ऋश्य
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
- ऋष्य (ṛṣya) – Later texts; misspelling
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hŕ̥śyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ĉyas, 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
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ŕ̩ɕ.jɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈr̩ɕ.jɐ/
Noun
ऋश्य • (ṛ́śya) 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 ।
- Synonyms: हरिण (hariṇá), मृग (mṛgá)
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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ऋश्यः ṛ́śyaḥ | ऋश्यौ ṛ́śyau | ऋश्याः / ऋश्यासः¹ ṛ́śyāḥ / ṛ́śyāsaḥ¹ |
| Vocative | ऋश्य ṛ́śya | ऋश्यौ ṛ́śyau | ऋश्याः / ऋश्यासः¹ ṛ́śyāḥ / ṛ́śyāsaḥ¹ |
| Accusative | ऋश्यम् ṛ́śyam | ऋश्यौ ṛ́śyau | 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 |
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Descendants
- Pali: *issa (in issamiga and issasinga) (distinct from issa (“bear”) < ऋक्ष (ṛ́kṣa))
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “ऋश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 226.