वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) is a Sanskrit word meaning an epithet of a semi-divine being associated with Indra, the sun, fire, an epithet of Shiva, belonging to Indra, of Vishnu. Its 22 recorded definitions are grouped into 10 contexts, among them Epithet of Various Major Deities, Mythological Being ('man-ape'), One of the eleven Rudras.
Etymology
E. वृष virtue, अ not, कपि to shake or agitate, इ aff., and the radical augment rejected; or वृषा INDRA, अकपि untrembling, as before; or वृष virtue, or वृषा INDRA, and कपि an ape, being the ape as it were of the greater gods: other etymologies occur
वृष (vṛṣa)ा (vṛṣā)कपि (kapi) (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 803] वृष (vṛṣa)ा (vṛṣā)कपि (kapi) (vṛṣākapi) m. (-पिः (-piḥ))
1 KṚṢṆA or VIṢṆU.
2 ŚIVA.
3 AGNI, or fire.
E. वृष (vṛṣa) virtue, अ (a) not, कपि (kapi) to shake or agitate, इ (i) aff., and the radical augment rejected; or वृष (vṛṣa)ा (vṛṣā) INDRA, अ (a)कपि (kapi) (akapi) untrembling, as before; or वृष (vṛṣa) virtue, or वृष (vṛṣa)ा (vṛṣā) INDRA, and कपि (kapi) an ape, being the ape as it were of the greater gods: other etymologies occur.
[ID=36584]
— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Krishna or Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Agni.
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 721-b] वृषा_कपि (vṛṣā_kapi)(पिः) ((piḥ)) 2. m. Krishna or Vish-nu; Shiva; Agni. [ID=36202]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of Vishnu. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. An epithet of Indra. 4. An epithet of Agni.
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 689-14] वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi)m. 1. An epithet of Vishṇu; 2. of Śiva; 3. of Indra; 4. of Agni. [ID=36144]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Krishna or Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Agni or fire. 4. Indra.
E. वृष (vṛṣa) virtue, अ (a) not, कपि (kapi) to shake or agitate, इ (i) aff., and the radical augment rejected; or वृष (vṛṣa)ा (vṛṣā) INDRA, अ (a)कपि (kapi) (akapi) untrembling, as before; or वृष (vṛṣa) virtue, or वृष (vṛṣa)ा (vṛṣā) INDRA, and कपि (kapi) an ape, being the ape as it were of the greater gods: other etymologies occur.
[ID=38294]
— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Agni. 4. Lakshmi. 5. Gauri. 6. Swaha, the wife of Agni. 7. Shachi, the wife of Indra.
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 0898-a] वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi)vṛṣākapi (probably vṛ-
ṣan-kapi), I.m.1. Viṣṇu. 2.
Śiva. 3. Agni. II.f.pāyī.1. Lak-
ṣmī. 2. Gaurī. 3. Swāhā, the wife
of Agni. 4. Śaci, the wife of Indra.
[ID=13929]
— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. An epithet of the sun. 2. A name of Krishna, Vishnu, Shiva, or Rudra. 3. One of the eleven Rudras. 4. Agni, or fire. 5. The author of a Vedic hymn.
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 0960-c] Vṛṣākapi, is, m. (probably connected with vṛ-ṣan, ‘sprinkler’ or ‘irrigator,’ and kapi meaning ‘ape’ or ‘tremulous’), an epithet of the sun (so called as drawing up vapour and irrigating with mist); N. of Kṛṣṇa or Viṣṇu; of Śiva or Rudra; of one of the eleven Rudras (according to the Bhā- gavata-Purāṇa); of Agni or fire; N. of the author of part of Ṛg-veda X. 86 (having the patronymic Aindra); of the hymn Ṛg-veda X. 86. [ID=44760]
an epithet of a semi-divine being associated with Indra
(H3) [Printed book page 1013,1] वृषा (vṛṣā)—कपि (—kapi) (वृषा (vṛṣā)- (vṛṣā-)), m. ‘man-ape’, N. of a semi-divine being standing in a partic. relation to Indra and Indrāṇī, Ṛg-veda (Title) x, 86 (by the Comm. identified with the Sun; also supposed to be the son of Indra and the author of the above hymn; cf.Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 222 n. 1 ) [ID=205155]
1. A man-ape or great ape. 2. An epithet of the sun. 3. An epithet of fire.
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 297-3] वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) vṛṣā́-kapi, m. man-ape or great ape (RV.); ep.of the sun (E.); ep.of fire (C.); hymn ascribed to Vṛṣākapi ( RV. X, 86 ; Br., S.). [ID=16997]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. A strong ape or man-ape. 2. An epithet of the sun and Indra.
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 521] वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi)m. strong ape or man-ape, a mythol. being; E. of the sun, of Indra, etc. [ID=30870]
Vṛṣākapi2, one of the eleven Rudras. § 770 (Ānuśāsanik.):
XIII, 151β, 7091.
[ID=12323]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
A Rudra and son of Bhuta and Sarupa
वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 3-310] Vṛṣākapi (I) — a Rudra, and a son of Bhūta and Sarūpā: Fought with Jambha in the Devāsura war. Bhā. VI. 6. 17; VIII. 10. 32; Vi. I. 15. 122. [ID=13517]
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Definitions on this page come from 11 works:
Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872), Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary, The Purana Index, Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.
