ऋश्य
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ऋष्य (ṛṣya) — Later texts; misspelling
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hŕ̥śyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćyas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ĺ̥-ḱ-yos, from *h₁el- (“deer, horned wild animal”). Cognate with Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), Old English eolh (whence English elk).
Pronunciation
Noun
ऋश्य • (ṛ́śya) stem, m (Vedic)
- a stag, the male of a species of antelope
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.4.10:
- ऋश्यो न तृष्यन्नवपानमा गहि पिबा सोमं वशाँ अनु ।
निमेघमानो मघवन्दिवेदिव ओजिष्ठं दधिषे सहः ॥- ṛśyo na tṛṣyannavapānamā gahi pibā somaṃ vaśām̐ anu.
nimeghamāno maghavandivediva ojiṣṭhaṃ dadhiṣe sahaḥ. - Come like a thirsty antelope to the drinking-place: drink Soma to thy heart's desire.
Raining it down, O Maghavan, day after day, thou gainest thy surpassing might.
- ṛśyo na tṛṣyannavapānamā gahi pibā somaṃ vaśām̐ anu.
- ऋश्यो न तृष्यन्नवपानमा गहि पिबा सोमं वशाँ अनु ।
Usage notes
Although the form ऋष्य (ṛṣya) is more popular due to its use in Classical Sanskrit literature, Monier-Williams states that the word was originally ऋश्य (ṛ́śya). The original form is also attested in the Rig Veda.
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of ऋश्य (ṛ́śya) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | ऋश्यः ṛ́śyaḥ |
ऋश्यौ / ऋश्या¹ ṛ́śyau / ṛ́śyā¹ |
ऋश्याः / ऋश्यासः¹ ṛ́śyāḥ / ṛ́śyāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | ऋश्य ṛ́śya |
ऋश्यौ / ऋश्या¹ ṛ́śyau / ṛ́śyā¹ |
ऋश्याः / ऋश्यासः¹ ṛ́śyāḥ / ṛ́śyāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | ऋश्यम् ṛ́śyam |
ऋश्यौ / ऋश्या¹ ṛ́śyau / ṛ́śyā¹ |
ऋश्यान् ṛ́śyān |
Instrumental | ऋश्येन ṛ́śyena |
ऋश्याभ्याम् ṛ́śyābhyām |
ऋश्यैः / ऋश्येभिः¹ ṛ́śyaiḥ / ṛ́śyebhiḥ¹ |
Dative | ऋश्याय ṛ́śyāya |
ऋश्याभ्याम् ṛ́śyābhyām |
ऋश्येभ्यः ṛ́śyebhyaḥ |
Ablative | ऋश्यात् ṛ́śyāt |
ऋश्याभ्याम् ṛ́śyābhyām |
ऋश्येभ्यः ṛ́śyebhyaḥ |
Genitive | ऋश्यस्य ṛ́śyasya |
ऋश्ययोः ṛ́śyayoḥ |
ऋश्यानाम् ṛ́śyānām |
Locative | ऋश्ये ṛ́śye |
ऋश्ययोः ṛ́śyayoḥ |
ऋश्येषु ṛ́śyeṣu |
Notes |
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Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऋश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 226.
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