# ऋक्ष
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ঋক্ষ (Assamese script)
* ᬋᬓ᭄ᬱ (Balinese script)
* ঋক্ষ (Bengali script)
* 𑰆𑰎𑰿𑰬 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀋𑀓𑁆𑀱 (Brahmi script)
* ၒက္ၑ (Burmese script)
* ઋક્ષ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਕ੍ਸ਼ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌋𑌕𑍍𑌷 (Grantha script)
* ꦉꦏ꧀ꦰ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂭 (Kaithi script)
* ಋಕ್ಷ (Kannada script)
* ឫក្ឞ (Khmer script)
* ຣິກ຺ຩ (Lao script)
* ഋക്ഷ (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᡳᡬᢢᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘆𑘎𑘿𑘬 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠢᢉᢔᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦦𑦮𑧠𑧌 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐆𑐎𑑂𑐲 (Newa script)
* ଋକ୍ଷ (Odia script)
* ꢈꢒ꣄ꢰ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆉𑆑𑇀𑆰 (Sharada script)
* 𑖆𑖎𑖿𑖬 (Siddham script)
* ඍක්‍ෂ (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩐𑩙𑩜 𑪙𑪀 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚶 (Takri script)
* ரிக்ஷ (Tamil script)
* ఋక్ష (Telugu script)
* ฤกฺษ (Thai script)
* རྀ་ཀྵ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒇𑒏𑓂𑒭 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨉𑨋𑩇𑨯 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hŕ̥ćšas (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Hittite 𒄯𒁖𒂵𒀸 (ḫartakkaš), Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬴𐬀 (arṣ̌a), Ancient Greek ἄρκτος (árktos), Latin ursus.

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ŕ̩k.ʂɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈr̩k.ʂɐ/

#### Noun

ऋक्ष • (ṛ́kṣa) stem, m
* a bear
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 5.56.3:मी॒ळ्हुष्म॑तीव पृथि॒वी परा॑हता॒ मद॑न्त्येत्य॒स्मदा। ऋक्षो॒ न वो॑ मरुतः॒ शिमी॑वाँ॒ अमो॑ दु॒ध्रो गौरि॑व भीम॒युः॥mīḷhúṣmatīva pṛthivī́ párāhatā mádantyetyasmádā́. ṛ́kṣo ná vo marutaḥ śímīvām̐ ámo dudhró gaúriva bhīmayúḥ.Earth, like a bounteous lady, liberal of her gifts, struck down and shaken, yet exultant, comes to us. Impetuous as a bear, O Maruts, is your rush terrible as a dreadful bull.
* a species of ape
* Oroxylum indicum (syn. Bignonia indica)

##### Descendants

* Dardic:
** Kalasha: ič̣
** Phalura: iṇc̣
** Torwali: ایِݜ (īṣ)
* Prakrit: 𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (riccha), 𑀅𑀘𑁆𑀙 (accha), 𑀭𑀺𑀁𑀙 (riṃcha), 𑀭𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀔 (rikkha)
** Gujarati: રીંછ (rī̃ch)
** Hindustani: rīch
    Hindi: रीछ
    Urdu: رِیچھ (rīch)
** Old Marathi: 𑘨𑘱𑘮𑘭 (rihasa), 𑘨𑘲𑘭 (rīsa)
** Punjabi: ਰਿੱਛ (riccha)
** Romani: rićh
** Garhwali: रिख (rikh)
* Bengali: ঋক্ষ (rikkho)
* Pali: accha
** → Sanskrit: अच्छ (accha)
** → Tamil: அச்சம் (accam)
* → Thai: ฤกษ์ (rə̂ək)

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Probably a hypercorrection of अच्छ (accha) (sense 1: not covered (by hair)).

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /r̩k.ʂɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈr̩k.ʂɐ/

#### Adjective

ऋक्ष • (ṛkṣá) stem
* bald, bare

##### Declension
### Etymology 3

Probably from the root ऋश् (√ṛś)

#### Adjective

ऋक्ष • (ṛ́kṣa) stem
* hurting, pernicious

##### Declension
#### Noun

ऋक्ष • (ṛ́kṣa) stem, m or n
* star, constellation, lunar mansion

##### Declension
#### Noun

ऋक्ष • (ṛkṣa) stem, n
* the twelfth part of the ecliptic
* the particular star under which a person happens to be born

##### Descendants

* → Thai: ฤกษ์ (rə̂ək)
* → Old Khmer: ṛkṣa (“lunar mansion”)
** Khmer: ឫក្ស (rœ̆ksâ)

### Etymology 4
#### Adjective

ऋक्ष • (ṛkṣa) stem
* cut, pierced

##### Declension
### References

* “ऋ॑क्ष” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 96, column 2.
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ऋक्ष”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 056
* Monier Williams (1899) “ऋक्ष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 224, column 3.
* Horace Hayman Wilson, A dictionary in Sanscrit and English, 2nd ed., Calcutta: Education Press, Circular Road, 1832, page 167