arkavrata

Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 68.

arkavrata n. (-taṃ)

1 Levying taxes, subjecting the people to heavy imposts, drawing their wealth as the sun evaporizes water.

2 Periodical worship of the sun.

E. arka the sun, and vrata observance.

Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 53, col. 1.

arka-vrata (taṃ) 1. n. Levying taxes.

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

☞ p. 89, col. 2.

arka—vrata n. the rule or law of the sun (i.e. levying taxes, subjecting the people to imposts, or drawing their wealth as imperceptibly as the sun evaporates water), Mn. ix, 305.

Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 56, col. 2.

arkavrata

n. (-taṃ)

1. Levying taxes, subjecting the people to heavy imposts,
drawing their wealth as the sun evaporizes water.

2. Periodical wor-
ship of the sun.

E. arka the sun, and vrata observance.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 421.

arkavrata (a° + vra°) n. die Regel, das Gesetz der Sonne. Wenn der König von seinem Volke die Abgabe auf eine eben so unmerkliche Weise erhebt, wie die Sonne während acht Monaten mit ihren Strahlen das Wasser einsaugt, so heisst ein solches Verfahren arkavrata . M. 8, 305.

☞ vol. 5, p. 1042.

arkavrata Z. 4 lies 9, 305 st. 8, 305.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 108, col. 2.

arkavrata n. die Weise der Sonne 207,12.

Vācaspatyam

☞ p. 363, col. 1.

arkavrata pu0 arkasyārādhanārthaṃ vratam . māghaśuklasaptamyādau
karttavye arkārādhanārthe 1 vrate . arkasyeva vratam niyamaḥ .
“sahasraguṇamutsraṣṭumādatte hi rasān raviḥ” ityukteryathā
raviṇā lokavṛddhyarthaṃ rasasya grahaṇamevaṃ prajāpālanārthameva rājñā
prajābhyo yat karsya grahaṇaṃ kriyate tādṛśe “aṣṭau māsān
yathādityastoyaṃ gṛhṇāti raśmibhiḥ . tathā haret karaṃ
rāṣṭrānnityaṃmarkavrataṃ hi taditi” manūkte rājñaḥ 2 karādānabhede .