Rishi

<p>In <a href="/facts/Indian_religions/XW0aX8GF">Indian religions</a>, a <i>rishi</i>  is an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mention in various <a href="/facts/Vedic_text/yQgc8B2x">Vedic texts</a>. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the <a href="/facts/Vedas/yQgc8B2x">Vedas</a>. The Post-Vedic tradition of <a href="/facts/Hinduism/oxV9YvQh">Hinduism</a> regards the rishis as "great <a href="/facts/Yogi/juLpk6k8">yogis</a>" or "sages" who after intense meditation (<a href="/facts/Tapas_(Sanskrit)/eaLtQyXC">tapas</a>) realized the supreme truth and eternal knowledge, which they composed into hymns. The term appears in <a href="/facts/Pali/HLQW2fvS">Pali</a> literature as Ishi; in <a href="/facts/Buddhism/G0wsjrSl">Buddhism</a> they can be either <a href="/facts/Buddhas/QC2ErM2j">Buddhas</a>, <a href="/facts/Pratyekabuddha/f8PYDvvL">Paccekabuddhas</a>, <a href="/facts/Arhat/oVcyH2SA">Arahats</a> or a <a href="/facts/Buddhist_monasticism/Cwc4dzX1">monk</a> of high rank.
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