As a deity name
Name 687 of the Gopal Sahasranāma — Sammohana Tantra, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 731 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 310 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
Name 263 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
मरीचि · noun · masculine
एक ऋषि का नाम · एक मरुत् का नाम · एक ऋषि का नाम जो भृगु के पुत्र और कश्यप के पिता थे — Śabdasāgara
मरीचि · noun · feminine
किरण · प्रभा । कांति । ज्योति · मरीचिका । मृगतृष्णा — Śabdasāgara
मरीचि · marīći · s.m.
f. A ray of light, sunbeam, moonbeam — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1027
मरीचि · masculine
Marichi; the eldest of the ten Prajapatis, the father of Kashyap and one of the Saptarishis; Alkaid, Eta Ursae Majoris; a male given name, Marichi, from Sanskrit
मरीचि · feminine
ray of light, beam, sunbeam; mirage; light, luster, splendor
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मरीचि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मरीचि (marīci).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
marīci m. f. (m. only in TĀr.; prob. connected with marut, q.v.) a particle of light, shining mote or speck in the air, RV.; AV.
ray of light (of the sun or moon), RV. &c. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a particle of light, shining mote or speck in the air
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "marīci" is the vocative of "marīcin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "marīci" is the vocative of "marīcī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
marīci m. f. (m. only in TĀr.; prob. connected with marut, q.v.) a particle of light, shining mote or speck in the air, RV.; AV.
ray of light (of the sun or moon), RV. &c. &c.
(also ˚cī; f. with somasya = moonlight, Hariv.)
a mirage (= marīcikā), Kathās. (cf. marīci-toya)
marīci m. N. of a Prajā-pati or ‘lord of created beings’ (variously regarded as a son of Svayam-bhū, as a son of Brahmā, as a son of Manu Hairaṇyagarbha, as one of the 7 sages and father of Kaśyapa, or accord. to Mn. i, 35 as the first of the ten Prajā-patis [q.v.] engendered by Manu Svāyambhuva), Mn.; MBh. &c.
marīcin mfn. having rays, radiant
marīcin m. the sun, MBh.
marīcī f. a ray, JaimUp.
Alternative readings
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