सप्तर्षि
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Big Dipper 
The Seven Sages
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সপ্তৰ্ষি (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬃᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- সপ্তর্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- သပ္တရ္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- સપ્તર્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਪ੍ਤਰ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦂꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಪ್ತರ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- សប្តឞ៌ិ (Khmer script)
- ສປ຺ຕຣ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- സപ്തര്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᡵᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠷᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ସପ୍ତର୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢬ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- සප්තර්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚤𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஸப்தர்ஷி (Tamil script)
- సప్తర్షి (Telugu script)
- สปฺตรฺษิ (Thai script)
- ས་པྟ་རྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of सप्त (saptá, “seven”) + ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi, “sage”).
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *saptá (“seven”) and Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥šíš (“seer”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬞𐬙𐬀 (hapta, “seven”) and Avestan 𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬌𐬱 (ərəšiš, “seer”).
Pronunciation
सप्तर्षि • (saptarṣi) stem, m
- (Hinduism) Saptarshi. The seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature, who also authored the hymns of sūkta 107 from the ninth book of Ṛgveda.
The Mahābhārata acknowledges the names of seven rishis as: Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Pulastya and Kaśyapa.
According to Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad the names of seven sages are: Gautama, Bharadvāja, Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa and Atri.
The Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda in the Sandhyāvandanam has it as: Aṅgirā, Atri, Bhṛgu, Gautama, Kaśyapa, Kutsa and Vasiṣṭha. - (astronomy) the main seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major/Great Bear. Also known as Big Dipper (US) / Plough (UK).
Declension
| Masculine i-stem declension of सप्तर्षि (saptárṣi) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | सप्तर्षिः saptárṣiḥ |
सप्तर्षी saptárṣī |
सप्तर्षयः saptárṣayaḥ |
| Vocative | सप्तर्षे sáptarṣe |
सप्तर्षी sáptarṣī |
सप्तर्षयः sáptarṣayaḥ |
| Accusative | सप्तर्षिम् saptárṣim |
सप्तर्षी saptárṣī |
सप्तर्षीन् saptárṣīn |
| Instrumental | सप्तर्षिणा / सप्तर्ष्या¹ saptárṣiṇā / saptárṣyā¹ |
सप्तर्षिभ्याम् saptárṣibhyām |
सप्तर्षिभिः saptárṣibhiḥ |
| Dative | सप्तर्षये saptárṣaye |
सप्तर्षिभ्याम् saptárṣibhyām |
सप्तर्षिभ्यः saptárṣibhyaḥ |
| Ablative | सप्तर्षेः saptárṣeḥ |
सप्तर्षिभ्याम् saptárṣibhyām |
सप्तर्षिभ्यः saptárṣibhyaḥ |
| Genitive | सप्तर्षेः saptárṣeḥ |
सप्तर्ष्योः saptárṣyoḥ |
सप्तर्षीणाम् saptárṣīṇām |
| Locative | सप्तर्षौ / सप्तर्षा¹ saptárṣau / saptárṣā¹ |
सप्तर्ष्योः saptárṣyoḥ |
सप्तर्षिषु saptárṣiṣu |
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Descendants
- → Bengali: সপ্তর্ষি (śoptorśi) (learned)
- → Hindi: सप्तर्षि (saptarṣi) (learned)
- → Malayalam: സപ്തർഷികൾ (saptaṟṣikaḷ) (learned)
- → Marathi: सप्तर्षी (saptarṣī) (learned)
- → Odia: ସପ୍ତର୍ଷି (saptarshi) (learned)
- → Punjabi: ਸਪਤਰਿਸ਼ੀ (saptariśī) (learned)
- → Tamil: சப்தரிஷி (captariṣi) (learned)
- → Telugu: సప్తర్షులు (saptarṣulu) (learned)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सप्तर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1150/1.