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Borrowed from Sanskrit वृषभ (vṛṣabha)

वृषभ • (vruṣabh) m

  1. a bull (used as an epithet of various gods in the Vedas)
  2. (astrology) the zodiacal sign Taurus
Zodiac signs in Marathi · रास (rās) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣ)
वृषभ (vruṣabh)
मिथुन (mithun)
कर्क (karka)

सिंह (siuha)
कन्या (kanyā)
तूळ (tūḷ)
वृश्चिक (vruścik)

धनु (dhanu)
मकर (makar)
कुंभ (kumbha)
मीन (mīn)
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From Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)r̥šabʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥sn̥-bʰó-s, from *wérsēn (“male animal; manly man”).

Cognate with Avestan 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬱𐬀𐬥 (arəšan), Ancient Greek ἄρσην (ársēn), Latin verrēs. Also related to ऋषभ (ṛṣabhá), वृषन् (vṛṣan).

वृषभ • (vṛṣabhá) stem, m

  1. a bull (used as an epithet of various gods in the Vedas)

    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 1.31.5:

      त्वम॑ग्ने वृष॒भः पु॑ष्टि॒वर्ध॑न॒ उद्य॑तस्रुचे भवसि श्र॒वाय्यः॑।
      य आहु॑तिं॒ परि॒ वेदा॒ वष॑ट्कृति॒मेका॑यु॒रग्रे॒ विश॑ आ॒विवा॑ससि॥
      tvámagne vṛṣabháḥ puṣṭivárdhana údyatasruce bhavasi śravā́yyaḥ.
      yá ā́hutiṃ pári védā váṣaṭkṛtimékāyurágre víśa āvívāsasi.
      Thou, Agni, art a Bull who makes our store increase, to be invoked by him who lifts the ladle up.
      Well knowing the oblation with the hallowing word, uniting all who live, thou lightenest first our folk.
  2. the chief, most excellent or eminent, lord or best among (in later language mostly at the end of a compound, or with genitive)
  3. (astrology) the zodiacal sign Taurus
  4. a particular drug (described as a root brought from the Himalaya mountains, resembling the horn of a bull, of cooling and tonic properties, and serviceable in catarrh and consumption)

वृषभ • (vṛṣabhá) stem

  1. manly, mighty, vigorous, strong

    • c. 1500 BCE – 1000 BCE, Ṛgveda 2.33.8:

      प्र ब॒भ्रवे॑ वृष॒भाय॑ श्विती॒चे म॒हो म॒हीं सु॑ष्टु॒तिमी॑रयामि। न॒म॒स्या क॑ल्मली॒किनं॒ नमो॑भिर्गृणी॒मसि॑ त्वे॒षं रु॒द्रस्य॒ नाम॑॥
      prá babhráve vṛṣabhā́ya śvitīcé mahó mahī́ṃ suṣṭutímīrayāmi. namasyā́ kalmalīkínaṃ námobhirgṛṇīmási tveṣáṃ rudrásya nā́ma.
      To him the strong, great, tawny, fair-complexioned, I utter forth a mighty hymn of praises.
      We serve the brilliant God with adorations, we glorify, the splendid name of Rudra.

Descendants

Zodiac signs in Sanskrit · राशिचक्र (rāśicakra) (layout · text)

मेष (meṣa)
वृषभ (vṛṣabha)
मिथुन (mithuna)
कर्कटक (karkaṭaka)

सिंह (siṃha)
कन्या (kanyā)
तुला (tulā)
वृश्चिक (vṛścika)

धनु (dhanu)
मकर (makara)
कुम्भ (kumbha)
मीन (mīna)