The corpus record — Sanskrit

raviḥ

Sohn des Sonnengottes

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Where it lives

Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. رَثِ-

ravi- m. Sonne, Sonnengott (Up + [KäthBr ravi-putra- m. ‘Sohn des Sonnengottes’]; wohl nicht früher, s. zur Belegsituation Eich, Spr 24 [1978] 156f.). - Mi., pä. pkt. ravi- m. Sonne (s. Tu 10646). - Idg. *h,reu-i-, vgl. arın. arew Sonne; heth. haruanaihell werden, dämmern. Eich, a.a.0. 144ff. (mit reicher Lit.), Oett 369, K. H. Schmidt, KZ 98 (1985) 215 und Anm. 3, B. A Olsen, REArm 19 (1985) 7, Puhvel HI 204. — [Mayrhofer, s.v. ravi-, p. 468]

2. رَثِ

ravi m. ( accord. to Uṇ. iv, 138 , Sch. fr. √ 1. ru) a partic. form of the sun (sometimes regarded as one of the 12 Āditya s; hence ravi is also a N. of the number ‘twelve’), Var. ; Hariv. &c.

3. رَثِ

the sun (in general) or the sun-god, Mn. ; MBh. &c.

4. رَثِ

of the author of a Comm. on the Kāvya-prakāśa , Cat.

In the wild

raviḥ Bhagavad Gita 13.33
raviḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,3.8

Where it came from

Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. ravi (vol. 2, scan p. 468; entry #3613).

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