ऋष्यः _ṛṣyḥ

ऋष्यः [ऋष्-क्यप्]

1 A white-footed antelope. see ऋश्य.

-ष्यम् A kind of leprosy.

-Comp. -अङ्कः, -केतनः, -केतुः N. of Aniruddha.

-गता the plant Asparagus Racemosus (= ऋष्यप्रोक्ता).

-गन्धा the plant ऋक्षगन्धा.

-जिह्वम् a kind of leprosy.

-प्रोक्ता N. of several plants; शूकशिंबी, अतिबला, शतावरी.

-मूकः a mountain near the lake Pampā which formed the temporary abode of Rāma with the monkey-chief Sugrīva; ऋष्य- मूकस्तु पम्पायाः पुरस्तात् पुष्पितद्रुमः.

-शृङ्गः N. of a sage. [He was the son of Vibhāṇdaka. According to mythical account he was born of a female deer, and had a small horn on his forehead, and hence called 'Ṛiṣya- śṛinga', or 'deerhorned'. He was brought up in the forest by his father, and he saw no other human being till he nearly reached his manhood. When a great drought well nigh devastated the country of Aṅga, its king Lomapāda, at the advice of Brāhmaṇas, caused Ṛisyaśriṅga to be brought to him by means of a number of damsels, and gave his daughter Śantā