होली hōlī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

A festival, a memorial of the confluence age, when on the first day (Holi) people burn everything old; a symbol of burning old sanskars and sins in the fire of yoga. On the second day (Dhurya) people sprinkle each other with coloured water; a symbol of a soul being coloured with God’s knowledge.

Usual translation

  1. Holi

Origin of the definition

Holi. A festival, a memorial of the confluence age, when on the first day (Holi) people burn everything old; a symbol of burning old sanskaras and sins in the fire of yoga. On the second day (Dhurya) people sprinkle each other with coloured water; a symbol of a soul being coloured with God’s knowledge.

होली holī. 1 Holi (the Spring festival) 2 The first of the two days of celebrations when an effigy of a female-demon Holika is burned It symbolizes the victory of the soul over the vices after which the Spring comes in its life Holi is usually celebrated in March.

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Mamma

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Created
Monday 21 December 2020
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