a. (rṣī f.) [ṛṣeridaṃ aṇ] 1 Used by a Ṛṣi only, relating or be- longing to sages, archaic, Vedic (opp. laukika or classical); ārṣaḥprayogaḥ; saṃbuddhau śākalyasyetāvanārṣe Sk.; ārṣo dharmaḥ Ms. 3. 29; Y. 1. 59; ārṣaḥ pratyayaḥ P. II. 4. 58.

2 Sacred, holy, divine, superhuman; U. 6. rṣaḥ A form of marriage derived from the Ṛṣis; one of the eight forms of marriage in which the father of the bride receives one or...

mf (I) n. relating or belonging to or derived from R2ishis fzi s (i.e. the poets of the Vedic and other old hymns), archaistic MBh.; R. &c 152,3 26630 m. a form of marriage derived from the R2ishis fzi s (the father of the bride receiving one or two pairs of kine from the bridegroom) A1s3vGr2. i, 6, 4; Mn. iii, 21; Ya1jn5. i, 58 (cf. vivāha) 152,3 26631 f. a wife married by the above form of marriage Vishn2us. xxiv,...