ऋचṛca

ऋच (ṛca) is a Sanskrit word meaning verse, name of a king, the name of a prince, to praise, to cover or screen, used as the latter part of a compound word. Its 10 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Verse, Hymn, or Sacred Text, Personal Proper Name, Group of Sages or Learned Person.

Definitions: 10

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Meanings by context

Verse, Hymn, or Sacred Text

6 definitions

verse

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

hymn, verse

— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Used as the latter part of a compound word.

— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

at the end of compounds

— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

the name of a prince

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)

from the first face of Brahma

— The Purana Index

Personal Proper Name

2 definitions

Name of a king

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the son of Pratyangirasa

— The Purana Index

Group of Sages or Learned Person

1 definition

1. Brahmaṛṣis superior to the clan of Pratyaṅgirasa. 2. One learned in Ṛk who becomes versed in the Vedas.

— The Purana Index

Verbal Root

1 definition

1. To praise. 2. To cover or screen.

— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

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Definitions on this page come from 7 works: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), The Purana Index, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.