Who are Haha and Huhu?

[Ecneics]

Dear Sanskritagyas,

Can anyone tell me who are Haha and Huhu? They are the people who are invoked in Ramayana and Mahabharata along with Devas and Gandharvas. 

My theory is that they are Divine Jesters in Indra's court because Gandharvas are singers so Haha and Huhu because they are similar to laughter sounds I am inclined to think that they are Divine Comedians or Jesters but please feel free to correct and educate me on this. The koshas are not very precise in this.

Yours Sincerely

[Raja Srinivasan]

They are the gandarva children of Maharishi Kashyapa and his consort Pradha. Their brothers are Tumburu and Bahu. Their music is supposedly divine.

Regards

Raja

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[Aaditya Kalyanaraman]

I heard that they are very nice singers and Lord Shiva wears them as his Kundalas (Ear-Ornaments) so that he can hear their beautiful sáma-gána (Can be compared to modern-days wireless headphones). Huhu is one who becomes a crocodile due to the curse of Sage Devala (as Huhu playfully caught his legs while he bath in a river) in the Gajendra Moksham (Huhu catches Gajendra) Episode of ShrimadBhagavatam.

Ram Ram

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[Aaditya Kalyanaraman]

Quoting shloka 26-5 

हूहूस्तावद्देवलस्यापि शापाद् ग्राहीभूतस्तज्जले वर्तमानः ।

जग्राहैनं हस्तिनं पाददेशे शान्त्यर्थं हि श्रान्तिदोऽसि स्वकानाम् ॥

From ShrimanNarayaneeyam in which huhu who got devala's curse catching Gajendra's feet is being explained.

[Ecneics]

Can you present the shlokas where it is explicitly mentioned that Haha and Huhu are singers not something else?

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[kenp]

https://tamilandvedas.com/2014/10/27/haha-and-huhu-famous-musicians/

https://twitter.com/anuradhagoyal/status/1187633310815739904?lang=en

[R. N. iyengar]

As per Atharvaveda Parishishta Haha Huhu like many other devatas are celestial objects, located and named in particular groups.  

See Ch 52,10.4,5 of AVP Grahasangraha

On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 10:22:13 PM UTC+5:30 kenp wrote:

https://tamilandvedas.com/2014/10/27/haha-and-huhu-famous-musicians/

https://twitter.com/anuradhagoyal/status/1187633310815739904?lang=en

[Mohan Chettoor]

1. Shiva Purana Verse 2.3.40. 50, 51

शाकिन्यो यातुधानाश्च वेताला ब्रह्मराक्षसाः ।
भूतप्रेतपिशाचाश्च तथान्ये प्रमथादयः ॥ ५० ॥

 

तुम्बुरुर्नारदो हाहा हूहूश्चेत्यादयो वराः ।
गन्धर्वाः किन्नरा जग्मुर्वाद्यानाध्माय हर्षिताः ॥ ५१ ॥

[50-51. Śākinīs, Yātudhānas Vetālas, Brahmarākṣasas, Bhūtas, Pretas and Pramathas, Tumburu,

 Nārada, Hāhā, Hūhū,^[2] Gandharvas and Kinnaras went ahead playing on their musical instruments 

with great delight.]

2. Śrimad Bhagavatham 8.4.3-4

 योऽसौ ग्राह: स वै सद्य: परमाश्चर्यरूपधृक् ।

मुक्तो देवलशापेन हूहूर्गन्धर्वसत्तम: ॥ ३ ॥
प्रणम्य शिरसाधीशमुत्तमश्लोकमव्ययम् ।
अगायत यशोधाम कीर्तन्यगुणसत्कथम् ॥ ४ ॥

3. Garga Samhita Verse 4.20.19

हुहु-सुतो ऽअथ विजयो विचरन् तिर्थ-भुमिषु वनम् चैत्ररथम् प्राप्तो गायन् विष्णु-गुनान् पथि ---

4. Maha bharatham  SECTION LXV (Adiparva-Sambhava Parva) 

असिता च  सुबाहुश्च सुरता  सुभुजा तथा ।
सुप्रिया चातिबाहुश्च विख्यातौ च हहाहुहू ।
लुम्बरुश्चेति चत्वारः स्मरता गन्धर्वसत्तमाः ॥ ४९॥

[असिता, सुबाहु, सुरता, सुभुजा और सुप्रिया हैं; एवं अतिबाहु, , सुप्रसिद्ध हहा, हुह और तुम्बरु, यह चार गन्धर्वराज भी उसकी सन्तानें हैं ॥ ४९ ॥]

...and Atibahu and the celebrated Haha and Huhu, and Tumburu were--the best of Gandharvas--

Mohan Chettoor

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[polis...@gmail.com]

Open the below link to see various definitions and references to Haha and Huhu

https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/huhu

A hilarious 80 page novel was written by Vishwanatha Satyanarayana garu (Kavisamrat, Kalaprapurna, Padmabhushan, Jnanpith Awardee) in Telugu language. Story of this short novel revolves around what happens if these puranic characters Haha and Huhu land in modern day London city. This book was published about 100 years ago. It can be accessed at 

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.370911/  

Regards

P V S Kumar

[Vishnudaivata Bhaktivedanta]

The vraja-gopīs, intoxicated with the highest sentiments of selfless love, say, “O sakhī! On seeing the transcendental behavior of the birds of Vṛndāvana, we cannot think that they are ordinary birds of the forest. It appears that self-satisfied sages, like Sanaka and Sanandana, have entered Vṛndāvana in the form of birds to taste the nectarean sweetness of the flute and beauty of vṛndāvana-vihārī Kṛṣṇa, who enjoys roaming about the forests. Living on Brahma-loka these sages were relishing the songs of the Vedas from Brahmā and the lovely singing of Hāhā, Hūhū and other Gandharvas. But then they heard the veṇu-nāda evincing startlingly novel melodies, rhythms, cadences of ascending and descending notes and other musical innovations, all combined with ever-increasingly higher and newer aspects of mādhurya-rasa. Just by hearing that veṇu-gīta, which allures the whole universe, they became overwhelmed with joy and lost consciousness.”    
This clearly shows that Kṛṣṇa’s veṇu-nāda has some special qualities and some incomparable nectar which is found neither in the singing of the Vedas nor in brahma-samādhi on Brahma-loka. Therefore residents of that planet, like the munis Sanaka and Sanandana, who enter brahma-samādhi upon hearing the songs of the Vedas, leave their residence in Brahma-loka in order to be birds in Vṛndāvana and taste the nectar of Krsna’s veṇu-nāda. In this way they understand that their lives are fully successful. They renounce the desire tree of the Vedas and take shelter on the branches of the trees of Vṛndāvana. With half-closed eyes and fixed minds, they listen to the veṇu-nāda with full absorption, renouncing everything except for Kṛṣṇa’s name, form, qualities and pastimes. By fixing their minds exclusively on Kṛṣṇa, their lives become meaningful.

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[kenp]

हाहा हूहू ....containing Sanskrit verses

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[Ecneics]

Thank you for all your references with regards to Haha and Huhu. From what I understand that Haha and Huhu are some of the well-known Gandharvas who are mentioned selectively for some reasons within the shastras. 

I was operating on a hypothesis that they may be some kind of celestial jesters but there seems to be no such evidence of the same in the scriptures.

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