आर्ष

Monier-Williams · ārṣa
ārṣa mf(ī)n. relating or belonging to or derived from Ṛishis (i.e. the poets of the Vedic and other old hymns), archaistic &c ‖ m. a form of marriage derived from the Ṛishis (the father of the bride receiving one or two pairs of kine from the bridegroom) i, 6, 4 iii, 21 i, 58 (cf. vivāha) ‖ (ī), f. a wife married by the above form of marriage xxiv, 31 ‖ (am), n. the speech of a Ṛishi, the holy text, the Vedas ‖ sacred descent on ‖ the derivation (of a poem) from a Ṛishi author