| 释义 |
‖ rishi|ˈrɪʃɪ|
Also rishee, 8 Richi.
[Skr. ṛishi, of uncertain etym.]
An inspired poet or sage; a holy seer; an ascetic or saint.
1766J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 91 The language of the antient Richi, or of the Vedams, is often hardly intelligible, even by the most skilful, who know only the Sanscort, fixed by the grammars. 1808Colebrooke in Asiat. Researches VIII. 392 note, By Rishi is generally meant the supposed inspired writer; sometimes, however, the imagined inspirer is called the Rishi, or saint of the text. 1837C. P. Brown Sanskrit Prosody 6 Such verses are..used by a rishi or prophet. 1880C. R. Markham Peruv. Bark 350 That magnificent peak,..which is dedicated to their great Rishi and physician. 1916[see jnana]. 1934A. D. Waley Way & its Power App. ii. 114, I see no reason to doubt that the ‘holy mountain-men’ (shêng-hsien) described by Lieh Tzü are Indian rishi... It is at least a possibility that some knowledge of the yoga-technique which these rishi used had also drifted into China. 1939Antiquity XIII. 15 The Aryan rishis sang their Vedic hymns. 1971Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 11 Apr. 22/2 Mythological stories of irate Rishis hurling curses at trespassers came to mind and every moment one feared our Rishi's wrath. |
