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Definition of Rishi
1. Noun. A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character. ¹
2. Noun. (''post-Vedic'') A Hindu sage or saint occupying the same position in India history as the patriarchs of other countries, constituting a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system, as distinct from Asuras, Devas and mortal men. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rishi
1. a Hindu sage [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rishi
Literary usage of Rishi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"And the rishi proceeded to do as he had said. ... Then the rishi began the
sacrifice according to the ordinance, and supplicated the assembled deities that ..."
2. Original Sanskrit Texts on the Origin and History of the People of India by John Muir (1873)
"Thou, Agni, the earliest rishi Angiras, a god, hast been the auspicious friend
of the gods 2. Thou, Agni, the earliest and most Angiras-like sage, ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Hindee Language by John Drew Bate (1875)
"... "i- au obligation owing to the rishi.s, ie the study of the Vede. ... the wile
of a rishi. , »я. an epithet of either of the four sons of Brahma : lit. ..."
4. The Prema-Sâgara: Or, Ocean of Love by Kavi Lal, Chaturbhuja Miṣra, kavi Lallū Lālu, Frederic Pincott, Edward Backhouse Eastwick (1897)
"... Parikshit becomes King in Hastinapura— He insults the rishi Lomas—Is cursed
by the son of the rishi—He repents of his sin, retires to the Ganges to die— ..."
5. The Hindu Law of Adoption by Golapchandra Sarkar (1891)
"Capacity to give in adoption—rishi ... or youngest, or one of two, or an only,
son—rishi texts on the same—Observations on them—Commentators— ..."
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