Hārita
Hārita, “green”
Hārita, and Hārīta with the long ī, name more than one ṛshi and king in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.
People
- Hārita: an old ṛshi with a conch and a discus who sent King Dilīpa to Vasishṭha in the Māgha Māhātmya. Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapter 125
- Hārita of Maulisthāna: a Veda-master of Maulisthāna who, with his wife Līlāvatī, did tapas for twenty-one yugas to have Bhagavān Nṛsiṃha as his son. Padma Purāṇa, Uttara Khaṇḍa, Chapters 174, 125
Named in passing
- Hārīta the paurāṇika: one of the six teachers of the Purāṇas in Vyāsa‘s line, who received the Purāṇa-saṃhitā from Romaharshaṇa, told on Veda-Vibhāga. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 12, Chapter 7
- Hārīta, son of Yauvanāśva: a king in the line of Māndhātā, one of the founders of gotras in that line, told on Ikshvāku Vaṃśa: The Solar Dynasty. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 7
- Hārīta, son of Viśvāmitra: one of the other sons of Viśvāmitra, with Ashṭaka, Jaya, Kratumān and Gālava, told on that page. Bhāgavata Purāṇa, Skandha 9, Chapter 16