to 208 Article Page!
In Sanskrit the prefix upa denotes 'Above' in the sense of 'superior to' therefore, Upendra may also mean "One who is superior to Indra", the king of gods.
Indra, the king of the sense-organs, is the mind and the Consciousness, which is the Self, is the One factor that dynamises the mind.
In Harivamsa (262-263) there is a beautiful description of the little Vaamana growing into His Total Form.
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 Bagchee.com: The Harivamsa (Volume I & II): Books: P L Vaidya
When, however, in course of time, the end of that work was well-nigh in sight, the Mahabharata Department began to think of commencing the work on the Harivamsa in right earnest.
Accordingly, the preliminaries in that connection were taken in hand, in an informal manner, in August 1954.
It may be recalled that the work of the Critical Edition of the Mahabharata had been inaugurated in a similar way by Ramakrishna Bhandarkar thirty-five years before.
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 Radha-Ballabha Temple
On the way he stopped in a village where a brahmana named Atmadeva was worshiping the Deity of Radha Ballabha.
In a dream Atmadeva was directed to give the Deity to Hit Harivamsa and also that his daughter should be married to him.
A temple was constructed for Radha Ballabha around 1626 by a Bengali devotee named Sundara Das, who was the disciple of Braja Chand, Sri Hit Harivamsa’s son.
www.vegetarian-restaurants.net /Vrindavana/Vrindavan/Radha-Ballabha-Temple.htm   (861 words)

  
 Mahavarat - duno.com reference
With more than 74,000 verses, long prose passages, and some 1.8 million words in total, it is arguably the longest epic poem in the world.
Taken together with the Harivamsa, the Mahabharata has a total length of more than 90,000 verses.
The Harivamsa consists of the final two of the 100 sub-parvas, and was considered an appendix (khila) to the Mahabharata proper by the redactors of the 18 parvas.
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 Tirupati Balaji,Tirupati Tirumala Balaji,Tirupati India
Sri Venkatachala Mahatmya is referred to in several Puranas, of which the most important are the Varaha Purana and the Bhavishyottara Purana.
The printed work contains extracts from the Varaha Purana, Padma Purana, Garuda Purana, Brahmanda Purana, Markandeya Purana, Harivamsa, Vamana Purana, Brahma Purana, Brahmottara Purana, Aditya Purana, Skanda Purana and Bhavishyottara Purana.
Most of these extracts describe the sanctity and antiquity of the hills around Tirumala and the numerous teerthams situated on them.
www.pilgrimage-india.com /south-india-pilgrimage/tirupati-tirumala-balaji.html   (1182 words)

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