ऋषभ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • ᬋᬱᬪ (Balinese script)
  • ঋষভ (Assamese script)
  • ঋষভ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰆𑰬𑰥 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀋𑀱𑀪 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌋𑌷𑌭 (Grantha script)
  • ઋષભ (Gujarati script)
  • ਰਸ਼ਭ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦉꦰꦨ (Javanese script)
  • ឫឞភ (Khmer script)
  • ಋಷಭ (Kannada script)
  • ຣິຩຠ (Lao script)
  • ഋഷഭ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘆𑘬𑘥 (Modi script)
  • ᠷᢈᢔᠠᠪᠾᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
  • ᡵᡳᢢᠠᢨᠠ (Manchu script)
  • ၒၑဘ (Burmese script)
  • 𑦦𑧌𑧅 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐆𑐲𑐨 (Newa script)
  • ଋଷଭ (Oriya script)
  • ꢈꢰꢩ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆉𑆰𑆨 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖆𑖬𑖥 (Siddham script)
  • ඍෂභ (Sinhalese script)
  • ఋషభ (Telugu script)
  • ฤษภ (Thai script)
  • རྀ་ཥ་བྷ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒇𑒭𑒦 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)r̥šabʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥sn̥-bʰó-s, from *wérsēn (“male animal; manly man”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬀𐬥‎ (arəšan), Ancient Greek ἄρσην (ársēn), Old Armenian առն (aṙn), Latin verrēs (“boar”). Also related to वृषभ (vṛṣabhá), वृषन् (vṛṣan).

Pronunciation

Noun

ऋषभ • (ṛṣabhá) m

  1. a bull
  2. a male animal of any kind
  3. the best, excellent and the most powerful of any kind or race

Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of ऋषभ (ṛṣabhá)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ऋषभः
ṛṣabháḥ		 ऋषभौ
ṛṣabhaú		 ऋषभाः / ऋषभासः¹
ṛṣabhā́ḥ / ṛṣabhā́saḥ¹
Vocative ऋषभ
ṛ́ṣabha		 ऋषभौ
ṛ́ṣabhau		 ऋषभाः / ऋषभासः¹
ṛ́ṣabhāḥ / ṛ́ṣabhāsaḥ¹
Accusative ऋषभम्
ṛṣabhám		 ऋषभौ
ṛṣabhaú		 ऋषभान्
ṛṣabhā́n
Instrumental ऋषभेण
ṛṣabhéṇa		 ऋषभाभ्याम्
ṛṣabhā́bhyām		 ऋषभैः / ऋषभेभिः¹
ṛṣabhaíḥ / ṛṣabhébhiḥ¹
Dative ऋषभाय
ṛṣabhā́ya		 ऋषभाभ्याम्
ṛṣabhā́bhyām		 ऋषभेभ्यः
ṛṣabhébhyaḥ
Ablative ऋषभात्
ṛṣabhā́t		 ऋषभाभ्याम्
ṛṣabhā́bhyām		 ऋषभेभ्यः
ṛṣabhébhyaḥ
Genitive ऋषभस्य
ṛṣabhásya		 ऋषभयोः
ṛṣabháyoḥ		 ऋषभाणाम्
ṛṣabhā́ṇām
Locative ऋषभे
ṛṣabhé		 ऋषभयोः
ṛṣabháyoḥ		 ऋषभेषु
ṛṣabhéṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

See also
Zodiac signs in Sanskrit (layout · text)
मेष (meṣa) ♈︎ ऋषभ (ṛṣabha) ♉︎ मिथुन (mithuna) ♊︎ कर्कटक (karkaṭaka) ♋︎
सिंह (siṃha) ♌︎ कन्या (kanyā) ♍︎ तुला (tulā) ♎︎ वृश्चिक (vṛścika) ♏︎
धनु (dhanu) ♐︎ मकर (makara) ♑︎ कुम्भ (kumbha) ♒︎ मीन (mīna) ♓︎
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