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राशि
राशि
Sanskrit
Noun
राशि • (rāśí) m, f
- a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number (RV.)
- RV 8.85.8b
- तरिः षष्टिस्त्वा मरुतो वाव्र्धाना उस्रा इव राशयो यज्ञियासः |
- उप तवेमः कर्धि नो भागधेयं शुष्मं त एना हविषा विधेम ||
- triḥ ṣaṣṭistvā maruto vāvṛdhānā usrā iva rāśayo yajñiyāsaḥ |
- upa tvemaḥ kṛdhi no bhāghadheyaṃ śuṣmaṃ ta enā haviṣā vidhema ||
- Thrice-sixty Maruts, waxing strong, were with thee, like piles of beaming light, worthy of worship.
- We come to thee: grant us a happy portion. Let us adore thy might with this oblation.
- RV 8.85.8b
- (arithmetic) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing) (Col.)
- a measure of quantity (= द्रोण (droṇa)) (ŚārṅgS.)
- a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house (MBh., VarBṛS. etc.) (compare IW. 178)
- a heap of corn (L.)
- name of an एकाह (ekāha) (ŚrS.)
Declension
| Masculine i-stem declension of राशि | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | राशिः (rāśiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | राशेः (rāśeḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | राशिः (rāśiḥ) | राशी (rāśī) | राशयः (rāśayaḥ) |
| Vocative | राशे (rāśe) | राशी (rāśī) | राशयः (rāśayaḥ) |
| Accusative | राशिम् (rāśim) | राशी (rāśī) | राशीन् (rāśīn) |
| Instrumental | राशिना (rāśinā) | राशिभ्याम् (rāśibhyām) | राशिभिः (rāśibhiḥ) |
| Dative | राशये (rāśaye) | राशिभ्याम् (rāśibhyām) | राशिभ्यः (rāśibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | राशेः (rāśeḥ) | राशिभ्याम् (rāśibhyām) | राशिभ्यः (rāśibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | राशेः (rāśeḥ) | राश्योः (rāśyoḥ) | राशीनाम् (rāśīnām) |
| Locative | राशौ (rāśau) | राश्योः (rāśyoḥ) | राशिषु (rāśiṣu) |
| Feminine i-stem declension of राशि | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | राशिः (rāśiḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | राश्याः / राशेः (rāśyāḥ / rāśeḥ) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | राशिः (rāśiḥ) | राशी (rāśī) | राशयः (rāśayaḥ) |
| Vocative | राशे (rāśe) | राशी (rāśī) | राशयः (rāśayaḥ) |
| Accusative | राशिम् (rāśim) | राशी (rāśī) | राशीः (rāśīḥ) |
| Instrumental | राश्या (rāśyā) | राशिभ्याम् (rāśibhyām) | राशिभिः (rāśibhiḥ) |
| Dative | राश्यै / राशये (rāśyai / rāśaye) | राशिभ्याम् (rāśibhyām) | राशिभ्यः (rāśibhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | राश्याः / राशेः (rāśyāḥ / rāśeḥ) | राशिभ्याम् (rāśibhyām) | राशिभ्यः (rāśibhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | राश्याः / राशेः (rāśyāḥ / rāśeḥ) | राश्योः (rāśyoḥ) | राशीनाम् (rāśīnām) |
| Locative | राश्याम् / राशौ (rāśyām / rāśau) | राश्योः (rāśyoḥ) | राशिषु (rāśiṣu) |
Derived terms
- राशिचक्र (rāśicakra)
Descendants
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0879