alarkaḥ

alarkaḥ

1 A mad dog or one rendered furious.

2 A fabulous animal like a hog with eight legs.

3 A kind of worm.

4 N. of a plant (śvetārka).

alarkaḥ 1 A mad dog or one rendered furious. -2 A fabulous animal like a hog with eight legs. aṣṭapādaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ sūcībhiriva saṃvṛtam | romabhiḥ sanniruddhāṅgamalarkaṃ nāma nāmataḥ Mb.12.3.13. -3 A kind of worm. -4 N. of a plant (śvetārka; Mar. pāṃḍharī ruī).

alarkaḥ , puṃ, (alamarkate'rcyate vā, arka + ac, arca
+ ghañ vā .) kṣiptakukkuraḥ . (“ālarkaṃ viṣa-
miva sarvvataḥ prasuptam” . iti uttaracarite .)
śvetārkavṛkṣaḥ . śādā ākanda iti bhāṣā .
(asya paryyāyāntaraṃ guṇāntarañca yathā —
“alarko guṇarūpaḥ syānmandāro vasukopi ca .
śvetapuṣpaḥ sadāpuṣpaḥ sabālārkaḥ pratāpasaḥ ..
rakto'paro'rkanāmā syādarkaparṇo vikīraṇaḥ .
raktapuṣpaḥ śuklaphalastathāsphoṭaḥ prakīrttitaḥ ..
arkadvayaṃ saraṃ vātakuṣṭhakaṇḍūviṣavraṇān .
nihanti plīhagulmārśaḥśleṣmodaraśakṛtkrimīn ..
alarkakusumaṃ vṛṣyaṃ laghudīpanapācanaṃ .
arocakaprasekārśaḥkāsaśvāsanivāraṇam” ..
iti bhāvaprakāśaḥ ..
“duṣṭakarddamasaṃsparśāḥ kaṇḍūkledānvitāntarāḥ” .
aṅgulyo'lasa mityāhuḥ .. iti vābhaṭaḥ ..)
tatparyyāyaḥ . pratāpasaḥ 2 rājārkaḥ 3 gaṇarūpī 4 .
iti ratnamālāmarau .. śūkarākārāṣṭapādatīkṣṇa-
dantasūcyākṛtilomajantuviśeṣaḥ . daṃśanāmāsuro
bhṛguśāpāt ayaṃ janturbhūtvā karṇasyoruṃ bhittvā
paraśurāmadṛṣṭipātāt śāpamuktaḥ pūrvvarūpo babhūva .
iti mahābhārate rājadharmme ..
(“dadarśa rāmastaṃ cāpi kṛmiṃ śūkarasannibhaṃ .
aṣṭapādaṃ tīkṣṇadaṃṣṭraṃ sūcībhiriva saṃvṛtaṃ ..
romabhiḥ saṃniruddhāṅgamalarkaṃ nāma nāmataḥ .
so'bravīdahamāsaṃ prāgdaṃśo nāma mahāsuraḥ .
purā devayuge tāta ! bhṛgostulyavayā iva .
so'haṃ bhṛgoḥ sudayitāṃ bhāryyāmapaharaṃ balāt ..
maharṣerabhiśāpena kṛmibhūto'pataṃ bhuvi” .
svanāmakhyāto nṛpatiḥ .
“śaivyaḥ śenakapotīye svamāṃsaṃ pakṣiṇe dadau .
alarkaścakṣuṣī datvā jagāma gatimuttamām” ..
iti rāmāyaṇe . svanāmakhyātaḥ kāśirājaḥ, sa hi
vatsarājasya puttraḥ sannateśca pitā, yathā harivaṃśe, —
“vatsaputtrastvalarkastu sannatistasya cātmajaḥ .
alarkaḥ kāśirājastu brahmaṇyaḥ satyasaṅgaraḥ ..
ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca .
tasyāsīt sumahadrājyaṃ rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ” .)