वृषभ mfn. mfn. (
cf. ऋषभ) manly, mighty, vigorous, strong (applied like
वृषन् to animate and inanimate objects),
[RV.] ;
[AV.] वृषभ f. m. (
ifc. f(आ). ) a bull (in
वेद epithet of various gods, as of
इन्द्र,
बृहस्-पति,
पर्जन्य &c.; according to,
[Sāy.] =
वर्षयितृ, ‘a showerer of bounties, benefactor’),
[RV.] &c.
वृषभ m. m. the chief, most excellent or eminent, lord or best among (in later language mostly
ifc. , or with
gen. ),
ib.the zodiacal sign Taurus,
[VarBṛS.] a
partic. drug (described as a root brought from the
हिमालय mountains, resembling the horn of a bull, of cooling and tonic properties, and serviceable in catarrh and consumption),
[Bhpr.] the hollow or orifice of the ear,
[L.] N. of
दशद्-यु,
[RV.] ऋष्° of an
असुर slain by
विष्णु,
[Hariv.] (
v.l. )
of one of the sons of the 10th
मनु,
[MārkP.] of a warrior,
[MBh.] ऋष्° of a son of
कुशाग्र,
[Hariv.] (
v.l. )
of a son of
कार्तवीर्य,
[BhP.] (with
जैनs) of the first
अर्हत् of the present
अवसर्पिणी,
[Col.] of a mountain in
गिरि-व्रज,
[MBh.] ;
[Hariv.] &c.
(in
astron. ) of the 28th
मुहूर्त