ऋश्य

• ऋष्य (ṛṣya) – Later texts; misspelling

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hŕ̥śyas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ĉyas, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ĺ̥-ḱ-yos, from *h₁el- (“deer, horned wild animal”). Cognate with Russian лось (losʹ, “elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”), Old English eolh (whence English elk).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ŕ̩ɕ.jɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈr̩ɕ.jɐ/

ऋश्य • (ṛ́śya) m (Vedic)

1. a stag, the male of a species of antelope
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.4.10:

     ऋश्यो न तृष्यन्नवपानमा गहि पिबा सोमं वशाँ अनु ।
     निमेघमानो मघवन्दिवेदिव ओजिष्ठं दधिषे सहः ॥

     ṛśyo na tṛṣyannavapānamā gahi pibā somaṃ vaśām̐ anu .
     nimeghamāno maghavandivediva ojiṣṭhaṃ dadhiṣe sahaḥ .

     Come like a thirsty antelope to the drinking-place: drink Soma to thy heart's desire.
     Raining it down, O Maghavan, day after day, thou gainest thy surpassing might.

   Synonyms: हरिण (hariṇá), मृग (mṛgá)

Although the form ऋष्य (ṛṣya) is more popular due to its use in Classical Sanskrit literature, Monier-Williams states that the word was originally ऋश्य (ṛ́śya). The original form is also attested in the Rig Veda.

• Pali: *issa (in issamiga and issasinga) (distinct from issa (“bear”) < ऋक्ष (ṛ́kṣa))

• Monier Williams (1899), “ऋश्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 226.