Where does “राजर्षि” come from?
राजर्षि (Sanskrit) comes from Sanskrit राज, from Sanskrit राजन्, from Proto-Indo-Aryan Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
राजर्षि (Sanskrit): a royal rishi or saint, rishi of royal descent, that holy and superhuman personage which a kind or man of the military class may become by the performance of great austerities (e.g. पुरूरवस्, विश्वामित्र etc.) (etc.)
Definitions
- a royal rishi or saint, rishi of royal descent, that holy and superhuman personage which a kind or man of the military class may become by the performance of great austerities (e.g. पुरूरवस्, विश्वामित्र etc.) (etc.)
Ancestry of “राजर्षि”, step by step
राजर्षि traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.