Har Har Mahadev

interjection

a salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Shiva, the god of destruction and time.

Meanings

interjection

alternative Hara Hara Mahadeva

  1. Hinduisma salute or invocation towards the Hindu god Shiva, the god of destruction and time.

Origin

  1. Sanskritहर हर महादेव
  2. Hindiहर हर महादेव
  3. EnglishHar Har Mahadev

Borrowed from Hindi हर हर महादेव (har har mahādev), from Sanskrit हर हर महादेव (hara hara mahādeva).

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