rishin.

1766 J. Cleland Way to Things by Words 91 The language of the antient Richi, or of the Vedams, is often hardly intelligible, even by the most skilful, who know only the Sanscort, fixed by the grammars.]

1794 W. Jones Let. 1 Mar. (1970) II. 930 You will be surprized to see the Great Bear..with a very short tail and with the Seven Rishis and little Adrundhati on his back.

1808 H. T. Colebrooke in Asiatic Researches (London ed.) 8 392 (note) By Rishi is generally meant the supposed inspired writer; sometimes, however, the imagined inspirer is called the Rishi, or saint of the text.

1837 C. P. Brown Sanscrit Prosody 6 Such verses are..used by a rishi or prophet.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 350 That magnificent peak,..which is dedicated to their great Rishi and physician.

1916 T. A. Gopinatha Rao Elem. Hindu Iconogr. II. i. 273 Śiva was seated facing south when he taught the rishis yōga and jñāna.

1939 Antiquity 13 15 The Aryan rishis sang their Vedic hymns.

1971 Shankar's Weekly (Delhi) 11 Apr. 22/2 Mythological stories of irate Rishis hurling curses at trespassers came to mind and every moment one feared our Rishi's wrath.

2005 S. Rushdie Shalimar the Clown 25 The demure manner of a disciple walking in the footsteps of a great rishi.