महर्षि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • মহৰ্ষি (Assamese script)
  • ᬫᬳᬃᬱᬶ (Balinese script)
  • মহর্ষি (Bengali script)
  • 𑰦𑰮𑰨𑰿𑰬𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀫𑀳𑀭𑁆𑀱𑀺 (Brahmi script)
  • မဟရ္ၑိ (Burmese script)
  • મહર્ષિ (Gujarati script)
  • ਮਹਰ੍ਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌮𑌹𑌰𑍍𑌷𑌿 (Grantha script)
  • ꦩꦲꦂꦰꦶ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂧𑂯𑂩𑂹𑂭𑂱 (Kaithi script)
  • ಮಹರ್ಷಿ (Kannada script)
  • មហឞ៌ិ (Khmer script)
  • ມຫຣ຺ຩິ (Lao script)
  • മഹര്ഷി (Malayalam script)
  • ᠮᠠᡥᠠᡵᢢᡳ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘦𑘮𑘨𑘿𑘬𑘱 (Modi script)
  • ᠮᠠᠾᠠᠷᢔᠢ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑧆𑧎𑧈𑧠𑧌𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐩𑐴𑐬𑑂𑐲𑐶 (Newa script)
  • ମହର୍ଷି (Odia script)
  • ꢪꢲꢬ꣄ꢰꢶ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆩𑆲𑆫𑇀𑆰𑆴 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖦𑖮𑖨𑖿𑖬𑖰 (Siddham script)
  • මහර්‍ෂි (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩴𑪂𑩼 𑪙𑪀𑩑 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚢𑚩𑚤𑚶𑚮 (Takri script)
  • மஹர்ஷி (Tamil script)
  • మహర్షి (Telugu script)
  • มหรฺษิ (Thai script)
  • མ་ཧ་རྵི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒧𑒯𑒩𑓂𑒭𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨢𑨱𑨫𑩇𑨯𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From महा (mahā, “great”) +‎ ऋषि (ṛṣi, “rishi, sage, poet”).

Pronunciation

Noun

महर्षि • (maharṣi) stem, m

  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

References

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

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