rayi

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] m., n. Ved. 1 Water. --2 Wealth.

[mw] m. or (rarely) f. (fr. rā; the following forms occur in the Veda veda, rayis, y/im, yibhis, yīṇām; rayy/ā,yy/ai,yy/ām; cf. 2. rai), property, goods, possessions, treasure, wealth (often personified) RV.; AV.; VS.; Br.; S3rS.; ChUp. 868,3 175266 m. stuff, materials Pras3nUp. 868,3 175267 m. v.l. for raji q.v. 868,3 175268 mfn. (?) rich RV. viii, 31, 11; ix, 101, 7. 111710 868,3 175269

Root

Appears in 34 texts

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m., n. Ved. 1 Water. --2 Wealth.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

222

Texts Appeared In

33

DCS: food; grain | Monier-Williams: rayi/ mfn. (?) rich, RV. viii, 31, 11 ; ix, 101, 7.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 49 22.1%
2. Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 40 18.0%
3. Taittirīyasaṃhitā 20 9.0%
4. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina) 17 7.7%
5. Hiraṇyakeśigṛhyasūtra 11 5.0%

Concordance (Sample)

• Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: rayiṃ

  rayiṃ ca putrāṃś cādād agnir mahyam atho imām

• Vārāhagṛhyasūtra surface: rayiṃ

  iha prajāmiha rayiṃ rarāṇaḥ prajāyasva prajayā putrakāma

• Vaikhānasagṛhyasūtra surface: rayiṃ

  dhātā dadātu no rayiṃ dhātā prajāyā dhātā dadātu no rayiṃ prācīṃ dhātā dadātu dā