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.