रश्मि

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *raśmíṣ, form Proto-Indo-Iranian *raĉmíš, from *raĉ- (“to bind, tie”), whence also Sanskrit रश्मन् (raśmán), रशना (raśanā́). Cognate with Middle Persian lsn' (rasan), Persian رسن‎ (rasan). Compare also Old Armenian առասան (aṙasan), an Iranian borrowing.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɽɐɕ.mí/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɽɐɕ.mi/

रश्मि • (raśmí) m (rarely f)

1. rope, string, cord

   Synonyms: रज्जु (rájju), सूत्र (sū́tra)

2. rein, bridle, leash

   Synonym: वागा (vāgā)

3. whip, goad
4. measuring cord
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 8.25.18:

     परि यो रश्मिना दिवोऽन्तान्ममे पृथिव्याः ।
     उभे आ पप्रौ रोदसी महित्वा ॥

     pari yo raśminā divo’ntānmame pṛthivyāḥ .
     ubhe ā paprau rodasī mahitvā .

     He who hath measured with his ray the boundaries of heaven and earth,
     And with his majesty hath filled the two worlds full,

5. ray of light

• Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (rassi)
  • Marathi: रस्सी (rassī)
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀭𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀺 (rassi)
  • Gujarati: રાશ (rāś)
  • Punjabi: ਰੱਸੀ (rasī)
  • Hindi: रस्सी (rassī)
• Thai: รัศมี (rát-sà-mǐi)
• Pali: raṃsi
  • Thai: รังสี (rang-sǐi)

• Monier Williams (1899), “रश्मि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 869.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “raśmí (10648)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Lubotsky, The System of Nominal Accentuation in Sanskrit and Proto-Indo-European