ऋक्षीका (RkSIkA)

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Capeller Eng

English

 ऋ॑क्षी॑का f.
  a kind of evil spirits. 

Monier Williams Cologne

English

 ऋक्षी॑का f.
  N.
  of an evil spirit,  AV.
   xii,  1,  49
 VS.
  xxx,  8
 ŚBr.
   xiii.

Monier Williams 1872

English

 ऋक्षीका,  f.,  Ved.,  N. of certain demons or evil
spirits.

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Wordnet

Sanskrit

Synonyms:
  ऋक्षीका
noun
 
एका अशुभा शक्तिः ।
 "ऋक्षीकायाः उल्लेखः अथर्ववेदे अस्ति"

Vedic Reference

English

 Ṛkṣīkā,  a word found in the Atharvaveda, ^1 the Vājasaneyi
Saṃhitā, ^2 and the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, ^3 appears to denote a
demon. Harisvāmin,  however,  in his commentary on the Śata-
patha Brāhmaṇa,  connects the word with Ṛkṣa,  as meaning
‘bear.’
1) xii. 1,  49.
2) xxx. 8.
3) xiii. 2,  4,  2. 4. Cf. Eggeling,  Sacred
Books of the East,  44,  307.

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