Prajāpatis

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ṛíshi

ṛishatijñānenasaṉsāra-pāram T. ;
perhaps fr. an obsolete ṛish for dṛiṡ, « to seeﾠ ?» cf. ṛishi-kṛit),
a singer of sacred hymns, an inspired poet orﾠ sage, any person who alone orﾠ with others invokes the deities in rhythmical speech orﾠ song of a sacred character
(e.g.. the ancient hymn-singers Kutsa, Atri., Rebha, Agastya, Kuṡika, Vasishṭha, Vy-aṡva) RV. AV. VS. etc.. ;
the Ṛishis were regarded by later generations as patriarchal sages orﾠ saints, occupying the same position in India history as the heroes andﾠ patriarchs of other countries, andﾠ constitute a peculiar class of beings in the early mythical system,
as distinct from gods, men, Asuras, etc. AV. X, 10, 26 ṠBr. AitBr. KātySr. Mn. etc.. ;
they are the authors orﾠ rather seers of the Vedic hymns
i.e. according to orthodox Hindū ideas they are the inspired personages to whom these hymns were revealed,
andﾠ such an expression as « the Ṛishi says» is equivalent to « so it stands in the sacred text» ;
seven Ṛishis, saptaṛishayaḥ, orﾠ saptaṛishayaḥ orﾠ saptarshayaḥ, are often mentioned in the Brāhmaṇas andﾠ later works as typical representatives of the character andﾠ spirit of the pre-historic orﾠ mythical period;
in ṠBr. XIV, 5, 2, 6 their names are given as follows, Gotama, Bharadvāja, Viṡvā-mitra, Jamadagni, Vasishṭha, Kaṡyapa, andﾠ Atri;
in MBh. XII, Marīci, Atri., Aṇgiras, Pulaha, Kratu, Pulastya, Vasishṭha are given as the names of the Ṛishis of the first Manvantara, andﾠ they are alsoﾠ called Prajāpatis orﾠ patriarchs;
the names of the Ṛishis of the subsequent Manv-antaras are enumerated in Hariv. 417 ff. ;
afterwards three other names are added, viz. Pracetas orﾠ Daksha, Bhṛigu, andﾠ Nārada, these ten being created by Manu Svāyambhuva for the production of all other beings including gods andﾠ men ĀṡvṠr. MBh. VP. etc.. ;
in astron. the seven Ṛishis form the constellation of « the Great Bear» RV. X, 82, 2 AV. VI, 40, 1 ṠBr. ĀṡvGṛ. MBh. etc.. ;
(metaphorically the seven Ṛishis may stand for the seven senses orﾠ the seven vital airs of the body VS. XXXIV ṠBr. XIV KātyṠr.);
a saint orﾠ sanctified sage in general, an ascetic, anchorite (this is a later sense;
sometimes three orders of these are enumerated,
viz. Devarshis, Brahmarshis, andﾠ Rājarshis;
sometimes seven, four others being added,
viz. Maharshis, Paramarshis, Ṡrutarshis, andﾠ Kāṇdarshis)
Mn. IV, 94; XI, 236 Ṡak. Ragh. etc.. ;
the seventh of the eight degrees of Brāhmans Hcat. ;
a hymn orﾠ Mantra composed by a Ṛishi;
the Veda Comm. on MBh. and Pat. ;
a symbolical expression for the number seven;
the moon;
an imaginary circle;
a ray of light L. ;
the fish Cyprinus Rishi L. ;
<cf. Hib. arsan, « a sage, a man old in wisdom» ;
arrach, « old, ancient, aged» >,
- ऋषिकल्प
- ऋषिकुल्या
- ऋषिकृत्
- ऋषिगण
- ऋषिगिरि
- ऋषिगुप्त
- ऋषिचान्द्रायण
- ऋषिचोदन
- ऋषिच्छन्दस्
- ऋषिजाङ्गलिकी
- ऋषितर्पण
- ऋषितीर्थ
- ऋषित्व
- ऋषिदेव
- ऋषिदेश
- ऋषिद्रोण
- ऋषिद्विष्
- ऋषिपञ्चमी
- ऋषिपतन
- ऋषिपुत्र
- ऋषिपुत्रक
- ऋषिप्रशिष्ट
- ऋषिप्रोक्ता
- ऋषिबन्धु
- ऋषिब्राह्मण
- ऋषिमण्डल
- ऋषिमनस्
- ऋषिमुख
- ऋषियज्ञ
- ऋषिलोक
- ऋषिवत्
- ऋषिशृङ्ग
- ऋषिश्राद्ध
- ऋषिषह्
- ऋषिषाण
- ऋषिष्टुत
- ऋषिसंहिता
- ऋषिसत्तम
- ऋषिसाह्वय
- ऋषिस्तोम
- ऋषिस्वर
- ऋषिस्वाध्याय
- ऋषीवत्
- ऋषीवह

mánu

m. « the thinking creature(?)», man, mankind RV. VS. AitBr. TĀr. ;
( alsoﾠ as opp. to evil spirits RV. I, 130, 8; VIII, 98, 6 etc.. ;
the Ṛibhus are called manornápātaḥ, the sons of man, III, 60, 3);
the Man par excellence orﾠ the representative man andﾠ father of the human race (regarded in the RV. as the first to have instituted sacrifices andﾠ religious ceremonies, andﾠ associated with the Ṛishis Kaṇva andﾠ Atri;
in the AitBr. described as dividing his possessions among some of his sons to the exclusion of one called Nābhā-nedishṭha q.v.;
called Sāṃvaraṇa as author of RV. IX, 101, 10-12 ;
Āpsava as author of ib. 106, 7-9 ;
in Naigh. V, 6 he is numbered among the 31 divine beings of the upper sphere, andﾠ VS. XI, 66 as father of men even identified with Prajs-pati;
but the name Manu is esp. applied to 14 successive mythical progenitors andﾠ sovereigns of the earth, described Mn. I, 63 andﾠ in later wks. as creating andﾠ supporting this world through successive Antaras orﾠ long periods of time seeﾠ manv-antara below ;
the first is called Svāyambhuva as sprung from svayam-bhū, the Self-existent, andﾠ described in Mn. 12, 34 as a sort of secondary creator, who commenced his work by producing 10 Prajāpatis orﾠ Maharshis, of whom the first was marīci, Light;
to this Manu is ascribed the celebrated « code of Manu» seeﾠ manu-saṉhitā, andﾠ two ancient Sūtra works on Kalpa andﾠ Gṛihya i.e. sacrificial andﾠ domestic rites;
he is alsoﾠ called Hairaṇyagarbha as son of Hiraṇya-garbha, andﾠ Prācetasa, as son of Pra-cetas;
the next 5 Manus are called Svārocisha, Auttami, Tāmasa, Raivata, Cākshusha cf. IW. 208 n. 1 ;
the 7th Manu, called vaivasvata, Sun-born, orﾠ from his piety,
satya-vrata, is regarded as the progenitor of the present race of living beings,
andﾠ said, like the Noah of the Old Testament, to have been preserved from a great flood by Vishṇu orﾠ Brahmā. in the form of a fish:
he is alsoﾠ variously described as one of the 12 Ādityas, as the author of RV. VIII, 27-31,
as the brother of Yama, who as a son of he Sun is alsoﾠ called Vaivasvata, as the founder andﾠ first king of Ayodhyā, andﾠ as father of Ilā who married Budha, son of the Moon, the two great solar andﾠ lunar races being thus nearly related to each other seeﾠ IW. 344; 373 ;
the 8th Manu orﾠ first of the future Manus accord. toﾠ VP. III, 2, will be Sāvarṇi;
the 9th Daksha-sāvarṇi;
the 12th Rudra-sāvarṇi;
the 13th Raucya orﾠ Deva-sāvarṇi;
the 14th Bhautya orﾠ Indra-sāvarṇi);
thought (= manas) TS. Br. ;
a sacred text, prayer, incantation, spell (= mantra) RāmatUp. Pañcar. Pratāp. ;
N. of an Agni MBh. ;
of a Rudra Pur. ;
of Kṛiṡâṡva BhP. ;
of an astronomer Cat. ;
(pl.) the mental Powers BhP. ;
N. of the number « fourteen» (on account of the 14 Manus) Sūryas. ;
f. Manu's wife (= manāvī) L. ;
Trigonella Corniculata L. ;
+ cf. Goth. manna;
Germ. ṉann, man;
Angl. Sax. man;
Eng. man
- मनुकपाल
- मनुकुलादित्य
- मनुग
- मनुज
- मनुजात
- मनुज्येष्ठ
- मनुतन्तु
- मनुतीर्थ
- मनुत्व
- मनुदिवि
- मनुप्रणीत
- मनुप्रवर्ह
- मनुप्रवल्ह
- मनुप्रीत
- मनुभू
- मनुमुक्तावलि
- मनुयुग
- मनुराज्
- मनुवत्
- मनुवश
- मनुवृत
- मनुश्रेष्ठ
- मनुसंहिता
- मनुसव
- मनुस्मृति

maha-rshi

some restrict the number to 7, andﾠ some add Daksha, Dharma, Gautama, Kaṇva, Vālmīki, Vyāsa, Manu, Vibhāṇḍaka etc.) Mn. MBh. etc. IW. 206 n. 1 ;
N. of Ṡiva Ṡivag. ;
of Buddha L. ;
of a poet Cat.