Riri, Rì rì, Ri-ri, Rirī, Rīrī, Rīri: 10 definitions

Introduction:

Riri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Rirī (रिरी) or Rīrī (रीरी).—[rīrī] Yellow or pale brass.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rirī (रिरी).—f. (-rī) Pale-brass, prince’s metal, &c. E. to go, krin aff., ṅīp added. “pittale .”

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rirī (रिरी).—f. Pale brass, prince’s metal.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rirī (रिरी):—f. yellow or pale brass, prince’s metal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. rīrī, rīti).

2) Rīrī (रीरी):—f. = rirī, yellow brass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rirī (रिरी):—(rī) 3. f. Pale brass.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

[Sanskrit to German]

Riri in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Pali-English dictionary

rīri (ရီရိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[rī+ri.ri-gamane,ri.ritipi.,ṭī.492.]
[ရီ+ရိ။ ရိ-ဂမနေ၊ရိ။ရိတိပိ။ဓာန်၊ဋီ။၄၉၂။]

Source: Sutta: Pali Word Grammar from Pali Myanmar Dictionary

[Pali to Burmese]

rīri—

(Burmese text): ရီတိ-နှင့် အနက်တူ။

(Auto-Translation): Riti - and black alike.

Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)
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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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