हरिण a. (-णी f.) [हृ-इनन्] 1 Pale, whitish; न चाश्वेन विनिर्यासि विवर्णो हरिणः कृशः Mb.1.1.61; रूपेण पश्ये हरिणेन पश्य N.22.134. -2 Reddish or yellowish white. -3 Having rays; विश्वरूपं हरिणं जातवेदसम् Praśna U.1. 8. -णः 1 A deer, an antelope; (said to be of five kinds:-- हरिणश्चापि विज्ञेयः पञ्चभेदो$त्र भैरव । ऋष्यः खड्गो रुरुश्चैव पृषतश्च मृगस्तथा Kālikā P.); अपि प्रसन्नं हरिणेषु ते मनः Ku. 5.35. -2 The white colour. -3 A goose. -4 The sun. -5 Viṣṇu. -6 Śiva. -Comp. -अक्ष a. deer-eyed, fawneyed. (-क्षः) N. of Śiva. (-क्षी f.) 'deer-eyed', a woman with beautiful eyes. -अङ्कः 1 the moon. -2 camphor. -कलङ्कः, -धामन् m. the moon. -नयन, -नेत्र, -लोचन a. deer-eyed, fawn-eyed. -नर्तकः a Kinnara. -लाञ्छनः the moon. -हृदय a. deer-hearted, timid.
a. (&isharp;) yellowish, tawny (also of unhealthy complexion); m. antelope, ga zelle: -ka, m. dim. gazelle; -dhâman, m. abode of the antelope, moon; -nayanâ, f. gazelle-eyed woman; -lakshman, m. (marked with an antelope), moon; -lâñkhana, m. id.; -lokana, a. gazelle-eyed; -sisu, m. fawn; -½aksha, a. (î) gazelle-eyed: î, f. -woman.
In the Rigveda and later denotes a ‘ gazelle.’ It is at once a type of speed and terror. Its horns are used as amulets. It is fond of eating barley (Yava). In the Maitrāyaṇī Samhitā it is said to kill vipers (Svaja). Cf. Kuluñgfa, Nyanku. The feminine is Hariṇī.
adjective fawn-coloured (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
green (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
greenish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
yellowish (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a goose (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a minor division of the world (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ichneumon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
antelope (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
fawn (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Gaṇa of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpentdemon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ichneumon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Viṣṇu or Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
stag (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
yellowish (etc.) the colour (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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