The corpus record — Sanskrit

ṛṣabha

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Where it lives

Taittiriya Upanisad 2 · 3.77/10k
Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 4 · 0.53/10k
Chandogya Upanisad 1 · 0.21/10k

What it meant — Monier-Williams

1. rsabhä-

rsabhä- m. Stier (RV +); ajarsabhä- m. Ziegenbock ($B). - Mi., nu., ni. (dard., kasmiri), s. Tu 2458f. - lir., vgl. jav. arsanm. Mann, Männchen (aav. arsnauuaiti- f. Adi. [*arsanuuw”. Narten, AS 44 Anm. 65] mit Hengsten versehene [Stute]. Y 44,18), ap. /r$an-/ in Eigennamen wie ariya- rsan- (NomSg (ariyarsa)), arsäma- (s. Mh, AirN 11/12, auch 1/21, mit Lit.) - Wohl zu ARS! gehörig. Vgl. AiGr II 2,176, Frisk I 152f. … — [Mayrhofer, s.v. rsabhä-, p. 315]

2. ṛṣabha

ṛṣabha as, m. ( fr. √ 2. ṛṣ, Uṇ. ii, 123 ), a bull (as impregnating the flock; cf. vṛṣabha and ukṣan), RV. ; AV. ; VS. ; ChUp. ; BhP. &c.

3. ṛṣabha

the best or most excellent of any kind or race ( cf. puruṣarṣabha, &c.), MBh. ; R. &c.

4. ṛṣabha

the second of the seven notes of the Hindū gamut (abbreviated into Ṛ )

In the wild

ṛṣabha Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,4.5
ṛṣabho Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_4,1.3
ṛṣabho Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_5,8.1
ṛṣabhaḥ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_5,9.1
ṛṣabho Chandogya Upanisad chup_4,5.1
ṛṣabham Taittiriya Upanisad TaittU_1,5.1

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Sanskrit corpus record built from GRETIL sources (citations and statistics; GRETIL running text is not redistributable). Passage text, where shown, from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit (CC BY 4.0). Dictionary senses from Monier-Williams (1899, public domain), via the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries.