रश्मि (raśmi) is a Sanskrit word meaning a string, rope, cord, trace, rein, bridle, or leash, a goad or whip, a measuring cord, a ray of light, beam, or splendour, food, wing or eyelash. Its 17 recorded definitions are grouped into 5 contexts, among them String / Rope / Rein / Cord, Ray of light / Splendour, Eyelash.
Etymology
E. अश to pervade, Uṇādi aff. मि, and रश substituted for the radical
1. Cord, rope, or trace. 2. Rein or whip. 3. Measuring cord. 4. Line of light, ray, or splendour.
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 251-3] रश्मि (raśmi) raś-mí, m. cord, rope; trace; rein; whip; measuring cord; line of light; ray; splendour: -kalāpa,m. pearl necklace of fifty-four strings; -maṇḍala,n. wreath of rays; -mat,a. radiant; m. sun; N.; -mālin,a. having a garland of rays; -muca,m. (diffuser of rays), sun; -vát,a. radiant; m. sun. [ID=15101]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A string or rope. 2. A bridle or rein. 3. A whip. 4. A beam or ray of light.
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 606-17] रश्मि (raśmi)m. 1. A string, a rope; 2. a bridle, a rein, मुक्तेषु रश्मि (raśmi)षु निरायतपूर्वकायाः (mukteṣu raśmiṣu nirāyatapūrvakāyāḥ)Sak. i.; 3. a whip; 4. a beam, a ray of light, Na. xxii.56. [ID=31867]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A rein. 2. A ray of light. 3. An eyelash.
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 0761-b] रश्मि (raśmi)raśmi (i. e.raś + mi; with raś
cf. probably Lat. laqueus, cf.rasanā),
m.1. A rein, Nal. 19, 22. 2. A ray of
light, Pañc. 162, 11. 3. An eyelash.
— Comp.Uṣṇa- and Tigma-,m. the
sun, Ragh. 5, 4; Śiś. 9, 11. Śita-,m.
the moon, Śṛṅgārat. 6. Syūma-,m.
a proper name, Chr. 297, 16 = Rigv. i.
112, 16.
[ID=12007]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A line, cord, trace, rein, whip, or measuring rope. 2. A ray or beam of light.
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 444] रश्मि (raśmi)m. (f.) line, cord, trace, rein, whip, measuring rope; ray or beam of light. [ID=26660]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Line or cord. 2. Ray of light or beam.
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 229-a] raśmí,m. —1. line, cord; —2.fig. (line, i. e.) ray, of light; beam. [so Eng.ray involves a metaphor, its Lat. predecessor radius meaning orig. ‘staff’ and then ‘spoke’: cf.raśanā́ and rāśí.] [ID=3507]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
1. A string, rope, cord, bridle, rein, leash, or measuring rope. 2. A goad or whip. 3. A finger. 4. A ray of light or beam. 5. An eyelash.
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 0834-c] रश्मि (raśmi)raśmi, is, m. (in one passage is, f.; connected with raśanā above; in Uṇādi-s. IV. 46. said to be fr. raś, substituted for rt. 1. aś, to per- vade; perhaps connected with rt. 1. las, to shine), a string, rope, cord; a bridle, rein, leash; a measuring cord or rope; a goad, whip; a finger (Ved.); a ray of light, beam [cf. aṃśu]; an eyelash (= pakṣ-man); (in Vājasaneyi-s. XV. 6. said to) = anna; Page0835-a+ 80 [cf. probably Lat. laqueus.] —Raśmi-kalāpa, as, m. a pearl-necklace &c. consisting of fifty-four (or according to others fifty-six) threads. —Raśmi-ketu,us, m. ‘beam-bannered,’ epithet of a Rākṣasa; of a particular comet (Ved.). —Raśmi-krīḍa, as, m., N. of a Rākṣasa. —Raśmi-pati, is, m. a species of plant (= ravi-pattra). —Raśmi-pavitra, as, ā,am, Ved. purified by rays or beams. —Raśmi-pra-bhāsa, as, m., N. of a Buddha. —Raśmi-maṇḍala,am, n. a circle or garland of rays. —Raśmi-mat, ān,atī, at, having rays or beams, radiant; (ān), m. the sun; a proper N. —Raśmi-maya, as, ī, am, formed of beams, consisting of rays. —Raśmi-mālin, ī, inī,i, encircled or garlanded with rays. —Raśmi-muca,as, m. ‘ray-emitting,’ the sun. —Raśmi-rāja, as, m. a proper N. —Raśmi-vat, ān, atī, at, having rays, radiant; (ān), m. the sun, (also raśmī-vat.) —Raśmi-śata-śahasra-paripūrṇa-dhvaja, as, m., N. of a Buddha. [ID=39228]
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 2-208] 1. Raśmi is not rarely found in the sense of ‘rope’1 generally; but more usually it denotes either the ‘reins’ or the ‘traces’2 of a chariot, either sense being equally good in most passages. [Footnote: 1) Rv. i. 28, 4; iv. 22, 8; viii. 25, 18, etc.; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, iv. 19, 3, etc.]
[Footnote: 2) Rv. viii. 7, 8; x. 130, 7, etc.; Taittirīya Saṃhitā, i. 6, 4, 3; Vāja- saneyi Saṃhitā, xxiii. 14; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, i. 2, 4, 2, etc. In Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, ii. 37, 1, the two inner (antarau) reins or traces of the chariot are mentioned. Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 249.] [ID=2654]
— The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects
Ray of light / Splendour
5 definitions5
A ray of light, beam, or splendour.
a ray of light, beam, splendour, RV. &c. &c. [ID=175445]
रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 3-058] Raśmi — one of the 20 Sutapa gaṇas. Vā. 100. 15. [ID=11513]
— The Purana Index
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Definitions on this page come from 12 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
