आर्ष

Sanskrit

Adjective

आर्ष (ārṣa)

  1. of or relating to the rishis (MBh., R., etc.)
  2. ancient

Declension

Noun

आर्ष (ārṣa) m

  1. an old form of marriage, in which one or two pairs of cattle are given as a bride price (ĀśvGṛ., Mn.)

Declension

Noun

आर्ष (ārṣa) n

  1. the words of the rishis, Vedas (Nir., RPrāt., Mn.)
  2. sacred descent (Yājñ.)
  3. derivation of a poem from an rishi

Declension

References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 0152
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