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ऋभु mfn. mfn. (√ रभ्), clever, skilful, inventive, prudent (said of इन्द्र, अग्नि, and the आदित्यs, [RV.] ; also of property or wealth, [RV. iv, 37, 5; viii, 93, 34] ; of an arrow, [AV. i, 2, 3] ) ऋभु m. m. an artist, one who works in iron, a smith, builder (of carriages &c.), N. of three semi-divine beings (ऋभु, वाज, and विभ्वन्, the name of the first being applied to all of them; thought by some to represent the three seasons of the year [[Ludwig] ; [RV. vol.iii, p.187] ], and celebrated for their skill as artists; they are supposed to dwell in the solar sphere, and are the artists who formed the horses of इन्द्र, the carriage of the अश्विन्s, and the miraculous cow of बृहस्पति; they made their parents young, and performed other wonderful works [Sv-apas]; they are supposed to take their ease and remain idle for twelve days [the twelve intercalary days of the winter solstice] every year in the house of the Sun [Agohya]; after which they recommence working; when the gods heard of their skill, they sent अग्नि to them with the one cup of their rival त्वष्टृ, the artificer of the gods, bidding the ऋभुs construct four cups from it; when they had successfully executed this task, the gods received the ऋभुs amongst themselves and allowed them to partake of their sacrifices &c.; cf. Kaegi, [RV.] ; [p.53 f.] ), [RV.] ; [AV.] &c. they appear generally as accompanying इन्द्र, especially at the evening sacrifice in later mythology ऋभु is a son of ब्रह्मन्, [VP.] a deity, [L.] ऋभु m. m. (अवस्) a class of deities ऋभु [cf. Gk. ἀλφεῖν; Lat. labor; Goth. arb-aiths; Angl.Sax. earfoð; Slav. rab-ŭ.]
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