महर्षि

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Sanskrit[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From महा (mahā, great) +‎ ऋषि (ṛṣi, rishi, sage, poet).

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Noun[edit]

महर्षि (maharṣi) stemm

  1. a Maharishi; a member of the highest order of sages/seers in ancient India
  2. a title for a sage of great renown, used for Valmiki and Dayanand

References[edit]

Monier Williams (1899) “महर्षि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 794.

Maharishi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia