rāśí m. ([L.] also f.; once m.c. in [R.] f(I). ; derivation doubtful, but cf. [Uṇ. iv, 32]) a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number, [RV.] &c. &c.
(in arithm.) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing &c.), [Col.]
a measure of quantity (= droṇa), [ŚārṅgS.]
a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house, [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. (cf. [IW. 178])
a division of beings, [Sukh. i].
a heap of corn, [L.]
N. of an Ekāha, [ŚrS.]