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    See also alka, alkaḥ, arkaḥ, arkka.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 68.
    arka r. 10th cl. (arkayati)

    1 To praise.

    2 To heat or warm.

    ☞ p. 68.
    arka m. (-rkaḥ)

    1 The sun.

    2 Crystal.

    3 Swallow wort, (Calotropis gigantea.)

    4 Copper.

    5 A name of INDRA.

    6 A Paṇḍita or learned man.

    7 An elder brother.

    8 Sunday.

    E. arca to worship or respect, ka Uṇādi affix, and the ca is dropped; what is worshipped or respected: or arka to heat, affix ac.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 53, col. 1.
    arka (kaḥ) 1. m. The sun; crystal;
    swallow-wort; copper; Indra.

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 48, col. 1.
    arka arka, i. e. arc + a, m. 1. A

    ray of light, Chr. 291, 2 = Rigv. i.

    85, 2. 2. The sun, Chr. 36, 22. 3.

    Swallowwort, Asclepias gigantea, Śāk.

    d. 41. — Comp. Jala-, the reflexion of

    the sun in water, Bhāg. P. 3, 27, 1.

    Bāla-, m. the rising sun. Sa-, adj.

    with the sun, sunny. Su-, adj. flashing

    beautifully, Chr. 293, 1 = Rigv. i. 50, 1.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 82, col. 3.
    arka arka, as, m. (fr. rt. arc), a ray, flash of

    lightning; the sun; fire; crystal; copper; a N. of

    Indra; Sunday; membrum virile; N. of the plant

    Calotropis Gigantea; a religious ceremony; praise,

    hymn; praising; a singer; a learned man; an elder

    brother; food. —Arka-kāntā, f., N. of the plant

    Polanisia Icosandra W. —Arka-kṣetra, am, n. ‘the

    field of the sun,’ N. of a sacred place in Orissa.

    —Arka-cikitsā, f. ‘the medical art of the sun,’ title

    of a work on medicine. —Arka-ja, au, m. du. the

    two sons of Sūrya or the sun and Aśvinī, and physi-

    cians of Svarga or heaven. —Arka-tanaya, as, m.

    offspring of the sun, an epithet of Karṇa, Manu

    Vaivasvata, Manu Sāvarṇi, and Śani; (ā), f. an epithet

    of the rivers Yamunā and Tapatī. —Arka-tva, am,

    n. brightness, &c. —Arka-tviṣ, ṭ, f. a ray of light,

    the light of the sun. —Arka-dina, am, n. a solar

    day. —Arka-nandana, as, m. a son of the sun; a

    N. of the planet Saturn; an epithet of Karṇa. —Arka-

    nayana, as, m., N. of an Asura. —Arka-pattra,

    as, m., N. of the plant Calotropis Gigantea; (ā), f.

    a kind of birth-wort, Aristolochia Indica; (am), n.

    the leaf of the plant Calotropis Gigantea. —Arka-

    parṇa, as, m. the plant Calotropis Gigantea; (am),

    n. the leaf of this plant. —Arka-pādapa, as, m.,

    N. of the tree Melia Azadirachta Lin. —Arka-putra,

    as, m. the child of the sun, i. e. Karṇa. —Arka-

    puṣpikā, f., N. of the plant Gynandropsis Penta-

    phylla. —Arka-puṣpī, f., N. of the plant Kuṭumbinī.

    —Arka-prakāśa, as, m. ‘the revelation of the

    sun,’ title of a work on medicine and jurisprudence.

    —Arka-priyā, f., N. of the plant Hibiscus Rosa

    Sinensis L. —Arka-bandhu, us, or arka-bāndhava,

    as, m. a N. of Buddha Śākya-muni. —Arka-bhaktā,

    f., N. of the plant Polanisia Icosandra W. and A.

    —Arka-maṇḍala, am, n. the disc of the sun.

    —Arka-mūlā, f. a kind of birth-wort, Aristolochia

    Indica. —Arka-reto-ja, as, m. Revanta, the son of

    Sūrya. —Arka-lūṣa, as, m., N. of a man. —Arka-

    vat, ān, atī, at, containing flashes of lightning.

    —Arka-varṣa, as, m. a solar year. —Arka-valla-

    bha, as, m., N. of the plant Pentapetes Phœnicea

    Lin. —Arka-vedha, as, m., N. of a plant. —Arka-

    vrata, as, m. the rule or law of the sun; i. e. levy-

    ing taxes, subjecting the people to imposts, or drawing

    their wealth as imperceptibly as the sun evaporates

    water. —Arka-śoka, as, m., Ved. brilliancy of rays.

    —Arka-sāti, is, f., Ved. invention of hymns, poetical

    inspiration. —Arka-sūnu, us, m. son of the sun, an

    epithet of Yama. —Arka-sodara, as, m. Airāvata,

    the elephant of Indra. —Arka-hitā, f., N. of the

    plant Polanisia Icosandra W. —Arkāṃśa (°ka-aṃ°),

    as, m. a digit or the twelfth part of the sun's disc.

    —Arkāśman (°ka-aś°), ā, m. heliotrope, girasol,

    crystal. —Arkāhva (°kā-āh°) as, m. swallow wort.

    —Arkendu-saṅgama (°ka-in°), as, m. the instant

    of conjunction of the sun and moon. —Arkopala

    (°ka-up°), as, m. the sun-stone, a ruby.

    Lanman’s Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary

    ☞ p. 120, col. 2.
    arká, m. the sun. [√ṛc, 216. 1.]

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 163, col. 2.
    arka a. [arc-ghañ-kutvaṃ Uṇ. 3. 40] Fit to be worshipped (arcaṃnīya).

    — rkaḥ

    1 A ray of light, a flash of lightning (Ved.).

    2 The sun; āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsara ekatorkaḥ Ś. 4. 1.

    3 Fire.

    4 A crystal.

    5 Copper.

    6 Sunday.

    7 Membrum virile.

    8 N. of the sun-plant, Calatropis Gigantea (Mar. ruī), a small tree with medicinal sap and rind; arkasyopari śithilaṃ cyutamiva navamallikākusumaṃ Ś. 2. 8; yamāśritya na viśrāmaṃ kṣudhārtā yāṃti sevakāḥ . so'rkavannṛpatistyājyaḥ sadāpuṣpaphalo'pi san Pt. 1. 51.

    9 N. of Indra.

    10 A sort of religious ceremony.

    11 Praise, hymn; praising, extolling, song of praise.

    12 A singer (Ved. in these two senses).

    13 A learned man.

    14 An elder brother.

    15 Food (arkaṃ also).

    16 N. of Viṣṇu.

    17 A kind of decoction.

    18 The seventh day of a month.

    19 The uttaraphalgunī asterism.

    20 The number 12.

    Comp.

    — aṃśaḥ, kalā a digit or 12th part of the sun's disc.

    — aśman m.

    — upalaḥ

    1 the sun-stone, heliotrope, girasol.

    2 a sort of crystal or ruby.

    — āhvaḥ the swallow wort.

    — iṃdusaṃgamaḥ the time of conjunction of the sun and moon (darśa or amāvāsyā).

    — kāṃtā

    1 N. of a plant commonly called huḍhuḍiyā.

    2 sun's wife.

    3 sun's shadow.

    — kṣetraṃ

    1 the field of the sun; the sign Leo, presided over by the sun.

    2 N. of a holy place in Orissa.

    — caṃdanaḥ a kind of red sandal (raktacaṃdana).

    — jaḥ epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Sugrīva. (

    — jau) the two Aśvins regarded as the physicians of Heaven.

    — tanayaḥ ‘a son of the sun’, an epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Manu Vaivasvata, Manu Sāvarṇi and Saturn; see aruṇātmaja. (

    — yā) N. of the rivers Yamunā and Tāptī.

    — tviṣ f. light of the sun.

    — dinaṃ,

    — vāsaraḥ Sunday.

    — dugdhaṃ milky sap or exudation of arka.

    — naṃdanaḥ, putraḥ,

    — sutaḥ, sūnuḥ N. of Saturn, Karṇa or Yama.

    — nayana a. one whose eyes are difficult to be gazed at. (

    — naḥ) an (pb) epithet of Virāj Puruṣa. nāman m. the red arka tree.

    — patraḥ, parṇaḥ N. of the plant arka. (

    — trā) a kind of birthwort (sunaṃdā, arkamūṃlā) with wedgeshaped leaves. (

    — traṃ, rṇaṃ) the leaf of the arka plant.

    — pādapaḥ N. of a plant (niṃba); another tree (ākaṃda).

    — puṣpaṃ a flower of arka. (

    — ṣpī),

    — puṣpikā N. of a plant (kuṭuṃbinī).

    — priyā N. of a plant (javā).

    — baṃdhuḥ,

    — bāṃdhavaḥ

    1 N. of Buddha Śākyamuni.

    2 a lotus (the sun-lotus).

    — bhaṃ

    1 an asterism influenced by the sun.

    2 the sign Leo.

    3 uttarāphalgunīnakṣatra.

    — bhaktā = °kāṃtā q. v.

    — maṃḍalaṃ the disc of the sun.

    — mūlaḥ, lā = °patrā; vilikhati vasudhāmarkamūlasya hetoḥ Bh. 2. 100.

    — varṣaḥ a solar year.

    — vallabhaḥ

    1 N. of a plant (baṃdhūka).

    2 a lotus.

    — vivāhaḥ marriage with the arka plant (enjoined to be performed before a man marries a third wife, who thus becomes his fourth); caturthādivivāhārthaṃ tṛtīyo'rkaṃ samudvahet Kāśyapa.

    — vedhaḥ N. of a tree (tālīśapatra).

    — vrataḥ taṃ

    1 a vow performed on māghaśuklasaptamī.

    2 the law or manner of the sun; when a king exacts taxes from his subjects only to add to their material comforts and happiness, just as the sun draws up water during

    8 months of the year, only to give it back increased a thousandfold, he is said to follow arkavrata; aṣṭau māsān yathādityastoyaṃ haratiraśmibhiḥ . tathā haretkaraṃ rāṣṭrānnityamarkavrataṃ hi tat .. Ms. 9. 305; cf. R. 1. 18 (the point of comparison may also be the imperceptible way in which the sun absorbs water, see Pt. 1. 221).

    — śokaḥ Ved. brilliancy of rays.

    — sātiḥ f.

    1 finding of rays.

    2 poetical inspiration; finding out hymns.

    — sodaraḥ ‘brother of the sun’, an epithet of Airāvata.

    — hitā = °kāṃtā q. v.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 41.
    arká m. beam, ray; the sun, fire; praise, song, sound, roar; singer; N. of a plant.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 27, col. 1.
    arka ark-á, m. ray; sun; sun-god; hymn;
    singer; kind of tree or shrub; -nandana, m.
    planet Saturn; -pattra, n. leaf of the Arka;
    -prabhā-jāla, n. sun-beams; -ripu, m. Rāhu;
    -vrata, n. manner of the sun.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    1. arká m. (√ arc), Ved. a ray, flash of lightning, RV. &c.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    the sun, RV. &c.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    (hence) the number, ‘twelve’, Sūryas.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    Sunday
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    fire, RV. ix, 50, 4; ŚBr.; BṛĀrUp.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    crystal, R. ii, 94, 6
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    membrum virile, AV. vi, 72, 1
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    copper, L.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    the plant Calotropis Gigantea (the larger leaves are used for sacrificial ceremonies; cf. arka-kośī, -parṇá, palaśá, &c. below), ŚBr. &c., a religious ceremony, ŚBr.; BṛĀrUp. (cf. arkāśvamedha below)
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    praise, hymn, song (also said of the roaring of the Maruts and of Indra's thunder), RV. & AV.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    one who praises, a singer, RV.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    N. of Indra, L.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 1.
    a learned man (cf. RV. viii, 63, 6), L.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 2.
    an elder brother, L.
    ☞ p. 89, col. 2.
    N. of a physician, BrahmaP. (cf. arka-cikitsā below)
    ☞ p. 89, col. 2.
    arká mn. (with agneḥ, indrasya, gautamasaḥ, &c.) N. of different Sāmans
    ☞ p. 89, col. 2.
    food, Naigh. & Nir. (cf. RV. vii, 9, 2).
    ☞ p. 1316, col. 2.
    2. arka Nom. P. °kati, to become a sun, Subh.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    arka

    r. 10th cl. (arkayati)

    1. To praise.

    2. To heat or warm.

    ☞ p. 56, col. 1.
    arka

    m. (-rkaḥ)

    1. The sun.

    2. Crystal.

    3. Swallow wort, (Calotropis
    gigantea)

    4. Copper.

    5. A name of INDRA.

    6. A Pandit or learned
    man.

    7. An elder brother.

    8. Sunday.

    E. arca to worship or respect,
    ka Unādi affix, and the ca is dropped; what is worshipped or res-
    pected: or arka to heat, affix ac.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 220.
    arka a. [arc-ghañ-kutvam Uṇ.3.40.]. Fit to be worshipped (arcanīya). -rkaḥ 1 A ray of light, a flash of lightning (Ved.). -2 The sun; āviṣkṛtāruṇapuraḥsara ekato'rkaḥ Ś.4.2. -3 Fire. ya evametadarkasyārkatvaṃ veda Bṛi. Up. 1.2.1. -4 A crystal; puṣpārkaketakābhāśca Rām.2.94.6. -5 Copper. -6 Sunday. -7 Membrum virile. evā te śepaḥ sahasāyamarko'ṅgenāṅgaṃ saṃsamakaṃ kṛṇotu Av.6.72.1. -8 N. of the sun-plant, Calatropis Gigantea (Mar. ruī), a small tree with medicinal sap and rind; arkasyopari śithilaṃ cyutamiva navamallikākusumam Ś.2.9; yamāśritya na viśrāmaṃ kṣudhārtā yānti sevakāḥ | so'rkavannṛpatistyājyaḥ sadāpuṣpaphalo'pi san Pt.1.51. arke cenmadhu vindeta ŚB. on MS. -9 N. of Indra. -10 A sort of religious ceremony. -11 Praise, hymn; praising, extolling, song of praise. -12 A singer (Ved. in these two senses). -13 A learned man. -14 An elder brother. -15 Food (arkam also). -16 N. of Viṣṇu. -17 A kind of decoction. -18 The seventh day of a month. -19 The uttarāphalgunī asterism. -20 The number 12. -21 The sun-stone (sūryakānta); masāragalvarkamayairvibhaṅgairvibhūṣitaṃ hemanibaddhacakram Mb.12.46.33. cf. arko'rkaparṇe sphaṭike tāmre sūrye divaspatau | jyeṣṭhabhrātari śukle'rkapādape ca pumān bhavet || Nm. -Comp. -aṃśaḥ, -kalā a digit or 12th part of the sun's disc. -aśman m. -upalaḥ 1 the sun-stone, heliotrope, girasol. -2 a sort of crystal or ruby. -āhvaḥ the swallow wort. -indusaṃgamaḥ the time of conjunction of the sun and moon (darśa or amāvāsyā). -kāntaḥ A class of eleven storeyed buildings; Māna.29.25-34. -kāntā 1 N. of a plant commonly called huḍhuḍiyā. -2 sun's wife. -3 sun's shadow. -kuṇḍatīrtham N. of a Tīrtha; Skanda P. -kṣetram 1 the field of the sun; the sign Leo, presided over by the sun. -2 N. of a holy place in Orissa. -grahaḥ The eclipse of the sun; Bṛi. S. -grīvaḥ N. of the Sāman. -candanaḥ a kind of red sandal (raktacandana). -cikitsā Arka's work on medical science. -jaḥ epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Sugrīva. (-jau) the two Aśvins regarded as the physicians of Heaven. -tanayaḥ 'a son of the sun', an epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Manu Vaivasvata, Manu Sāvarṇi and Saturn; see aruṇātmaja. (-yā) N. of the rivers Yamunā and Tāpti. -tviṣ f. light of the sun. -dinam, -vāsaraḥ Sunday. -dugdham milky sap or exudation of Arka. -nandanaḥ, -putraḥ, -sutaḥ, -sūnuḥ N. of Saturn, Karṇa or Yama. -nayana a. one whose eyes are difficult to be gazed at. (-naḥ) an epithet of Virat Puruṣa. -nāman m. the red arka tree. -patraḥ, -parṇaḥ N. of the plant arka. (-trā) a kind of birthwort (sunandā, arkamūlā) with wedge-shaped leaves. (-tram, -rṇam) the leaf of the arka plant. -pādapaḥ N. of a plant (nimba); another tree (ākanda). -puṣpam a flower of arka -puṣpādyam N. of a Sāman. (-ṣpī), -puṣpikā N. of a plant (kuṭumbinī) -puṣpottaram N. of a Sāman. -prakāśa a. Bright like the sun; Mb. -priyā N. of a plant (java). -bandhuḥ, -bāndhavaḥ 1 N. of Buddha Śākyamuni, meaning sūryavaṃśyaḥ, cf. śuddhodano nāma nṛpo'rkabandhuḥ Bu. Ch.9.9. -2 a lotus (the sun-lotus). -bham 1 an asterism influenced by the sun. -2 the sign Leo. -3 uttarāphalgunīnakṣatra. -bhaktā = ˚kāntā q. v. -maṇḍalam disc of the sun. -mūlaḥ, -lā = ˚patrā; vilikhati vasudhāmarkamūlasya hetoḥ Bh.2.100. -retojaḥ Revanta, the son of Sūrya. -lapaṇam Salt-petre. -varṣaḥ a solar year. -vallabhaḥ 1 N. of a plant (bandhūka; Mar. dupārī). -2 a lotus. -vivāhaḥ marriage with the arka plant (enjoined to be performed before a man marries a third wife, who thus becomes his fourth); caturthādivivāhārthaṃ tṛtīyo'rkaṃ samudvahet Kāśyapa. -vedhaḥ N. of a tree (tālīśapatra). -vrataḥ, -tam 1 a vow performed on māghaśuklasaptamī. -2 the law or manner of the sun; when a king exacts taxes from his subjects only to add to their material comforts and happiness, just as the sun draws up water during 8 months of the year, only to give it back increased a thousandfold, he is said to follow arkavrata, aṣṭau māsān yathādityastoyaṃ harati raśmibhiḥ | tathā haretkaraṃ rāṣṭrānnityamarkavrataṃ hi tat || Ms.9.305; cf. R.1.18 (the point of comparison may also be the imperceptible way in which the sun absorbs water, see Pt.1.221). -śokaḥ Ved. brilliancy of rays. -sātiḥ f. 1 finding of rays. -2 poetical inspiration; finding out hymns; rapat kavirindrārkasātau Rv.1. 174.7. -sodaraḥ 'brother of the sun', an epithet of Airāvata. -hitā = ˚kāntā q. v.

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 47, col. 2.
    arka arka m. (ark) le Soleil.

    Vd. hymne.

    arkaja m. (jan) né du Soleil, ép. des Aśvins.

    arkapatrā f. aristolochia indica, bot.

    arkaparṇa m. asclepias gigantea, bot.

    arkapādapa m. melia azadaracta, bot.

    arkapuṣpikā f. espèce d'asclepias grimpante, bot.

    arkabandhu m. ép. du Buddha.

    arkamūlā f. comme arkapatrā.

    arkaretoja m. (retas-jan) surnom de Revanta, fils de Sūrya.

    arkavrata n. m à m. dévotion au Soleil, c-à-d. perception d'impôts qui dessèchent le peuple, comme le soleil les eaux.

    arkasūnu m. Yama, fils de Vivasvat.

    arkasodara m. l'éléphant d'Indra.

    arkāśman m. (aśman) pierre du Soleil, verre ardent, lentille de cristal.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    ☞ p. 79, col. 2.
    arka- m. rayon de lumière; soleil; dieu du soleil; feu; cristal; sorte d'asclépiade, Calotropis Gigantea; n. d'une cérémonie; n. de personnages; -tva- nt. caractère de rayon.

    °tanaya- m. Manu; -ā- f. n. d'une rivière.

    °nandana- m. planète Saturne.

    °pattra- m. feuille d'arka.

    °prakāśa- a. qui a l'éclat du soleil.

    °prabhā-jāla- nt. faisceau lumineux du soleil.

    °ripu- m. Rāhu.

    °vrata- nt. lois du soleil.

    Renou Terminologie grammaticale du Sanskrit

    ☞ vol. 3, p. 378.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 419.
    arká (von 1. arc) m. P. 1, 1, 58, Vārtt. 2, Sch. Uṇ. 3, 40.

    1) Strahl (der Sonne, des Feuers u. s. w.); Blitzstrahl NAIGH. 2, 20. ā sūryò na bhā̂nùmadbhîràrkairagnê tàtanthà rodâsī̀ vi bhā̀sā ṚV. 6, 4, 6. 3, 8. śùcayâdbhiràrkaiḥ 4, 56, 1. (soma) jàjñā̀naḥ sūryâmapinvo àrkaiḥ 9, 97, 31. (indra) avârdhayò dyāṃ bṛ̀hadbhîràrkaiḥ 2, 11, 15. indrâḥ pū̀rbhidātîràddāsâmàrkaiḥ 3, 34, 1. tvamîndra sàjoṣâsamàrkaṃ bîbharṣi bā̀hvoḥ . vajràṃ śiśā̂nà ojâsā .. 10, 153, 4. 68, 6. 4, 16, 4. pràtyañcâmàrkaṃ prâtyarpayìtvā AV. 12, 2, 55. 4, 24, 1. VS. 18, 22. Vgl. ŚAT. BR. 10, 6, 5, 2 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1, 2, 2). In der Zusammenstellung agni, arka, uktha 10, 6, 2, 5-7. 4, 1, 4. 15. 21. 12, 3, 3, 14. arkávidha 10, 6, 2, 10. wobei wie auch sonst im ŚAT. BR. die Bedd. vermengt werden. nīhāradhūmārkānilānalānāṃ khadyotavidyutsphaṭikaśaśinām . etāni rūpāṇi puraḥsarāṇi brahmaṇyabhivyaktikarāṇi yoge .. ŚVETĀŚV. UP. 2, 11 (RÖER: hot air).

    — 2) Sonne (auch als Gottheit) AK. 1, 1, 2, 31. 3, 4, 1, 4. H. 95. an. 2, 1. MED. k. 15. àrkaṃ svàrvidâm ṚV. 10, 107, 4. àvàkṣìpannàrka ùlkāmîvà dyoḥ 68, 4. 8, 90, 19. svàrṇārkaḥ VS. 18, 50. àrkaḥ samîddhà udârocathā dìvi AV. 13, 3, 22. PRAŚNOP. 4, 2. M. 2, 101. 181. 5, 87. 96. 105. 7, 4. 7. 8, 86. 9, 303. 305. YĀJÑ. 3, 41. SĀV. 5, 26. SUND. 4, 19. R. 1, 7, 18. 6, 36, 116. ŚĀK. 77. 86. 170. PAÑCAT. 242, 4. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 51, 20. VID. 54. 259. KATHĀS. 25, 207. — Bei den Jaina bilden die arkās als Gottheit eine Unterabth. der jyotiṣka H. 92.

    — 3) Feuer: àrkasyà yonîmā̀sadâm ṚV. 9, 50, 4. ayaṃ vā agnirarkaḥ ŚAT. BR. 8, 6, 2, 19. 9, 4, 2, 18. 20. 10, 3, 4, 5. 5, 3, 3. 6, 5, 8 = BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1, 2, 7.

    — 4) Krystall AK. 3, 4, 1, 4. H. an. MED.

    — 5) Kupfer H. an. MED.

    — 6) ein Bein. Indra's TRIK. 3, 3, 2. H. an. 2, 1. MED. k. 15. Vgl. u. 10.

    — 7) Sonntag (im Anschluss an 2.) JYOT. im ŚKDR.

    — 8) das aufgerichtete Glied (wohl im Anschluss an 1. Blitztrahl = Donnerkeil, Keil): èvaṃ tè śepàḥ sahâsā̀yàmarko 'ṅgènāṅgàṃ saṃsâmakaṃ kṛṇotu AV. 6, 72, 1.

    — 9) Calotropis gigantea (nach der Keil-Form der Blätter, vgl. arkaparṇa, °patra), ein gemeiner Strauch mit heilkräftigem Safte und Rinde. AK. 2, 4, 2, 61. TRIK. 3, 3, 2. H. an. 2, 1. MED. k. 15. AINSLIE, Mat. ind. 1, 486. 2, 488. Nach ROXB. Fl. ind. 2, 30 heisst so die Species mit lilafarbigen Blüthen, die mit weissen — alarka . SUŚR. 1, 133, 1. 138, 12. 182, 15. 237, 21. 2, 70, 3. 8. 17. arkakṣīra 282, 8. Die einzelnen Theile der Pflanze, deren breite Blätter namentlich beim Opfer dienen, werden mit Körpertheilen verglichen. ŚAT. BR. 9, 1, 1, 4. 9. àrkàpàrṇa 42. KĀTY. ŚR. 18, 1, 1. °pàlā̀śa ŚAT. BR. 2, 2, 3, 12. 13. KĀTY. ŚR. 4, 11, 5. °kāṣṭha 18, 1, 1. °kòśyau ŚAT. BR. 10, 3, 4, 3. 5. °dhā̀nāḥ, °pùṣpa, °mū̀la, °sàmùdgau, àrkā̀ṣṭhī̀lā ebend. gebrannt beim Opfer an die Sonne YĀJÑ. 1, 301. arkasyopari śithilaṃ cyutamiva navamallikākusumam ŚĀK. 41. sa tairarkapatrairbhakṣitaiḥ kṣāratiktakaṭurūkṣaistīkṣṇavipākaiścakṣuṣyupahato 'ndho babhūva MBH. 1, 716. yamāśritya na viśrāmaṃ kṣudhārtā yānti sevakāḥ . so 'rkavannṛpatistyājyaḥ sadā puṣpaphalo 'pi san .. PAÑCAT. I, 57.

    — 10) Bez. einer Ceremonie (im Anschluss an 1. Blitzstrahl): indrāyārkavate puroḍāśamiti vihito yāgo 'rkaḥ MAHĪDH. zu VS. 18, 22. arkāśvamedhasaṃtatisaṃjñāḥ pañcāhutayaḥ id. zu 50. ŚAT. BR. 9, 4, 2, 18. 10, 6, 5, 8 (= BṚH. ĀR. UP. 1, 2, 7). àrkā̀śvàmèdhau AV. 11, 7, 7. arkāśvamedham P. 2, 4, 4, Sch.

    — 11) Lobpreis, Lied: indràmidgā̀thinô bṛ̀hadindrâmàrkebhîràrkiṇâḥ . indràṃ vāṇī̂ranūṣata .. ṚV. 1, 7, 1. yastê yàjñenâ sàmidhā̀ ya ùkthairàrkebhîḥ sūno sahasò dadā̂śat 65, 5. tamàrkebhìstaṃ sāmâbhìstaṃ gā̂yàtraiścârṣàṇayâḥ . indrâṃ vardhayanti kṣìtayâḥ 8, 16, 9. madhòrdhārā̂bhirjànayânto àrkam 9, 73, 2. 1, 10, 1. 131, 6. 141, 13. 186, 4. 3, 26, 7. 8. 31, 9. 4, 3, 15. 5, 5, 4. 10, 116, 9 und sonst. AV. 3, 3, 2. 13, 1, 33. 18, 3, 40. Vom Singen der Winde ṚV. 1, 19, 4. 85, 2. 166, 7. Indra's: ā̀re màhāmàrkaṃ mâghavaṃ cìtramârca 10, 112, 9.

    — 12) concr. Preisender, Sänger: (pitaraḥ) stomâtaṣṭāsa àrkaiḥ ṚV. 10, 15, 9. śvā̀tramàrkā ânūṣàtendrâ gòtrasyâ dā̀vanê 8, 52, 5. yamàrkā âdhvàraṃ vìduḥ 6. die Winde: dìvo àrkāḥ 5, 27, 5.

    — 13) ein Gelehrter ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR.

    — 14) ein älterer Bruder DAṆḌĀDINĀTHA ebend.

    — 15) Speise nach NAIGH. 2, 7. n. NIR. 5, 4. Die Bedeutung konnte z. B. ṚV. 7, 9, 2 gesucht werden; vgl. auch ŚAT. BR. 12, 8, 1, 2 : arko (Lied) vai devānāmannam .

    ☞ vol. 5, p. 1041.
    arka

    4) R. 2, 94, 6 (nach dem Schol.).

    — 9) BHĀG. P. 10, 72, 37.

    — 10) arkau = vedabhāgau pravargyakāṇḍe Ind. St. 3, 396.

    — 11) agneḥ, indrasya, gautamasaḥ, dīrghatamasaḥ, prajāpateḥ, bharadvājasya, marutām, yāmasya, vasiṣṭhajamadagnyoḥ und svāśirāmarkaḥ und auch arkam Namen von Sāman Ind. St.3,203,b.

    — 16) N. pr. eines Arztes Verz. d. Oxf. H. 22,a,2 v. u. : vgl. arkacikitsā .

    ☞ vol. 7, p. 1702.
    arka

    2) als Sonne Bez. der Zahl zwölf SŪRYAS. 1, 70. 3, 17. 30. 8, 7. 12, 89.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 109.
    arká, m. Aus den beiden Grundbedeutungen von arc: strahlen und singen, entspringen die beiden Hauptbedeutungen: Strahl und Sang, beide auch concret: das strahlende und der singende. Also 1) Glanz, Strahl; 2) Blitzstrahl; 3) Sonne; 4) Lied, Preisgesang; 5) Sänger. Auch die Donnerstimme wird als Gesang aufgefasst, daher der donnernde Indra ({938,9}) und die donnernden Marut's ({19,4}; {85,2}; {166,7}; {384,6}; {411,5}) als Sänger.

    -ás 1) {260,7}. — 2) {894,4}. — 4) {83,6}; {462,4}; {697,4}; {698,6}. — 5) {167,6}; {540,5}.

    -ám 1) {260,8}; {525,2}; {555,7}; {578,3}; {785,2}; {893,5}. — 2) {979,4}; {983,5}. — 3) {490,8}; {710,14}; {933,4}. — 4) {10,1}; {19,4}; {61,5. 8}; {62,1}; {85,2}; {164,24}; {166,7}; {186,4}; {384,6}; {385,5}; {507,9}; {613,5}; {701,19}; {938,9}; {940,1}; {1020,4. 10}.

    -éṇa 3) {894,9}. — 4) {164,24}; {506,5}.

    -ásya 3) yónim {737,6}; {762,4}. — 4) {131,6} (bodhi). — 5) hómani {672,4}.

    -ā́s 4) {288,14}; {359,4}; {809,35}; {894,1}. — 5) {411,5}; {672,5. 6}.

    -ébhis 4) {7,1}; {446,5}; {636,9}.

    -aís 1) {202,15}; {295,6}; {312,4}; {352,1. 2}; {395,7}; {444,8}; {445,6}; {461,13}; {490,14}; {809,31}. — 2) {265,11}; {268,1}; {514,3}; {894,6}. — 4) {33,2}; {47,10}; {62,7. 11}; {88,4}; {141,13}; {190,1}; {265,9}; {296,5}; {299,15}; {306,3}; {351,3}; {383,12}; {385,4}; {387,2}; {395,6}; {462,10}; {479,3}; {491,15}; {539,6}; {632,23}; {832,4}; {942,9}; {974,5}. — 5) {510,2}; {841,9}.

    -éṣu 4) {176,5}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 108, col. 1.
    arká m.

    — 1) Strahl.

    — 2) Blitzstrahl.

    — 3) die Sonne , der Sonnengott (100,10). *Pl. als Gottheiten eine Unterabtheilung der Jyotiṣka (bei den Jaina).

    — 4) Bez. der Zahl zwölf.

    — 5) Sonntag.

    — 6) Feuer.

    — 7) Krystall R. 2,94,6.

    — 8) *Kupfer.

    — 9) das aufgerichtete Glied.

    — 10) Calotropis gigantea.

    — 11) eine best. Ceremonie.

    — 12) Lobgesang , Lied. Auch vom Rauschen der Winde und dem Gedonner Indra's. agneḥ , indrasya u.s.w. arkaḥ (auch arkam) Namen von Sāman.

    — 13) Preisender , Sänger. divó arkā́ḥ heissen die Marut ṚV. 5,57,5.

    — 14) *Bein. Indra's.

    — 15) *Gelehrter.

    — 16) *älterer Bruder.

    — 17) *Speise (auch n. )

    — 18) N.pr. eines Arztes.

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 27, col. 2.
    arká m. Strahl, Sonne u. Sonnengott; Lied, Sänger; Art Baum o. Strauch.

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 65, col. 3.
    arka (nach dem Ko. °n) die Frucht des arka, S I, 405, 2.

    Bopp Glossarium Sanscritum

    ☞ p. 18, col. 1.
    arka m. (a r. ark s. a, nisi arkayāmi ab arka) sol.

    Abhidhānaratnamālā of Halāyudha

    ☞ p. 6.
    arka;
    ādityaḥ savitā sahasrakiraṇaḥ pradyotano bhāskara-
    stigmāṃśustaraṇistathā dinamaṇirbhāsvānvivasvānhariḥ .
    mārtaṇḍastapano vikartana inaḥ pūṣā pataṅgo bhagaḥ,
    sūryo gopatiraryamā dinakaraḥ sūroṃ'śumālī raviḥ .. 35 ..
    mihiro virocano'rkastimiraripurdyumaṇiraṃśumānaṃśuḥ .
    haridaśvaḥ saptāśvaḥ prabhākaro bhānumānbhānuḥ .. 36 ..
    bradhno haṃsaḥ khago mitraścitrabhānuraharpatiḥ .
    karmasākṣī jagaccakṣurdvādaśātmā trayītanuḥ .. 37 ..
    1.1.1.35
    ☞ p. 98.
    arka;
    arkamarkaṭamaṇḍūkaviṣṇuvāsavavāyavaḥ .
    turaṅgasiṃhaśītāṃśuyamāśca harayo daśa .. 856 ..
    5.1.1.856

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 362, col. 1.
    arka tāpe, stutau ca curā0 ubha0 saka0 seṭ . arkayati te
    ārcikat ta . arkayāmāsa arkitaḥ arkayitum .
    ☞ p. 362, col. 1.
    arka pu0 arca—karmaṇi ghañ kutvam . 1 sūryye, 2 indre, 3 tāmre,
    4 sphaṭike, 5 viṣṇau, 6 paṇḍite, (ākanda,) iti khyāte 7 vṛkṣe,
    (ārakha) iti khyāte 8 kvāthaviśeṣe ca . 9 arcanīye tri0 .
    “ā sūryyo na bhānumadbhirarkaiḥ” ṛ0 6, 5, 6 “arkaiḥ
    arcanīyaiḥ” bhā0 “brahmādibhiḥ pūjyamānairarcanīyatvādarkaḥ”
    bhā0 10 jyeṣṭhe” pu0 . lakṣaṇayā 11 arkādhipe vāre
    12 saptamītithau 13 uttaraphalgunīnakṣatre 14 dvādaśasaṃkhyā
    yāñca tatra viṣṇau . “arko vājasanaḥ śṛṅgī” vi0 saha0
    arkavṛkṣe “arkaḥ palāśaḥkhadiraḥ iti viṣṇudha0 . sūryye
    “arkādviniḥsṛtaḥ prācīṃ yadyātyaharahaḥ śaśī” sūryyasi0
    “saṃparkādarkarociṣām” māghaḥ “spraṣṭuṃ jagatpūjyamayujya
    tārkaḥ” māghaḥ indre arkasodaraśabde udā0 . arkasyāpatyam
    iñ . ārkiḥ sūryaputre yamādau, yamunāyāṃ, tapatyāñca strī
    aruṇātmajaśabde vivṛtiḥ .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 98.
    arka , ka, tāpe . (curādi ubhayapadī seṭ .) stutau .
    iti kavikalpadrumaḥ .. ekakakāraḥ prakṛtiḥ paścā-
    drephanimittakadvitvaṃ vibhāṣayā vaktavyaṃ . tena ka
    arkayati arkkayati evaṃ sarvvatra . iti durgādāsaḥ ..

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    ☞ p. 178.

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    *Arka1 = Sūrya (the Sun): I, 42, 2771, 4388; III, 146

    (Dhaumya's enumeration of the 108 names of the Sun), 192

    (Yudhiṣṭhira's hymn to the Sun); XII, 11744 (has given

    the Yajurveda to Yājñavalkya).

    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    Arka2 = Viṣṇu (1000 names).
    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    Arka3, an ancient king. § 6 (Anukram.): I, 1, 230 (belonging

    to the past).

    ☞ p. 90, col. 2.
    Arka4, § 130 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 67, 2668 (a Dānava incarnated

    as the rājarṣi Ṛṣika).

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 36.
    Arka, as the name of the tree Colotropis gigantea, is perhaps

    found in one obscure passage of the Atharvaveda.1 [Footnote] 1) vi. 72, 1, where see Whitney's note. Cf. St. Petersburg Dictionary, s.v.

    The Purāṇa Index

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 103.
    Arka (I) — a son of Vasu, and a Vasu. Wife Vāsanā.

    Sons Tarṣa and others.

    Bhā. III. 21. 51; VI. 3. 14; 6. 11 and 13.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 103.
    Arka (II) — the son of Puruja, and father of Bhar-

    myāśva.

    Bhā. IX. 21. 31.
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 104.
    Arka (III) — the son of Vivici Agni; see Vividha; he

    had a number of sons like Anīkavān, etc.

    Vā. 1. 145; 29. 40; Br. II. 12. 42.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 65, col. 2.
    Arka , n. of a king (previous incarnation of Śākya-

    muni): Mv i.54.5.

    Kṛdantarūpamālā

    ☞ p. 33.
    (35) “arka stavane” (X-curādiḥ-1644. saka. seṭ. ubha.)

    ‘tapane’ ityeke .

    arkakaḥ-rkikā, arci 1 kayiṣakaḥ-ṣikā;

    arkayitā-trī, arcikayiṣitā-trī;

    arkayan-ntī, arcikayiṣan-ntī;

    arkayiṣyan-ntī-tī, arcikayiṣiṣyan-ntī-tī;

    arkayamāṇaḥ, arcikayiṣamāṇaḥ;

    arkayiṣyamāṇaḥ, arcikayiṣiṣyamāṇaḥ; 2 ark-arkau-arkaḥ;

    arkita 3ḥ- tam-tavān, arcikayiṣitam-taḥ-tavān;

    arkaḥ, arcikayiṣuḥ;

    arkayitavyam, arcikayiṣitavyam;

    arkaṇīyam, arcikayiṣaṇīyam;

    arkya Am, arcikayiṣyam;

    īṣadarkaḥ, durarkaḥ, svarkaḥ;

    arkyamāṇaḥ, arcikayiṣyamāṇaḥ;

    arkaḥ, arcikayiṣaḥ;

    arkayitum, arcikayiṣitum;

    arkaṇā 4, arcikayiṣā;

    arkaṇam, arcikayiṣaṇam;

    arkayitvā, arcikayiṣitvā;

    samarkya, samarcikayiṣya;

    arkam 2, arkayitvā 2, arcikayiṣam 2; arcikayiṣitvā 2;

    [Footnote]1. ‘na ndrāḥ saṃyogādayaḥ’ (6-1-3) iti

    rephasya dvitvaniṣedhaḥ .

    [Footnote]2. ‘rātsasya’ (8-2-24) iti niyamāt

    kakārasya saṃyogāntalopo na .

    [Footnote]3. ‘niṣṭhāyāṃ seṭi’ (6-4-52) iti

    ṇerlopaḥ .

    [Footnote]A. ‘saudhe viṭaṅkajuṣi paśyati dhūsito-

    'yaṃ rājārikīṭabalacūrṇanayātipūjyaḥ .

    arkyeṇa tena samareṣvaviśoṭhitastvaṃ

    saṃśuṇṭhitāhitamadena vijoḍito'si ..’

    dhā. kā. 3-27.

    [Footnote]4. ‘ṇyāsaśrantho yuc’ (3-3-107) iti yuc .

    Indian Epigraphical Glossary

    ☞ p. 28.
    Arka (IE 7-1-2; EI 25), ‘twelve’.

    (EI 7), explained as ‘metal’ in relation to Arkaśālika.