ऋश

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ঋশ (Assamese script)
• ᬋᬰ (Balinese script)
• ঋশ (Bengali script)
• 𑰆𑰫 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀋𑀰 (Brahmi script)
• ၒၐ (Burmese script)
• ઋશ (Gujarati script)
• ਰਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌋𑌶 (Grantha script)
• ꦉꦯ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂱𑂬 (Kaithi script)
• ಋಶ (Kannada script)
• ឫឝ (Khmer script)
• ຣິຨ (Lao script)
• ഋശ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᡳᡧᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘆𑘫 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠢᠱᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦦𑧋 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐆𑐱 (Newa script)
• ଋଶ (Odia script)
• ꢈꢯ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆉𑆯 (Sharada script)
• 𑖆𑖫 (Siddham script)
• ඍශ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩙𑩿 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚧 (Takri script)
• ரிஶ (Tamil script)
• ఋశ (Telugu script)
• ฤศ (Thai script)
• རྀ་ཤ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒇𑒬 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨉𑨮 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ĺ̥-ḱo-s, from *h₁el- (“deer, horned wild animal”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), English elk. Also related to ऋश्य (ṛśya).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŕ̩.ɕɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /r̩.ɕɐ/

Noun

ऋश • (ṛ́śa) stem, m (Vedic)

1. a stag; the male of a species of antelope
   • c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda 6.101.3:

     आहं तनोमि ते पसो अधि ज्यामिव धन्वनि ।
     क्रमस्वर्श इव रोहितमनवग्लायता सदा ॥

     āhaṃ tanomi te paso adhi jyāmiva dhanvani.
     kramasvarśa iva rohitamanavaglāyatā sadā.

     I stretch your penis like a bowstring on a bow
     Approach [a woman] tirelessly always, like a stag approaches a doe.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of ऋश

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	ऋशः (ṛ́śaḥ)	ऋशौ (ṛ́śau) ऋशा¹ (ṛ́śā¹)	ऋशाः (ṛ́śāḥ) ऋशासः¹ (ṛ́śāsaḥ¹)
vocative	ऋश (ṛ́śa)	ऋशौ (ṛ́śau) ऋशा¹ (ṛ́śā¹)	ऋशाः (ṛ́śāḥ) ऋशासः¹ (ṛ́śāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ऋशम् (ṛ́śam)	ऋशौ (ṛ́śau) ऋशा¹ (ṛ́śā¹)	ऋशान् (ṛ́śān)
instrumental	ऋशेन (ṛ́śena)	ऋशाभ्याम् (ṛ́śābhyām)	ऋशैः (ṛ́śaiḥ) ऋशेभिः¹ (ṛ́śebhiḥ¹)
dative	ऋशाय (ṛ́śāya)	ऋशाभ्याम् (ṛ́śābhyām)	ऋशेभ्यः (ṛ́śebhyaḥ)
ablative	ऋशात् (ṛ́śāt)	ऋशाभ्याम् (ṛ́śābhyām)	ऋशेभ्यः (ṛ́śebhyaḥ)
genitive	ऋशस्य (ṛ́śasya)	ऋशयोः (ṛ́śayoḥ)	ऋशानाम् (ṛ́śānām)
locative	ऋशे (ṛ́śe)	ऋशयोः (ṛ́śayoḥ)	ऋशेषु (ṛ́śeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

References

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