ऋच्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ঋচ্ (Assamese script)
• ᬋᬘ᭄ (Balinese script)
• ঋচ্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰓𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀘𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• ၒစ် (Burmese script)
• ઋચ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਚ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌋𑌚𑍍 (Grantha script)
• ꦉꦕ꧀ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂒𑂹 (Kaithi script)
• ಋಚ್ (Kannada script)
• ឫច៑ (Khmer script)
• ຣິຈ຺ (Lao script)
• ഋച് (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᢜ (Manchu script)
• 𑘆𑘓𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᢋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦦𑦳𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐔𑑂 (Newa script)
• ଋଚ୍ (Odia script)
• ꢈꢗ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆖𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖓𑖿 (Siddham script)
• ඍච් (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩙𑩡 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚏𑚶 (Takri script)
• ரிச் (Tamil script)
• ఋచ్ (Telugu script)
• ฤจฺ (Thai script)
• རྀ་ཙ྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒔𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨉𑨣𑨴 (Zanabazar Square 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) stem, 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 root-stem declension of ऋच् (ṛ́c)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ऋक् ṛ́k	ऋचौ / ऋचा¹ ṛ́cau / ṛ́cā¹	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ
Vocative	ऋक् ṛ́k	ऋचौ / ऋचा¹ ṛ́cau / ṛ́cā¹	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ
Accusative	ऋचम् ṛ́cam	ऋचौ / ऋचा¹ ṛ́cau / ṛ́cā¹	ऋचः ṛ́caḥ
Instrumental	ऋचा ṛcā́	ऋग्भ्याम् ṛgbhyā́m	ऋग्भिः ṛgbhíḥ
Dative	ऋचे ṛcé	ऋग्भ्याम् ṛgbhyā́m	ऋग्भ्यः ṛgbhyáḥ
Ablative	ऋचः ṛcáḥ	ऋग्भ्याम् ṛgbhyā́m	ऋग्भ्यः ṛgbhyáḥ
Genitive	ऋचः ṛcáḥ	ऋचोः ṛcóḥ	ऋचाम् ṛcā́m
Locative	ऋचि ṛcí	ऋचोः ṛcóḥ	ऋक्षु ṛkṣú
Notes	¹Vedic

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.