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ṛkṣa

ṛkṣá mfn. (etym. doubtful) bald, bare, [TS.]; [MaitrS.]

ṛ́kṣa mfn. (√ ṛṣ, [Uṇ. iii, 66]; [67]; probably fr. √ ṛś), hurting, pernicious, [RV. viii, 24, 27]

ṛ́kṣa m. a bear (as a ravenous beast), [RV. v, 56, 3]; [VS. xxiv, 36]; [Mn.]; [Suśr.] &c.

a species of ape, [Kathās.]

Bignonia Indica, [L.]

N. of several men, [RV. viii, 68, 15]; [MBh.] &c.

of a mountain, [VP.]; [MBh.]

(ifc.) the best or most excellent, [L.]

ṛ́kṣa m. pl. the seven stars, the Pleiades, the seven Ṛṣis, [RV. i, 24, 10]; [ŚBr. ii]; [TĀr.]

ṛ́kṣa m. n. a star, constellation, lunar mansion, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.

ṛ́kṣa n. the twelfth part of the ecliptic

the particular star under which a person happens to be born, [VarBṛS.]; [Sūryas.] &c.

[cf. Gk. ἄρκτος; Lat. ursus; Lith. loky-s for olkys.]

mfn. cut, pierced, [L.]