महर्षि

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Compound of महा (mahā́, great) +‎ ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi, rishi, sage, poet).

Pronunciation

Noun

महर्षि (mahárṣi) stemm

  1. a Maharishi; a member of the highest order of sages/seers in ancient India
  2. a title for a sage of great renown, used for Valmiki and Dayanand

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of महर्षि (mahárṣi)
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 / महर्ष्या¹
mahárṣiṇā / 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 / महर्षा¹
mahárṣau / mahárṣā¹
महर्ष्योः
mahárṣyoḥ
महर्षिषु
mahárṣiṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899) “महर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794.

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