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Definition of Rishis
1. rishi [n] - See also: rishi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rishis
Literary usage of Rishis
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 (1874)
"The Vedic rishis, who chaunted hymns and offered sacrifice on the banks of the
rivers of the Punjab, have left no relic of their existence beyond the ..."
2. The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky (1893)
"The seven stars in the Great Bear being called the rishis, the circle so assumed
was called the line of the rishis; and, being invariably fixed to the ..."
3. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1887)
"The Seven The same mystic number is found in the seven rishis of ancient 15 ...
These rishis are the media or instruments through which the divine Veda was ..."
4. Hindu Mythology, Vedic and Purānic by William Joseph Wilkins (1882)
"CHAPTER I. THE DIVINE rishis. I. BHRIGU. "WHEN Brahma wished to populate the
world, he created mind-born sons, like himself; viz. ..."
5. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1867)
"... as they seem to refer to some actual event, a brief review of the salient
points may not be without value. story or the The story of the three rishis, ..."
6. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1867)
"... a brief review of the salient points may not be without value. story of the
The story of the three rishis, and the prank purely mythical, ..."
7. The Mythology of the Aryan Nations by George William Cox (1870)
"... the seven wise men of Hellas, to reappear under different forms, as we have
already seen, elsewhere. The rishis In the name of Manu, the friend of the ..."
8. A Classical Dictionary of India: Illustrative of the Mythology, Philosophy by John Garrett (1871)
"... to contain within herself all worlds, and to have been sought after by the
rishis who composed the Vedic hymns, as well as by the gods through ..."
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