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Sanskrit
- 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)
- ᠷᠢᠱᠶᠠ (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
Noun
ऋश्य • (ṛ́śya) stem, m
- (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.
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