राशि
Hindi
Noun
राशि • (rāśi) f
- amount, quantity
- (mathematics) variable
- इस समीकरण में केवल एक राशि है।
- is samīkraṇ mẽ keval ek rāśi hai.
- There is only one variable in this equation.
- (arithmetic) sum, total
- astrological sign, zodiac sign
Sanskrit
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rāśíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rāĉíš, from *raĉ- (“to bind, tie”).
Noun
राशि • (rāśí) m or f
- a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number (RV.)
- RV 8.85.8b
- तरिः षष्टिस्त्वा मरुतो वाव्र्धाना उस्रा इव राशयो यज्ञियासः |
- उप तवेमः कर्धि नो भागधेयं शुष्मं त एना हविषा विधेम ||
- triḥ ṣaṣṭistvā maruto vāvṛdhānā usrā iva rāśayo yajñiyāsaḥ |
- upa tvemaḥ kṛdhi no bhāghadheyaṃ śuṣmaṃ ta enā haviṣā vidhema ||
- Thrice-sixty Maruts, waxing strong, were with thee, like piles of beaming light, worthy of worship.
- We come to thee: grant us a happy portion. Let us adore thy might with this oblation.
- RV 8.85.8b
- (arithmetic) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing) (Col.)
- a measure of quantity (= द्रोण (droṇa)) (ŚārṅgS.)
- a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house (MBh., VarBṛS. etc.) (compare IW. 178)
- a heap of corn (L.)
- name of an एकाह (ekāha) (ŚrS.)
Declension
Masculine i-stem declension of राशि (rāśí) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | राशिः rāśíḥ |
राशी rāśī́ |
राशयः rāśáyaḥ |
Vocative | राशे rā́śe |
राशी rā́śī |
राशयः rā́śayaḥ |
Accusative | राशिम् rāśím |
राशी rāśī́ |
राशीन् rāśī́n |
Instrumental | राशिना / राश्या¹ rāśínā / rāśyā̀¹ |
राशिभ्याम् rāśíbhyām |
राशिभिः rāśíbhiḥ |
Dative | राशये / राश्ये² rāśáye / rāśyè² |
राशिभ्याम् rāśíbhyām |
राशिभ्यः rāśíbhyaḥ |
Ablative | राशेः / राश्यः² rāśéḥ / rāśyàḥ² |
राशिभ्याम् rāśíbhyām |
राशिभ्यः rāśíbhyaḥ |
Genitive | राशेः / राश्यः² rāśéḥ / rāśyàḥ² |
राश्योः rāśyóḥ |
राशीनाम् rāśīnā́m |
Locative | राशौ rāśaú |
राश्योः rāśyóḥ |
राशिषु rāśíṣu |
Notes |
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Feminine i-stem declension of राशि (rāśí) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | राशिः rāśíḥ |
राशी rāśī́ |
राशयः rāśáyaḥ |
Vocative | राशे rā́śe |
राशी rā́śī |
राशयः rā́śayaḥ |
Accusative | राशिम् rāśím |
राशी rāśī́ |
राशीः rāśī́ḥ |
Instrumental | राश्या rāśyā̀ |
राशिभ्याम् rāśíbhyām |
राशिभिः rāśíbhiḥ |
Dative | राशये / राश्ये¹ / राश्यै² rāśáye / rāśyè¹ / rāśyaì² |
राशिभ्याम् rāśíbhyām |
राशिभ्यः rāśíbhyaḥ |
Ablative | राशेः / राश्याः² rāśéḥ / rāśyā̀ḥ² |
राशिभ्याम् rāśíbhyām |
राशिभ्यः rāśíbhyaḥ |
Genitive | राशेः / राश्याः² rāśéḥ / rāśyā̀ḥ² |
राश्योः rāśyóḥ |
राशीनाम् rāśīnā́m |
Locative | राशौ / राश्याम्² rāśaú / rāśyā̀m² |
राश्योः rāśyóḥ |
राशिषु rāśíṣu |
Notes |
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Derived terms
- राशिचक्र (rāśícakra)
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “राशि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0879.
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