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Entry ऋषभ

  1. ऋषभṛṣabhaA woman with masculine features (as a beard &c.).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -भी

      1. A woman with masculine features (as a beard etc.).
      2. A cow.
      3. A widow.
      4. The plant Carpopogon Pruriens (शूकशिंबी); also another plant (शिराला) (Marâthî कुयली) -Compound
    • -कूटः Name of a mountain.

    • -दीपः पम् Name of a country.

    • -ध्वजः Name of Śiva.

    • ऋषभः ṛṣabhḥ

      1. ऋष्-अभक्; Uṇ 3.123
      2. A bull.
      3. (With names of other animals) the male animal, as अजर्षभः a goat.
      4. The best or most excellent (as the last member of a comp.); as पुरुषर्षभः, भरतर्षभः etc.
      5. The second of the seven notes of the gamut; (said to be uttered by cows; गावस्त्वृषभभाषिणः); श्रुतिसमधिकमुच्चैः पञ्चमं पीडयन्तः सततमृषभहीनं भिन्नकीकृत्य षड्जम् Śi.11.1; ऋषभोऽत्र गीयत इति Āryā S.141.
      6. The hollow of the ear.
      7. A boar's tail.
      8. A crocodile's tail.
      9. A dried plant, one of the 8 principal medicaments. (Marâthî बैलघाटी, काकडशिंगी)
      10. Name of an antidote.
      11. An incarnation of Viṣṇu; नाभेरसावृषभ आस सुदेविसूनुः Bhāg. 2.7.1.
      12. A sacrifice (to be performed by kings).
    • -भाः Masculine The inhabitants of क्रौञ्चद्वीप; Bhāg.5.2.22.

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