# रश्मि (raśmi)

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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 — E. aśa to pervade, Uṇādi aff. mi, and raśa substituted for the radical
- **SLP1:** `raSmi`  **IAST:** raśmi  **Devanagari:** रश्मि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashmi_%28Hindu_astrology%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rashmi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### String / Rope / Rein / Cord (9 definitions)
- 1. A string, rope, cord, trace, rein, bridle, or leash. 2. A goad or whip.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 869,2] रश्मि (raśmi) m. (exceptionally f.; cf. रशना (raśanā) and Uṇādi-sūtra (Title) iv, 46 ) a string, rope, cord, trace, rein, bridle, leash, goad, whip (also fig. applied to the fingers), RV. &c. &c. [ ID=175443 ]
- a measuring cord  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a measuring cord, Ṛg-veda (Title) viii, 25, 18 [ ID=175444 ]
- 1. Cord, rope, or trace. 2. Rein or whip. 3. Measuring cord. 4. Line of light, ray, or splendour.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A string or rope. 2. A bridle or rein. 3. A whip. 4. A beam or ray of light.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A rein. 2. A ray of light. 3. An eyelash.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A line, cord, trace, rein, whip, or measuring rope. 2. A ray or beam of light.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 444 ] रश्मि (raśmi) m. ( f. ) line, cord, trace, rein, whip, measuring rope; ray or beam of light. [ ID=26660 ]
- 1. Line or cord. 2. Ray of light or beam.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A rope. 2. A rein or trace of a chariot.  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > 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 ]

### Ray of light / Splendour (5 definitions)
- A ray of light, beam, or splendour.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a ray of light, beam, splendour, RV. &c. &c. [ ID=175445 ]
- 1. A ray of light. 2. A rein. 3. An eyelash.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रश (raśa) ्मि (mi) (raśmi) [Printed book page 697 ] रश (raśa) ्मि (mi) (raśmi) m. ( - श्मि (mi) ः (-śmiḥ) ) 1 A ray of light. 2 A rein. 3 An eye-lash. E. अश (aśa) to pervade, Uṇādi aff. मि (mi), and रश (raśa) substituted for the radical. [ ID=31981 ]
- 1. A ray of light. 2. A rein. 3. An eyelash.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 624-a ] रश्मि (raśmi) ( श्मिः ) ((śmiḥ)) 2. m. A ray of light; a rein; an eyelash. [ ID=31548 ]
- 1. A ray of light. 2. A rein or bridle. 3. An eyelash.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 598-b ] रश्मि (raśmi) m. ( - श्मिः (-śmiḥ) ) 1. A ray of light. 2. A rein, a bridle. 3. An eye-lash. E. अश् (aś) to pervade, Unādi aff. मि, रश (mi, raśa) substituted for the radical. [ ID=33292 ]
- A ray of the sun  
  *The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects*
  > 2. Raśmi in the Rigveda 1 and later 2 regularly denotes a ‘ray’ of the sun. [ Footnote: 1) i. 35, 7; iv. 52, 7; vii. 36, 1; 77, 3, etc.] [ Footnote: 2) Av. ii. 32, 1; xii. 1, 15; Taittirīya Brāhmaṇa, iii. 1, 1, 1; Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ix. 2, 3, 14, etc.] [ ID=2655 ]

### Eyelash (1 definition)
- wing or eyelash  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = पक्ष (pakṣa), or पक्ष (pakṣa) ्मन् (pakṣman), L. [ ID=175447 ]

### Food (1 definition)
- food  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = अन्न (anna), food, Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā (Title) xv, 16 [ ID=175446 ]

### Proper Name / Mythological Entity (1 definition)
- one of the 20 Sutapa ganas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > रश्मि (raśmi) [Printed book page 3-058 ] Raśmi — one of the 20 Sutapa gaṇas. Vā. 100. 15. [ ID=11513 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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