Talk:Harini (disambiguation)

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Not being fluent in Telegu myself, I raise the question if Harini does indeed mean 'as graceful as a woman'. More to the point, I've read that Harini is derived from Sanskrit, and simply means 'deer'. Firebreeze 21:14, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Harini
I have a dictionary in which common names of everyday people's meanings are written. Actually my name is Harini. So when I checked my name it was written as follows- HARINI- a woman, an apsara with beautiful body, the daughter of Hirayankasipu, a graceful deer/woman. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.198.177.221 (talk) 11:08, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Variety of Meanings
Another Harini here, speaking up:

I think your dictionary is simply listing all the occurrences of 'Harini' in Indian culture, folklore and mythology. e.g. woman: there is a famous contemporary Tamil playback singer named Harini. In the Telegu-penned Vahinis, there was an apsara named Harini who was sent by Indra to temp the sage Thrinabindhu. I've never heard of Hiranyakashyapu having a daughter named Harini, but it's possible that she was named somewhere in the Bhagavata Purana. However I believe (if I am not mistaken) that the most common usage of Harini is typically in reference to its Sanskrit etymology (i.e. a deer, or characteristic of a deer). Since this animal is the familiar of the goddess Lakshmi, it makes sense that 'Harini' is also another one of her names. Deerlike (talk) 10:12, 19 March 2009 (UTC)