महर्षि
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Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- মহৰ্ষি (Assamese script)
- ᬫᬳᬃᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- মহর্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰦𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀫𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- မဟရ္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- મહર્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਮਹਰ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌮𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦩꦲꦂꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂧𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಮಹರ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- មហឞ៌ិ (Khmer script)
- ມຫຣ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- മഹര്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᠮᠠᡥᠠᡵᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘦𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠮᠠᠾᠠᠷᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧆𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐩𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ମହର୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢪꢲꢬ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆩𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖦𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- මහර්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩴𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚢𑚩𑚤𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
- மஹர்ஷி (Tamil script)
- మహర్షి (Telugu script)
- มหรฺษิ (Thai script)
- མ་ཧ་རྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒧𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨢𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of महा (mahā́, “great”) + ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi, “rishi, sage, poet”).
Pronunciation
Noun
महर्षि • (mahárṣi) stem, m
- a Maharishi; a member of the highest order of sages/seers in ancient India
- a title for a sage of great renown, used for Valmiki and Dayanand
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | महर्षिः (mahárṣiḥ) | महर्षी (mahárṣī) | महर्षयः (mahárṣayaḥ) |
| vocative | महर्षे (máharṣe) | महर्षी (máharṣī) | महर्षयः (máharṣayaḥ) |
| accusative | महर्षिम् (mahárṣim) | महर्षी (mahárṣī) | महर्षीन् (mahárṣīn) |
| instrumental | महर्षिणा (mahárṣiṇā) महर्ष्या¹ (mahárṣyā¹) |
महर्षिभ्याम् (mahárṣibhyām) | महर्षिभिः (mahárṣibhiḥ) |
| dative | महर्षये (mahárṣaye) | महर्षिभ्याम् (mahárṣibhyām) | महर्षिभ्यः (mahárṣibhyaḥ) |
| ablative | महर्षेः (mahárṣeḥ) | महर्षिभ्याम् (mahárṣibhyām) | महर्षिभ्यः (mahárṣibhyaḥ) |
| genitive | महर्षेः (mahárṣeḥ) | महर्ष्योः (mahárṣyoḥ) | महर्षीणाम् (mahárṣīṇām) |
| locative | महर्षौ (mahárṣau) महर्षा¹ (mahárṣā¹) |
महर्ष्योः (mahárṣyoḥ) | महर्षिषु (mahárṣiṣu) |
- ¹Vedic
References
Monier Williams (1899) “महर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794.
