Rajarshi

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Rajarshi is an honorific title in ancient Indian tradition denoting a king who has attained the spiritual wisdom and detachment of a sage.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Rajarshi canonical 2
Rajarshi (saintly king) 1
Rajrishi 1

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Indian title ⓘ
honorific title ⓘ
associatedWith detachment ⓘ
kingship ⓘ
spiritual wisdom ⓘ
category Indian honorifics ⓘ
religious titles in Hinduism ⓘ
contrastedWith Raja ⓘ
Rishi ⓘ
culturalContext Hinduism ⓘ
Indian philosophy ⓘ
denotes king with qualities of a sage ⓘ
royal sage ⓘ
derivedFrom Raja ⓘ
Rishi ⓘ
emphasizes combination of temporal power and spiritual insight ⓘ
etymologyFrom Sanskrit ⓘ
foundIn Hindu philosophical discourse ⓘ
Indian spiritual literature ⓘ
hasQuality detachment ⓘ
royal authority ⓘ
spiritual wisdom ⓘ
implies ideal of a spiritually enlightened ruler ⓘ
language Sanskrit ⓘ
meaningInSanskrit royal sage ⓘ
relatedConcept Rajarshi ideal of governance ⓘ
roleInEthics model of righteous kingship ⓘ
usedAs honorific for exemplary kings in texts ⓘ
usedFor king who has attained sage-like realization ⓘ
usedInTradition ancient Indian tradition ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Janaka → knownAs → Rajarshi ⓘ
Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV → knownAs → Rajarshi (saintly king) ⓘ
linked to: Rajarshi
Purushottam Das Tandon → honorificPrefix → Rajrishi ⓘ
linked to: Rajarshi
King Janaka → reveredAs → Rajarshi ⓘ
subject linked to: Mithila-naresh