ऋच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬋᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঋচ্ (Assamese script)
• ঋচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌋𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ઋચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਚੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦉꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• ឫច៑ (Khmer script)
• ಋಚ್ (Kannada script)
• ຣິຈ຺ (Lao script)
• ഋച് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘆𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᢋ (Mongolian script)
• ᡵᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
• ၒစ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦦𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଋଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢈꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඍච් (Sinhalese script)
• ரிச் (Tamil script)
• ఋచ్ (Telugu script)
• ฤจฺ (Thai script)
• རྀ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŕ̩t͡ɕ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /r̩t͡ɕ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ŕ̥kʷs, from *h₁erkʷ- (“to praise”). Cognate with Old Armenian երգ (erg, “song”), Tocharian A yärk, Tocharian B yarke (“worship, veneration”).

Noun

ऋच् • (ṛ́c) root form, f

1. praise, verse, especially a sacred verse recited in praise of a deity (as opposed to the सामन् (sāman) or verses which were sung and to the यजुस् (yajus) or sacrificial words, formularies, and verses which were muttered)
2. sacred text
3. the collection of the ṛc verses, i.e. the Rigveda
4. the text of the Pūrvatāpanīya

Declension

Feminine c-stem declension of ऋच् (ṛ́c)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऋक् ṛ́k	ऋचौ ṛ́cau	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ
Vocative	ऋक् ṛ́k	ऋचौ ṛ́cau	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ
Accusative	ऋचम् ṛ́cam	ऋचौ ṛ́cau	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ
Instrumental	ऋचा ṛ́cā	ऋग्भ्याम् ṛ́gbhyām	ऋग्भिः ṛ́gbhiḥ
Dative	ऋचे ṛ́ce	ऋग्भ्याम् ṛ́gbhyām	ऋग्भ्यः ṛ́gbhyaḥ
Ablative	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ	ऋग्भ्याम् ṛ́gbhyām	ऋग्भ्यः ṛ́gbhyaḥ
Genitive	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ	ऋचोः ṛ́coḥ	ऋचाम् ṛ́cām
Locative	ऋचि ṛ́ci	ऋचोः ṛ́coḥ	ऋक्षु ṛ́kṣu

Derived terms

• ऋक्छस् (ṛkchas, “verse by verse, verse after the other”)
• ऋक्वत् (ṛkvát, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
• ऋक्संहित (ṛksaṃhita, “the Saṃhitā of the Ṛgveda”)
• ऋगयन (ṛgayana, “going through the Veda,study of the complete Veda”)
• ऋग्गण (ṛggaṇa, “the whole body of the Ṛgveda”)
• ऋग्ब्राह्मण (ṛgbrāhmaṇa, “the Brāhmaṇa which belongs to the ̣Rgveda, the Aitareya-Brāhmaṇa”)
• ऋग्मत् (ṛgmat, “having or praised in ṛc verses”)
• ऋग्मिन् (ṛgmin, “praising, jubilant with praise”)
• ऋग्विद् (ṛgvid, “knowing the Ṛgveda”)
• ऋग्वेद (ṛgveda, “the Ṛgveda”)

 

Etymology 2

Root

ऋच् • (ṛc)

1. Alternative form of अर्च् (arc)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “ऋच्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0225.