vap-ran pṛṣo ºata itvam; Uṇ. 2. 28] 1 A Brāhmaṇa; see the quo- tations under brāhmaṇa.

2 A sage, wise man.

3 The Aśvattha tree.

4 (In prosody) A foot of four short sylla- bles.

5 A singer of hymns, praiser. Comp. ṛṣiḥ = brahmaṣiṃḥ q. v. kāṣṭhaṃ the cotton-plant. priyaḥ the Palāśa tree. samāgamaḥ a concourse or sy- nod of Brāhmaṇas. svaṃ the proper- ty of a Brāhmaṇa.