haridvāra | हरिद्वार | haridvAra
hari—dvāra | हरि—द्वार | n. ‘Viṣṇu's gate’, N. of a celebrated town and sacred bathing-place (commonly called Hardvār, where the Ganges finally leaves the mountains for the plains of Hindūstān, whence it is sometimes called Gaṅgadvāra; it is called ‘Hari's gate’, as leading to Vaikuṇṭha or Viṣṇu's heaven), Rudray.; Buddh.