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ṛcऋच्cl. 6. P. ṛcati, ānarca, arcitā, &c., = arc, p. 89, col. 3; to praise, [Dhātup. xxviii, 19] (cf. arká.)
ṛ́c f. praise, verse, esp. a sacred verse recited in praise of a deity (in contradistinction to the Sāman [pl. Sāmāni] or verses which were sung and to the Yajus [pl. Yajūṃṣi] or sacrificial words, formularies, and verses which were muttered)
sacred text, [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] &c., [Mn.] &c.
the collection of the Ṛc verses (sg., but usually pl. ṛ́cas), the Ṛg-veda, [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.] & [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn. i, 23], &c. (cf. ṛg-veda above)
the text of the Pūrvatāpanīya, [RāmatUp.]
ṛcaऋचifc. = 2. ṛ́c, verse, sacred verse (cf. tryṛca, &c.)
m. N. of a king, [VP.]
ṛcchāऋच्छाf. See yad-ṛcchā.
ṛcābhaऋचाभm. N. of a pupil of Vaiśampāyana, [Kāś.]
ṛcīkaऋचीकm. N. of Jamad-agni's father, [MBh.]
of a country, [Daś.]
ṛcīṣaऋचीषn. a frying-pan, [L.]
a particular hell, [L.]
[cf. 2. ṛjīṣa.]
ṛceyuऋचेयुm. N. of a Ṛṣi, [MBh.]
of a son of Raudrāśva, [Hariv.]; [VP.]
(see ṛteyu.)
ṛcchakaऋच्छक(?), [Kāś.] on [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 91.]
ṛccharāऋच्छराṛcchárā (= ṛkṣálā, q.v.) f. the part of an animal's leg between the fetlock joint and the hoof, [AV. x, 9, 23.]
f. ([Uṇ. iii, 131]) a harlot, courtezan.
ṛcīṣamaऋचीषमṛ́cī-ṣama m. ‘Ṛc-like’ [[Nir.]] N. of Indra, [RV.]