महर्षि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Compound of महा (mahā́, great) +‎ ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi, rishi, sage, poet).

Pronunciation

Noun

म॒हर्षि॑ • (mahárṣi) stemm

  1. a Maharishi; a member of the highest order of sages/seers in ancient India
  2. a title for a sage of great renown, used for Valmiki and Dayanand

Declension

Masculine i-stem declension of म॒हर्षि॑
singular dual plural
nominative म॒हर्षिः॑ (mahárṣiḥ) म॒हर्षी॑ (mahárṣī) म॒हर्ष॑यः (mahárṣayaḥ)
accusative म॒हर्षि॑म् (mahárṣim) म॒हर्षी॑ (mahárṣī) म॒हर्षी॑न् (mahárṣīn)
instrumental म॒हर्षि॑णा (mahárṣiṇā)
म॒हर्ष्या॑¹ (mahárṣyā¹)
म॒हर्षि॑भ्याम् (mahárṣibhyām) म॒हर्षि॑भिः (mahárṣibhiḥ)
dative म॒हर्ष॑ये (mahárṣaye) म॒हर्षि॑भ्याम् (mahárṣibhyām) म॒हर्षि॑भ्यः (mahárṣibhyaḥ)
ablative म॒हर्षेः॑ (mahárṣeḥ) म॒हर्षि॑भ्याम् (mahárṣibhyām) म॒हर्षि॑भ्यः (mahárṣibhyaḥ)
genitive म॒हर्षेः॑ (mahárṣeḥ) म॒हर्ष्योः॑ (mahárṣyoḥ) म॒हर्षी॑णाम् (mahárṣīṇām)
locative म॒हर्षौ॑ (mahárṣau)
म॒हर्षा॑¹ (mahárṣā¹)
म॒हर्ष्योः॑ (mahárṣyoḥ) म॒हर्षि॑षु (mahárṣiṣu)
vocative मह॑र्षे (máharṣe) मह॑र्षी (máharṣī) मह॑र्षयः (máharṣayaḥ)
  • ¹Vedic

References

Monier Williams (1899), “महर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794.

Maharishi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia