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ārṣa

mf(I)n. relating or belonging to or derived from Ṛṣis (i.e. the poets of the Vedic and other old hymns), archaistic, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

m. a form of marriage derived from the Ṛṣis (the father of the bride receiving one or two pairs of kine from the bridegroom), [ĀśvGṛ. i, 6, 4]; [Mn. iii, 21]; [Yājñ. i, 58] (cf. vivāha)

n. the speech of a Ṛṣi, the holy text, the Vedas, [Nir.]; [RPrāt.]; [Mn.]

sacred descent Comm. on [Lāṭy.]; [Yājñ.]

the derivation (of a poem) from a Ṛṣi author.