Sanskrit

Noun

ऋच् • ‎(ṛ́c) f

1. praise, verse, especially a sacred verse recited in praise of a deity (as opposed to the सामन् ‎(sāman) or verses which were sung and to the यजुस् ‎(yajus) or sacrificial words, formularies , and verses which were muttered)
2. sacred text
3. the collection of the ṛc verses, i.e. the Rigveda
4. the text of the Pūrvatāpanīya

Root

ऋच् • ‎(ṛc)

1. Alternative form of अर्च् ‎(arc)

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0225