ऋक्ष

{ ṛkṣḥ, ṛkṣa }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ṚKṢA I   A king of the Pūru dynasty. He was the father of Saṁvaraṇa. For genealogy see under the word Saṁvaraṇa [M. B. Ādi Parva, Chapter 94] .
ṚKṢA II   King Hariha had a son named Ṛkṣa born to him by his wife Sudevā. [Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva, Chapter 95] says that this Ṛkṣa had a son named Matināra, by his wife Jvālā.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

ऋक्ष II. n.  (सो. पूरु.) ऋचा का पुत्र । इसकी पत्नी तक्षक की कन्या ज्वलन्ती थी । इसका पुत्र अंत्यनार [म.आ.९०.२४] ; अंतिनार देखिये ।
ऋक्ष III. n.  (सो, पुरुरवस्.) अजमीढ तथा धूमिनी का पुत्र । इसकी स्त्री रथंतरी । इसका पुत्र संवरण । म.आ.८९. २७-२८; चक्षु देखिये) ।
ऋक्ष IV. n.  (सो. कुरु.) वायुमतानुसार देवातिथिपुत्र ।
ऋक्ष V. n.  शुक्र का पुत्र । इसकी स्त्री विरजा [ब्रह्मांड. ३.७.२११] ।

A dictionary, Marathi and English

ṛkṣa n S A bear. 2 n A star or a constellation.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   A bear. A star.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 पु. अस्वल ; रीस . - न . एक तारकापुंज . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ऋक्ष  mfn.  1. mfn. ( etym. doubtful) bald, bare, [TS.]; [MaitrS.]
ऋक्ष  mfn.  2. mfn. (√ 2. ऋष्, [Uṇ. iii, 66; 67]; probably fr. √ ऋश्), hurting, pernicious, [RV. viii, 24, 27]
ऋक्ष  m.  m. a bear (as a ravenous beast), [RV. v, 56, 3]; [VS. xxiv, 36]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.] &c.
a species of ape, [Kathās.]
Bignonia Indica, [L.]
N. of several men, [RV. viii, 68, 15]; [MBh.] &c.
of a mountain, [VP.]; [MBh.]
( ifc.) the best or most excellent, [L.]
ऋक्ष  m.  m. pl. the seven stars, the Pleiades, the seven ऋषिs, [RV. i, 24, 10]; [ŚBr. ii]; [TĀr.]
ऋक्ष  mn.  mn. a star, constellation, lunar mansion, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
ऋक्ष  n.  n. the twelfth part of the ecliptic
the particular star under which a person happens to be born, [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas. &c.]
ऋक्ष   [ cf. Gk. ἄρκτος; Lat. ursus; Lith. loky-s for olkys.]
ऋक्ष  mfn.  3. mfn. cut, pierced, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ऋक्षः [ṛkṣḥ]   [ऋष्-स किच्च [Uṇ.3.66] ]
A bear; स्त्रीं (हृत्वा) ऋक्षः (भवति) [Ms.12.67.]
A species of ape; [A. Rām.7.3.6.]
A kind of deer; प्रजापतिः स्वां दुहितरं दृष्ट्वा तद्रूपधर्षितः । रोहिद्भूतां सोऽन्वधावदृक्षरूपी हतत्रपः ॥ [Bhāg.3.31.] 36.
 N. N. of a mountain.
 N. N. of a plant (भल्लक Mar. दिंडा)
क्षः, क्षमः A star, constellation, lunar mansion; पश्चिमां तु समासीनः सम्यगृक्षविभावनात् [Ms.2.11;3.9;6.1.]
A sign of the zodiac.
A star under which a man happens to be born.
-क्षाः   (m. pl.) The seven stars called Pleiades; afterwards the seven Ṛiṣis; दक्षिणां दिशमृक्षेषु वार्षिकेष्विव भास्करः (प्रययौ) [R.12.25.]
-क्षा   The north.
-क्षी   A female bear. [cf. Gr. arkos, L.ursus]. -Comp.
-इष्टिः   Offering to the stars (ग्रहमख); ऋक्षेष्टपाग्रयणं चैव चातुर्मास्यानि चाहरेत् [Ms.6.1.]
-गन्धा   the plant Argyreia Argentea (जांगली, महाश्वेता, क्षीरविदारी).-गन्धिका the plant Batatas Paniculata.
-चक्रम्   the circle of stars.
-जिह्वम्   A kind of leprosy.
-नाथः, -ईशः   'lord of stars' the moon.
-नायकः   A kind of round building. (Agnipurāṇa ch. 14; [V.19.2] ).
-नेमिः  N. N. of Viṣṇu.
-प्रियः   An ox.
राज्, जः the moon.
Jāmbuvat, the king of bears.
-विडम्बिन्  m. m. A fraudulent astrologer.
-हरीश्वरः   the lord of bears and apes; an epithet of Sugrīva; दुर्जातबन्धुरयमृक्षहरीश्वरो मे [R.13.72.]

Shabda-Sagara

ऋक्ष   r. 5th cl. ( ऋक्ष्णोति) To kill, to hurt or seek to hurt.
ऋक्ष  mfn.  ( -क्षः-क्षा-क्षं) Pierced, cut, divided.
 mn.  ( -क्षः-क्षं) A star, a con- stellation.
 m.  ( -क्षः)
1. A mountain in the peninsula, the temporary residence of RAMA.
2. A bear.
3. A plant, (Bignonia Indica.)
E. ऋष् to go, Unādi affix स, the radical final then becomes क, and स be- comes ष; and क and ष form the compound letter क्ष.

ROOTS:

ऋष् स क स ष; क ष क्ष