As a deity name
Name 708 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
राशि · noun · feminine
एक ही तरह की बहुत सी चीजों का समूह । ढेर । पुंज । जैसे,—अन्न की राशि · क्रांतिवृत्त में पड़नेवाले विशिष्ट तारासमूह जिनकी संख्या बारह है और जिनके नाम इस प्रकार हैं—मेष, वृष, मिथुन, कर्क, सिंह, कन्या, तुला, वृश्चिक, धन, मकर, कुंभ और मीन — Śabdasāgara
राशि · rāśi · s.m.
Heap, mass, pile, accumulation, congeries, group; multitude, quantity, number; the figure or figures put down for an arithmetical operation; the addendum, multiplicand, dividend, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 582
राशि · feminine
amount, quantity; variable; sum, total; astrological sign, zodiac sign
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi राशि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit राशि (rāśi)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rāśi m. (L. also f.; once m.c. in R. f(ī). ; derivation doubtful, but cf. Uṇ. iv, 32) a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number, RV. &c. &c.
(in arithm.) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing &c.), Col.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
rāśi m. (L. also f.; once m.c. in R. f(ī). ; derivation doubtful, but cf. Uṇ. iv, 32) a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number, RV. &c. &c.
(in arithm.) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing &c.), Col.
a measure of quantity (= droṇa), ŚārṅgS.
a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house, MBh.; VarBṛS. &c. (cf. IW. 178)
rāśi a division of beings, Sukh. i.
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