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/ˈrɪʃi/ · noun
A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character..
The rishi asked one unfathomable question after another, until both he and his audience were reduced to the silence of unknowing.
In the beginning Max had no idea she was even a film actress, this girl with the skin the colour of scorched earth, the well-concealed body and the demure manner of a disciple walking in the footsteps of a great rishi.
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Rishi means A Vedic poet and seer who composed Rigvedic hymns, who alone or with others invokes the deities with poetry of a sacred character..
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The rishi asked one unfathomable question after another, until both he and his audience were reduced to the silence of unknowing.
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