Rishabha, Ṛṣabha, Ṛṣabhā: 40 definitions

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Rishabha has 38 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit terms Ṛṣabha and Ṛṣabhā can be transliterated into English as Rsabha or Rishabha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Ṛṣabha (ऋषभ):—

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Ṛṣabha (ऋषभ):—

1) a) anṛṣabhāḥ paśavaḥ [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 13, 5, 18. 10, 11. 15, 3, 17.] — b) [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 18, 6, 14. 19, 12, 2. 3.] — c) [Weber’s Indische Studien.8,259. fg. 267. fg.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 86,40.] [Oxforder Handschriften 200,b,7.] — i) [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 19, 12, 1.] — k) verfasser von Mantra [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 459.] ein Muni [Oxforder Handschriften 52,b,6.] Verehrer Śiva’s [74,b,6.] rājā ṛṣabhaḥ somakeśvaraḥ [46,a,8. 276,b,18.] ein Fürst [Kathāsaritsāgara 109, 62. 113, 6.] von Ayodhyā [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 111, 10.] m. pl. als Bewohner des Krauñcadvīpa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 22.] — l) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 79, 15.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 110, 43. 46. 58.] — m) ṛṣabhaḥ pavamānaḥ [?(Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 15, 3,

16) Nalopākhyāna] verschiedener Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,210,b.] rudrasya ṛṣabhaḥ desgl. [231,b.] raivata ( [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 13, 10, 10]) und raivatya ṛṣabhaḥ desgl. [232,a.] vairājaṛṣabham desgl. [238,a.] śākvaramṛṣabham [?(Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 13,5,17) desgl. 239,b.] — n) Name des [15ten] Kalpa (nach der Note benannt) [Oxforder Handschriften 52,a,1.] — Am Schlusse lies wie st. wird.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Ṛṣabha (ऋषभ):——

1) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a) Stier. — b) in Comp. mit andern Thiernamen Männchen. — c) der Beste , Edelste unter (Gen. oder im Comp. vorangehend) , ein Held (z.B. in der Rede). — d) die zweite Note der indischen Tonleiter. — e) Name des 15ten Kalpa. — f) *Ohrhöhle. — g) *Schwanz eines Ebers. — h) *Schwanz eines Krokodils. — i) eine best. auf dem Himavant wachsende Knolle. — k) ein best. Antidoton. — l) ein best. Ekāha. — m) in Verbindung mit einem Gen. (z.B. rudrasya oder verschiedener Adjj. Name von Sāman. — n) Pl. Bez. der Kriegerkaste in Krauñcadvīpa. — o) Nomen proprium — α) Pl. eines Volkes. — β) verschiedener Männer. — γ) eines Affen. — δ) eines Schlangendämonds. — ε) eines Gebirges. — ζ) eines Tīrtha. —

2) f. ṛṣabhī — a) *Mannweib. — b) *Wittwe. — c) Carpopogon pruriens ([Carakasaṃhitā 1,4]) und * = sirālā.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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