ऋश्य

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• ऋष्य (ṛṣya) — Later texts; misspelling

Alternative scripts

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)
• ᠷᠢᠱᠶ᠎ᠠ (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

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

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŕ̩ɕ.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /r̩ɕ.jɐ/

Noun

ऋश्य • (ṛ́śya) stem, m

1. (Vedic) a stag, the male of a species of antelope

   Synonyms: हरिण (hariṇá), मृग (mṛgá)

   • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.4.10:

     ऋश्यो॒ न तृष्य॑न्नव॒पान॒मा ग॑हि॒ पिबा॒ सोमं॒ वशाँ॒ अनु॑।
     नि॒मेघ॑मानो मघवन्दि॒वेदि॑व॒ ओजि॑ष्ठं दधिषे॒ सहः॑॥

     ṛ́śyo ná tṛ́ṣyannavapā́namā́ gahi píbā sómaṃ váśām̐ ánu.
     niméghamāno maghavandivédiva ójiṣṭhaṃ dadhiṣe sáhaḥ.

     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.

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

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऋश्यः (ṛ́śyaḥ)	ऋश्यौ (ṛ́śyau) ऋश्या¹ (ṛ́śyā¹)	ऋश्याः (ṛ́śyāḥ) ऋश्यासः¹ (ṛ́śyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ऋश्यम् (ṛ́śyam)	ऋश्यौ (ṛ́śyau) ऋश्या¹ (ṛ́śyā¹)	ऋश्यान् (ṛ́śyān)
instrumental	ऋश्येन (ṛ́śyena)	ऋश्याभ्याम् (ṛ́śyābhyām)	ऋश्यैः (ṛ́śyaiḥ) ऋश्येभिः¹ (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)
vocative	ऋश्य (ṛ́śya)	ऋश्यौ (ṛ́śyau) ऋश्या¹ (ṛ́śyā¹)	ऋश्याः (ṛ́śyāḥ) ऋश्यासः¹ (ṛ́śyāsaḥ¹)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• ⇒ Pali: issamiga

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “ऋश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 226.