सप्तर्षि
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- সপ্তৰ্ষি (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬧ᭄ᬢᬃᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
- সপ্তর্ষি (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰢𑰿𑰝𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀧𑁆𑀢𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
- သပ္တရ္ၑိ (Burmese script)
- સપ્તર્ષિ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਪ੍ਤਰ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌪𑍍𑌤𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦥ꧀ꦠꦂꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಪ್ತರ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
- សប្តឞ៌ិ (Khmer script)
- ສປ຺ຕຣ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
- സപ്തര്ഷി (Malayalam script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢠᠠᡵᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘢𑘿𑘝𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
- ᠰᠠᢒᢐᠠᠷᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧂𑧠𑦽𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐥𑑂𑐟𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
- ସପ୍ତର୍ଷି (Odia script)
- ꢱꢦ꣄ꢡꢬ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆥𑇀𑆠𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖢𑖿𑖝𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
- සප්තර්ෂි (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩰 𑪙𑩫𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚞𑚶𑚙𑚤𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
- ஸப்தர்ஷி (Tamil script)
- సప్తర్షి (Telugu script)
- สปฺตรฺษิ (Thai script)
- ས་པྟ་རྵི (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒣𑓂𑒞𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨞𑩇𑨙𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Compound of सप्त (saptá, “seven”) + ऋषि (ṛ́ṣi, “sage”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /sɐp.tɐɾ.ʂí/, [sɐp̚.tɐɾ.ʂí]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ɐp.t̪ɐɾ.ʂi/, [s̪ɐp̚.t̪ɐɾ.ʂi]
Noun
सप्तर्षि • (saptarṣí) stem, m
- (Hinduism, in the plural) Saptarshi. The seven seers of ancient India who are extolled in the Vedas, and other Hindu literature.
The Mahābhārata acknowledges the names of seven rishis as: Marīci, Atri, Aṅgirā, Pulaha, Kratu, Vasiṣṭha, Pulastya and Kaśyapa.
According to Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad the names of seven sages are: Gautama, Bharadvāja, Viśvāmitra, Jamadagni, Vasiṣṭha, Kaśyapa and Atri.
The Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda in the Sandhyāvandanam has it as: Aṅgirā, Atri, Bhṛgu, Gautama, Kaśyapa, Kutsa and Vasiṣṭha.
- (in the singular) one of the Saptarshi
- (astronomy, in the plural) the main seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major/Great Bear. Also known as Big Dipper (US) / Plough (UK).
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सप्तर्षिः (saptarṣíḥ) | सप्तर्षी (saptarṣī́) | सप्तर्षयः (saptarṣáyaḥ) |
| accusative | सप्तर्षिम् (saptarṣím) | सप्तर्षी (saptarṣī́) | सप्तर्षीन् (saptarṣī́n) |
| instrumental | सप्तर्षिणा (saptarṣíṇā) सप्तर्ष्या¹ (saptarṣyā́¹) |
सप्तर्षिभ्याम् (saptarṣíbhyām) | सप्तर्षिभिः (saptarṣíbhiḥ) |
| dative | सप्तर्षये (saptarṣáye) | सप्तर्षिभ्याम् (saptarṣíbhyām) | सप्तर्षिभ्यः (saptarṣíbhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सप्तर्षेः (saptarṣéḥ) | सप्तर्षिभ्याम् (saptarṣíbhyām) | सप्तर्षिभ्यः (saptarṣíbhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सप्तर्षेः (saptarṣéḥ) | सप्तर्ष्योः (saptarṣyóḥ) | सप्तर्षीणाम् (saptarṣīṇā́m) |
| locative | सप्तर्षौ (saptarṣaú) सप्तर्षा¹ (saptarṣā́¹) |
सप्तर्ष्योः (saptarṣyóḥ) | सप्तर्षिषु (saptarṣíṣu) |
| vocative | सप्तर्षे (sáptarṣe) | सप्तर्षी (sáptarṣī) | सप्तर्षयः (sáptarṣayaḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- → Bengali: সপ্তর্ষি (śoptorśi) (learned)
- → Hindi: सप्तर्षि (saptarṣi) (learned)
- → Malayalam: സപ്തർഷികൾ (saptaṟṣikaḷ) (learned)
- → Marathi: सप्तर्षी (saptarṣī) (learned)
- → Odia: ସପ୍ତର୍ଷି (saptarṣi) (learned)
- → Punjabi: ਸਪਤਰਿਸ਼ੀ (saptariśī) (learned)
- → Tamil: சப்தரிஷி (captariṣi) (learned)
- → Telugu: సప్తర్షులు (saptarṣulu) (learned)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सप्तर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1150, column 1.