The Harivamsa (Sanskrit: हरिवंश, lit. 'The genealogy of Hari', IAST: Harivaṃśa [1]) is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 shlokas, mostly in the anustubh metre. The text is also known as the Harivamsa Purana.

Sep 19, 2024 · The Harivamsha of Veda Vyasa contains roughly 16,000 Sanskrit metrical verses (shlokas) and consists of three sections (Harivamsa-parva, Vishnu-parva and Bhavishya-parva). This edition is a prose English translation although it preservers the verse-numbers.

Sep 26, 2021 · This is the PDF of HArivamsa (Harivamsha) mahapurana composed by Bhagavan Sri Vedavyasa in Sanskrit Language. The entire work is printed in Sanskrit script and translated to English. This is the 1st volume of the series.

Harivaṃśapurāṇa was composed by Acharya Jinasena I in 783 AD. [1][2][3] It is divided into 66 cantos and contains 12,000 slokas. The book aims to narrate the life of Neminatha, the twenty-second Tirthankara in Jainism. According to the Jain sources, Krishna was the first cousin of Tirthankara Neminatha.

Jan 24, 2025 · etymology: Harivamsha (also Harivamsa; Sanskrit Harivaṃśa हरिवंश) Source: Mahavidya: Hinuism. The Harivamsa is widely considered by most Hindus as an appendix to one of the most well known epics in Indian literature, the Mahabharata.

The Harivamsha is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 verses, mostly in Anuṣtubh metre. The text is also known as Harivaṃśa Puraṇa. This text is believed as a khila (appendix or supplement) to the Mahabharata and is …

Nov 14, 2020 · The English translation of the Harivamsa Purana which is an appendix (khila or parva) of the Mahabharata and narrates the lineage and life-story of Krishna (Hari), which starts with the account of the great clans named Vrishni and Andhaka.

The Harivamsha (also Harivamsa; Sanskrit Harivaṃśa हरिवंश "the lineage of Hari (Vishnu)") is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16,374 verses, mostly in Anustubh metre. The text is also known as the Harivamsha Purana.

Harivamsa Purana, an 8th-century Jain text by Jinasena; See also. Harivanshism, another name of Krishnaism, a Hindu sect which treats Krishna as the supreme being; Harivamsa Gosvami, a 16th-century Indian Vaishnava Hindu saint This page was last edited on 12 ...

Mar 17, 2020 · Harivamsha (हरिवंश) (also Harivamsa; Harivaṃśa , Harivansa) meaning the lineage of Hari (Vishnu) is an important work of Sanskrit literature, containing 16, 374 shloka, mostly in Anustubh metre. The text of Harivamsha is complex, containing layers that goes back to the 1st or 2nd centuries BCE.