ऋश्य
Sanskrit edit
Alternative forms edit
- ऋष्य (ṛṣya) — Later texts; misspelling
Alternative scripts edit
Alternative scripts
- ঋশ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬋᬰ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- ঋশ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰆𑰫𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀋𑀰𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ၒၐျ (Burmese script)
- ઋશ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਰਸ਼੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌋𑌶𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦉꦯꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂩𑂱𑂬𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಋಶ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ឫឝ្យ (Khmer script)
- ຣິຨ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- ഋശ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᡵᡳᡧᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘆𑘫𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᠷᠢᠱᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦦𑧋𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐆𑐱𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ଋଶ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢈꢯ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆉𑆯𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖆𑖫𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ඍශ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩙𑩿 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ரிஶ்ய (Tamil script)
- ఋశ్య (Telugu script)
- ฤศฺย (Thai script)
- རྀ་ཤྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒇𑒬𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨫𑨉𑨮𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ĺ̥-ḱ-yos (“horned wild animal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), English elk. Also compare ऋश (ṛśa).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
| Masculine a-stem declension of ऋश्य (ṛ́śya) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
- ⇒ Pali: issamiga
References edit
- Monier Williams (1899) “ऋश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 226.