महर्षि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মহৰ্ষি (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬳᬃᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
• মহর্ষি (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
• မဟရ္ၑိ (Burmese script)
• મહર્ષિ (Gujarati script)
• ਮਹਰ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦲꦂꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಹರ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
• មហឞ៌ិ (Khmer script)
• ມຫຣ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
• മഹര്ഷി (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᡥᠠᡵᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠾᠠᠷᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
• ମହର୍ଷି (Odia script)
• ꢪꢲꢬ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
• මහර්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚩𑚤𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
• மஹர்ஷி (Tamil script)
• మహర్షి (Telugu script)
• มหรฺษิ (Thai script)
• མ་ཧ་རྵི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of महा (mahā́, “great”) +‎ ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi, “rishi, sage, poet”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐ.ɦɐ́ɾ.ʂi/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐˈɦɐɾ.ʂi/

Noun

महर्षि • (mahárṣi) stem, m

1. a Maharishi; a member of the highest order of sages/seers in ancient India
2. a title for a sage of great renown, used for Valmiki and Dayanand

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of महर्षि (mahárṣi)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	महर्षिः mahárṣiḥ	महर्षी mahárṣī	महर्षयः mahárṣayaḥ
Vocative	महर्षे máharṣe	महर्षी máharṣī	महर्षयः máharṣayaḥ
Accusative	महर्षिम् mahárṣim	महर्षी mahárṣī	महर्षीन् mahárṣīn
Instrumental	महर्षिणा / महर्ष्या¹ mahárṣiṇā / mahárṣyā¹	महर्षिभ्याम् mahárṣibhyām	महर्षिभिः mahárṣibhiḥ
Dative	महर्षये mahárṣaye	महर्षिभ्याम् mahárṣibhyām	महर्षिभ्यः mahárṣibhyaḥ
Ablative	महर्षेः mahárṣeḥ	महर्षिभ्याम् mahárṣibhyām	महर्षिभ्यः mahárṣibhyaḥ
Genitive	महर्षेः mahárṣeḥ	महर्ष्योः mahárṣyoḥ	महर्षीणाम् mahárṣīṇām
Locative	महर्षौ / महर्षा¹ mahárṣau / mahárṣā¹	महर्ष्योः mahárṣyoḥ	महर्षिषु mahárṣiṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “महर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794.

Maharishi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia