हरी harī

H هر हरि hari, or हर har [Prk. हरि or हरी; S. हरिः], adj. Green; greenish yellow; yellow; — reddish brown, bay, tawny; — s.m. Green (the colour); a yellow or golden colour; reddish brown or tawny colour; — a name of Vishṇu; and of Krishṇ (regarded as identical with Vishṇu); of Śiva; of Brahmā; of Indra, and of Yam;-the sun; the moon; a ray of light; — fire; — wind, air; — water; — a bay horse, a horse; — a lion; — a parrot; — the Koʼil or Indian cuckoo; — a peacock; — a goose; — an ape; — a frog; — a snake; — one of the nine Varshas or divisions into which the known continent is divided. hari-bol, s.m. (lit. 'Cry O Hari,' i.e. call on, or invoke the aid of, Hari), The cry or exhortation uttered by those who are in the act of taking or bearing a human being to his death (cf. the English, 'Make your peace with God'; this barbarous practice is to be witnessed in Bengal, when a dying man is taken to the Huglī, and water is constantly thrown into his mouth to hasten his death with the cry of Hari bol, the poor wretch meanwhile continuing to cry 'I shall not die')