ऋच्

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A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ऋच्    1. cl. 6. P. ऋचति, आनर्च, अर्चिता, &c., = अर्च्1, p. 89, col. 3;

to praise, [Dhātup. xxviii, 19] ( cf. अर्क॑.)
ऋच्  f.  2. f. praise, verse, esp. a sacred verse recited in praise of a deity (in contradistinction to the सामन् [ pl. सामानि] or verses which were sung and to the यजुस् [ pl. यजूंषि] or sacrificial words, formularies, and verses which were muttered)
sacred text, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c., [Mn.] &c.
ऋचस्   the collection of the ऋच् verses (sg., but usually pl.), the ऋग्- वेद, [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] and, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn. i, 23, &c.] ( cf. ऋग्-वेद above)
the text of the पूर्वतापनीय, [RāmatUp.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ऋच् [ṛc]   6 P. (ऋचति, आनर्च, आर्चीत्, अर्चितुम्)
To praise, extol, celebrate; याभ्यां गायत्रमृच्यते [Rv.8.38.1.]
To cover, screen
To shine.
ऋच् [ṛc]  f. f. [ऋच्यते स्तूयतेऽनया, ऋच् करणे क्विप्]
A hymn (in general).
A single verse, stanza, or text; a verse of the Ṛigveda (opp. यजुस् and सामन्); त्रेधा विहिता वागृचो यजूंषि सामानि [Śat. Br.]
The collective body of the Ṛigveda (pl.), ऋचः सामानि जज्ञिरे [Rv.1.9.9.] ऋक्साम यजुरेव च [Bg.9.17.]
Splendour (for रुच्).
Praise.
worship. -Comp.
-अयनम् [ऋचामयनम्]  N. N. of a book; ऋक्पारायण, ˚आदि N. of a collection of words in Pāṇini.
-आवानम्   the time for reciting the Vedas.-गाथा N. of a certain song consisting of riklike stanzas; ऋग्गाथा पाणिका दक्षविहिता ब्रह्मगीतिका [Y.3.114.] -तन्त्रम्,
-व्याकरणम् N. of the Pariśiṣtas of the Sāma Veda.-ब्राह्मणम् The Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.
-भाज् a.  a. partaking of a Ṛik. (as a deity who is addressed with it).
-विधानम्   the performance of certain rites, by reciting verses of the Ṛigveda.
-वेदः   the oldest of the four Vedas, and the most ancient sacred book of the Hindus. [The Ṛigveda is said to have been produced from fire; cf. [M.1.23.] This Veda is divided, according to one arrangement, into 8 Aṣṭakas, each of which is divided into as many Adhyāyas; according to another arrangement into 1 Maṇḍalas, which are again subdivided into 1 Anuvākas, and comprises 1 sūktas. The total number of verses or Ṛiks is above 1].
-संहिता   the arranged collection of the hymns of Ṛigveda.
-साम (˚मे   dual) the verses Ṛik and Sāman. ˚शृङ्गः N. of Viṣṇu.

Shabda-Sagara

ऋच्   r. 6th cl. ( ऋचति)
1. To praise.
2. To cover, to screen.
ऋच्  f.  ( ऋक्)
1. Rik or Rig Veda, one of the four principal religious books of the Hindus.
2. A stanza of a prayer or hymn of the Rig Veda.
3. A mantra, a magical invocation, a mystical prayer.
E. ऋच् to praise, affix क्विप्, celibrating the praises of the gods.

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ऋच् क्विप्