arpaṇaṃ

arpaṇaṃ [ṛ-ṇic-lyuṭ]

1 Placing or putting upon, setting upon; pādārpaṇānugrahapūtapṛṣṭhaṃ R. 2. 35.

2 Inserting, placing or putting in.

3 Giving, offering, resigning; svadehārpaṇaniṣkrayeṇa R. 2. 55; mukhārpaṇeṣu prakṛtipragalbhāḥ 13. 9; tatkuruṣva madarpaṇaṃ Bg. 9. 27.

4 Restoration, delivery, giving back; nyāsa° Ak.

5 Piercing, perforating; tīkṣṇatuṃḍārpaṇairgrīvāṃ nakhaiḥ sarvāṃ vyadārayat Rām. (Said to mean also fire, god, an oblation, a Mantra and the tongue of fire-Tv.).

arpaṇaṃ , klī, (ṛ + ṇic + lyuṭ .) prāpaṇaṃ . sama-
rpaṇaṃ . yathā, —
“yatkaroṣi yadaśnāsi yajjuhoṣi dadāsi yat .
yattapasyasi kaunteya tatkuruṣva madarpaṇaṃ” ..
iti śrībhagavadgītāyāṃ 9 adhyāyaḥ . (sthāpanaṃ .
nyāsaḥ .
“kailāsagauraṃ vṛṣamārurukṣoḥ
pādārpaṇānugrahapūtapṛṣṭham” .
iti raghuvaṃśe . svatvatyāgaḥ . parityāgaḥ .
“arpaṇaṃ svasya vākyārthe parasyānvayasiddhaye” .
iti sāhityadarpaṇe .)