Hari
Hari is another name of Vishnu or God and appears as the 650th name in the Vishnu sahasranama.
According to Adi Sankara' s commentary on the Vishnu sahasranama, Hari means "One who destroys samsara, which is the entanglement in the cycle of birth and death, along with ignorance, its cause."
The word hari in Sanskrit refers to a colour, yellow, or fawn-coloured/khaki (it is the colour of the Sun and of Soma; see also Hare Krishna). The Avestan cognate is zari, sometimes incorrectly identified as the first part of the name of Zarathustra. The English words gold and yellow are probably also both cognates of hari. They all derive from the hypothetical Proto-Indo-European root *ghel-, meaning "to shine". Many words in other unrelated languages in Asia are also derived from the word; due to the influence of Sanskrit as a language of learning in the region. For example: the word for daylight in Bahasa Indonesia, the word for day in Malay and the word for king in Tagalog, all of which are "hari".
The Word Hari is also a common Indian name. It is also used in combination with other names, like Hariprasad, Harikrishna, etc.
Reference
Cited from Sri Vishnu Sahasranama, commentary by Sri Sankaracharya, translated by Swami Tapasyananda, available at Sri Ramakrishna Math, Chennai.
External links
- Krishna.com All about Krishna.