As a deity name
Name 667 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
Name 555 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
वृक्ष · noun · masculine
वनस्पति या उदभिज्ज के अंतर्गत वह बड़ा क्षुप जिसका एक ही मोटा और भारी तना होता है और जो जमीन से प्रायः सीधा ऊपर की ओर जाता है । पेड़ । दरख्त । द्रुम । विटप · किसी प्रकार का क्षुप या पौधा अथवा कोई कुछ बड़ी और ऊँची वनस्पति · वृक्ष से मिलती जुवती वह आकृति जिसमें किसी चीज का मूल अथवा उदगम और उपकी अनेक शाखाएँ प्रशाखाएँ आदि दिखलाई गई हों । वंशवृक्ष — Śabdasāgara
वृक्ष · vr̤iksh · s.m.
A tree; shrub (cf. br̤iksh, brikh, birćh) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1189
वृक्ष · masculine
tree
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वृक्ष — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vṛkṣa m. (ifc. f(ā). ; prob. connected with √ 2. bṛh, ‘to grow’, or with √ 1. bṛh, ‘to root up’, or with √ vraśc, as ‘that which is felled’) a tree, (esp.) any tree bearing visible flowers and fruit (see Mn. i, 47; but also applied to any tree and other plants, often = wood, see comp.), RV. &c. &c.
the trunk of a tree, RV. i, 130, 4
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a tree, (esp.) any tree bearing visible flowers and fruit (see; but also applied to any tree and other plants, often = wood, see comp.), &c. &c.
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vṛkṣa m. (ifc. f(ā). ; prob. connected with √ 2. bṛh, ‘to grow’, or with √ 1. bṛh, ‘to root up’, or with √ vraśc, as ‘that which is felled’) a tree, (esp.) any tree bearing visible flowers and fruit (see Mn. i, 47; but also applied to any tree and other plants, often = wood, see comp.), RV. &c. &c.
the trunk of a tree, RV. i, 130, 4
a coffin, AV. xviii, 2, 25
the staff of a bow, RV.; AV.
a frame (see comp.)
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