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): /ˈr̩ɕ.jɐ/

Noun

ऋश्य • (ṛ́śya) stem, m

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

   Synonyms: हरिण (hariṇá), मृग (mṛgá)

   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 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 (ṛśyaḥ)	ऋश्यौ (ṛśyau) ऋश्या¹ (ṛśyā¹)	ऋश्याः (ṛśyāḥ) ऋश्यासः¹ (ṛśyāsaḥ¹)
vocative	ऋश्य (ṛśya)	ऋश्यौ (ṛśyau) ऋश्या¹ (ṛśyā¹)	ऋश्याः (ṛśyāḥ) ऋश्यासः¹ (ṛśyāsaḥ¹)
accusative	ऋश्यम् (ṛśyam)	ऋश्यौ (ṛśyau) ऋश्या¹ (ṛśyā¹)	ऋश्यान् (ṛśyān)
instrumental	ऋश्येन (ṛśyena)	ऋश्याभ्याम् (ṛśyābhyām)	ऋश्यैः (ṛśyaiḥ) ऋश्येभिः¹ (ṛśyebhiḥ¹)
dative	ऋश्याय (ṛśyāya)	ऋश्याभ्याम् (ṛśyābhyām)	ऋश्येभ्यः (ṛśyebhyaḥ)
ablative	ऋश्यात् (ṛśyāt)	ऋश्याभ्याम् (ṛśyābhyām)	ऋश्येभ्यः (ṛśyebhyaḥ)
genitive	ऋश्यस्य (ṛśyasya)	ऋश्ययोः (ṛśyayoḥ)	ऋश्यानाम् (ṛśyānām)
locative	ऋश्ये (ṛśye)	ऋश्ययोः (ṛśyayoḥ)	ऋश्येषु (ṛśyeṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Descendants

• ⇒ Pali: issamiga

References

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