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    See also arthika.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 168, col. 1.
    arthikaḥ [arthayate ityarthī kan]

    1 A crier, watchman.

    2 Especially, a minstrel whose duty it is to announce (by song &c.) the different fixed periods of the day, such as the hours of rising, sleeping, eating &c.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 227.
    arthikaḥ [arthayate ityarthī kan] 1 A crier, watchman. -2 Especially, a minstrel whose duty it is to announce (by song &c.) the different fixed periods of the day, such as the hours of rising, sleeping, eating &c.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 105.
    arthikaḥ , puṃ, (arthayate ityarthī yācakaḥ kutsitārthe
    kan .) vaitālikaḥ . nidrāṇasya rājāderjāgara-
    yitā . iti hemacandraḥ ..