# वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi)

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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 — E. vṛṣa virtue, a not, kapi to shake or agitate, i aff., and the radical augment rejected; or vṛṣā INDRA, akapi untrembling, as before; or vṛṣa virtue, or vṛṣā INDRA, and kapi an ape, being the ape as it were of the greater gods: other etymologies occur
- **SLP1:** `vfzAkapi`  **IAST:** vṛṣākapi  **Devanagari:** वृषाकपि
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vrishakapi
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/vrishakapi/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Epithet of Various Major Deities (7 definitions)
- 1. Krishna or Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Fire.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Krishna or Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Agni.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 721-b ] वृषा _ कपि (vṛṣā_kapi) ( पिः ) ((piḥ)) 2. m. Krishna or Vish- nu; Shiva; Agni. [ ID=36202 ]
- 1. An epithet of Vishnu. 2. An epithet of Shiva. 3. An epithet of Indra. 4. An epithet of Agni.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Krishna or Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Agni or fire. 4. Indra.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > वृष (vṛṣa) ा (vṛṣā) कपि (kapi) (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 686-a ] वृष (vṛṣa) ा (vṛṣā) कपि (kapi) (vṛṣākapi) m. ( - पिः (-piḥ) ) 1. KRISHṆA or VISHṆU. 2. ŚIVA. 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 ]
- 1. Vishnu. 2. Shiva. 3. Agni. 4. Lakshmi. 5. Gauri. 6. Swaha, the wife of Agni. 7. Shachi, the wife of Indra.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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 ]
- 1. An epithet of Shiva. 2. An epithet of Indra. 3. An epithet of Krishna or Vishnu. 4. An epithet of Surya.  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vṛṣākapi 3 = Śiva: VII, 9627 (etymology).—Do. 4 = Indra: XII, †8331.—Do. 5 = Kṛṣṇa (Viṣṇu): XII, 1508, 13248 (etymology), (13416), 13421 ( Devadevaḥ ), 13423; XIII, 6960 (1000 names).—Do. 6 = Sūrya: III, 191. [ ID=12324 ]

### Mythological Being ('man-ape') (3 definitions)
- an epithet of a semi-divine being associated with Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (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.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. A strong ape or man-ape. 2. An epithet of the sun and Indra.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]

### One of the eleven Rudras (3 definitions)
- one of the eleven Rudras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of one of the 11 Rudras, ib. [ ID=205155.6 ]
- one of the eleven Rudras  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Vṛṣākapi 2, one of the eleven Rudras. § 770 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 151 β, 7091. [ ID=12323 ]
- A Rudra and son of Bhuta and Sarupa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]

### Epithet of Indra (2 definitions)
- belonging to Indra  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Indra, BhP. [ ID=205155.4 ]
- a name of Indra  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 3-311 ] Vṛṣākapi (II) — a name of Indra. Bhā. VI. 13. 10. [ ID=13518 ]

### Epithet of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa/Hari (2 definitions)
- of Vishnu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of Viṣṇu, MBh. [ ID=205155.5 ]
- a name of Hari  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Vṛṣākapi (III) — a name of Hari. Bhā. X. 1. 20. [ ID=13519 ]

### A Ṛṣi/Hermit (1 definition)
- a rishi  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > वृषाकपि (vṛṣākapi) [Printed book page 753-2 ] Vṛṣākapi 1, a ṛṣi. § 746 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 65 ζ, 3332. [ ID=12322 ]

### Epithet of Agni (Fire) (1 definition)
- fire  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > fire, Hariv. [ ID=205155.2 ]

### Epithet of the Sun (1 definition)
- the sun  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the sun, MBh. [ ID=205155.1 ]

### Epithet of Śiva (1 definition)
- an epithet of Shiva  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of Śiva, MBh.; Kathās. [ ID=205155.3 ]

### Ṛgvedic Hymn or its Author (1 definition)
- of the hymn attributed to Vrishakapi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the hymn attributed to Vṛṣā-kapi, AitBr. [ ID=205155.7 ]

## Sources

Definitions from 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, University of Cologne.

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