ऋषभः _ṛṣabhḥ

ऋषभः [ऋष्-अभक्; Uṇ 3.123]

1 A bull.

-2 (With names of other animals) the male animal, as अजर्षभः a goat.

-3 The best or most excellent (as the last member of a comp.); as पुरुषर्षभः, भरतर्षभः &c.

-4 The second of the seven notes of the gamut; (said to be uttered by cows; गावस्त्वृषभभाषिणः); श्रुतिसमधिकमुच्चैः पञ्चमं पीडयन्तः सततमृषभहीनं भिन्नकीकृत्य षड्जम् Śi.11.1; ऋषभो$त्र गीयत इति Āryā S.141.

-5 The hollow of the ear.

-6 A boar's tail.

-7 A crocodile's tail.

-8 A dried plant, one of the 8 principal medicaments. (Mar. बैलघाटी, काकडशिंगी)

-9 N. of an antidote.

-1 An in- carnation of Viṣṇu; नाभेरसावृषभ आस सुदेविसूनुः Bhāg. 2.7.1.

-11 A sacrifice (to be performed by kings).

-भाः m. The inhabitants of क्रौञ्चद्वीप; Bhāg.5.2.22.

-भी 1 A woman with masculine features (as a beard &c.).

-2 A cow.

-3 A widow.

-4 The plant Carpo- pogon Pruriens (शूकशिंबी); also another plant (शिराला) (Mar. कुयली)

-Comp. -कूटः N. of a mountain.

-दीपः, पम् N. of a country.

-ध्वजः N. of Śiva.