# ऋच (ṛca)

Canonical page: https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/richa

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.

- **SLP1:** `fca`  **IAST:** ṛca  **Devanagari:** ऋच
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richa
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/richa/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** रिच (rica)

## Meanings by context

### Verse, Hymn, or Sacred Text (6 definitions)
- verse  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 225,2] ऋच (ṛca) ifc. = 2. ऋच (ṛca) ् (ṛc), verse, sacred verse ( cf. त्र्यृच (tryṛca), &c.) [ ID=38760 ]
- hymn, verse  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋच (ṛca) [Printed book page 056-a2 ] ऋच (ṛca) ṛca, m. —° = ṛc, hymn, verse. [ ID=5029 ]
- Used as the latter part of a compound word.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋच (ṛca) [Printed book page 0136-b ] ' ऋच (ṛca) ('ṛca) -ṛc + a. A substitute for ṛc when being the latter part of a comp., e. g. an-, adj. Unlearned in Page0137-a+ 41 holy texts, Man. 2, 158. tryṛca, i. e. tri-, n. A strophe consisting of three verses, Man. 11, 254. [ ID=2525 ]
- at the end of compounds  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > ऋच (ṛca) [Printed book page 135-b ] ṛca, for ṛc, at end of cpds [ 1209a, 1315c ]. [ ID=911 ]
- the name of a prince  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > ऋच (ṛca) [Printed book page 0179-b ] Ṛca (at the end of some compounds) = Ṛc; (as), m., N. of a prince, a son of Sunīka. [ ID=12601 ]
- from the first face of Brahma  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛca (II) — from the first face of Brahmā. Vi. I. 5. 53. [ ID=2076 ]

### Personal Proper Name (2 definitions)
- Name of a king  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ऋच (ṛca) m. N. of a king, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) [ ID=38760.1 ]
- the son of Pratyangirasa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Ṛca (III) — the son of Pratyangirasa. Vi. I. 15. 136. [ ID=2077 ]

### 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*
  > ऋच (ṛca) [Printed book page 1-261 ] Ṛca (I) — the Brahmaṛṣis superior to the clan of Praty- aṅgirasa; one learned in Rk becomes versed in the Vedas. Vā. 66. 78. [ ID=2075 ]

### Verbal Root (1 definition)
- 1. To praise. 2. To cover or screen.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ऋच (ṛca) [Printed book page 168 ] ऋच (ṛca) r. 6th cl. ( ऋच (ṛca) ति (ṛcati) ) 1 To praise. 2 To cover, to screen. [ ID=7982 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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