ऋक्

{ ṛk }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ṚK   A small section of the Veda. The Veda which issued from the face of God at the time of creation, consisted of 1,00,000 books in four sections, beginning with Ṛk. [Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part III, Chapter 4] . The root “ṚC” means “to praise”. It got the name “ṚK” meaning, “to praise gods”.

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

   See : वेदमंत्र, ऋग्वेद

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ऋक्    a ऋक्-छस्, ऋक्-तस्, and ऋक्-शस् See under 2. ऋ॑च्, p. 225, col. 1.
ऋक्    b (by संधि for 2. ऋ॑च् below).