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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अर्कarkaa.र्कः A ray of light, a flash of lightning (Ved.).

    [अर्च्-घञ्-कुत्वम् Uṇ.3.4.]. Fit to be worshipped (अर्चनीय).

    1. र्कः A ray of light, a flash of lightning (Vedic).
    2. The sun; आविष्कृतारुणपुरःसर एकतोऽर्कः Ś.4.2.
    3. Fire. य एवमेतदर्कस्यार्कत्वं वेद Bṛi. Up. 1.2.1.
    4. A crystal; पुष्पार्ककेतकाभाश्च Rām.2.94.6.
    5. Copper.
    6. Sunday.
    7. Membrum virile. एवा ते शेपः सहसायमर्कोऽङ्गेनाङ्गं संसमकं कृणोतु Av.6.72.1.
    8. Name of the sun-plant, Calatropis Gigantea (Marâthî रुई), a small tree with medicinal sap and rind; अर्कस्योपरि शिथिलं च्युतमिव नवमल्लिकाकुसुमम् Ś.2.9; यमाश्रित्य न विश्रामं क्षुधार्ता यान्ति सेवकाः । सोऽर्कवन्नृपतिस्त्याज्यः सदापुष्पफलोऽपि सन् Pt.1.51. अर्के चेन्मधु विन्देत ŚB. on MS.
    9. Name of Indra.
    10. A sort of religious ceremony.
    11. Praise, hymn; praising, extolling, song of praise.
    12. A singer (Vedic in these two senses).
    13. A learned man.
    14. An elder brother.
    15. Food (अर्कम् also).
    16. Name of Viṣṇu.
    17. A kind of decoction.
    18. The seventh day of a month.
    19. The उत्तरा- फल्गुनी asterism.
    20. The number 12.
    21. The sunstone (सूर्यकान्त); मसारगल्वर्कमयैर्विभङ्गैर्विभूषितं हेमनिबद्धचक्रम् Mb.12.46.33. Compare अर्कोऽर्कपर्णे स्फटिके ताम्रे सूर्ये दिवस्पतौ । ज्येष्ठभ्रातरि शुक्लेऽर्कपादपे च पुमान् भवेत् ॥ Nm.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अंशः, -कला a digit or 12th part of the sun's disc.

    • -अश्मन् Masculine

    • -उपलः

      1. the sun-stone, heliotrope, girasol.
      2. a sort of crystal or ruby.

    • -आह्वः the swallow wort.

    • -इन्दुसंगमः the time of conjunction of the sun and moon (दर्श or अमावास्या).

    • -कान्तः A class of eleven storeyed buildings; Māna.29.25-34.

    • -कान्ता

      1. Name of a plant commonly called हुड्हुडिया.
      2. sun's wife.
      3. sun's shadow.

    • -कुण्डतीर्थम् Name of a Tīrtha; Skanda Parasmaipada

    • -क्षेत्रम्

      1. the field of the sun; the sign Leo, presided over by the sun.
      2. Name of a holy place in Orissa.

    • -ग्रहः The eclipse of the sun; Bṛi. S.

    • -ग्रीवः Name of the Sāman.

    • -चन्दनः a kind of red sandal (रक्तचन्दन).

    • -चिकित्सा Arka's work on medical science.

    • -जः epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Sugrīva. (-जौ) the two Aśvins regarded as the physicians of Heaven.

    • -तनयः 'a son of the sun', an epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Manu Vaivasvata, Manu Sāvarṇi and Saturn; see अरुणात्मज. (-या) Name of the rivers Yamunā and Tāpti.

    • -त्विष् Feminine light of the sun.

    • -दिनम्, -वासरः Sunday.

    • -दुग्धम् milky sap or exudation of Arka.

    • -नन्दनः, -पुत्रः, -सुतः, -सूनुः Name of Saturn, Karṇa or Yama.

    • -नयन Adjective one whose eyes are difficult to be gazed at. (-नः) an epithet of Virat Puruṣa.

    • -नामन् Masculine the red arka tree.

    • -पत्रः, -पर्णः Name of the plant अर्क. (-त्रा) a kind of birthwort (सुनन्दा, अर्कमूला) with wedge-shaped leaves. (-त्रम्, -र्णम्) the leaf of the अर्क plant.

    • -पादपः Name of a plant (निम्ब); another tree (आकन्द).

    • -पुष्पम् a flower of arka-पुष्पाद्यम् Name of a Sāman. (-ष्पी), -पुष्पिका Name of a plant (कुटुम्बिनी) -पुष्पोत्तरम् Name of a Sāman.

    • -प्रकाश Adjective Bright like the sun; Mb.

    • -प्रिया

      1. Name of a plant (जव). बन्धुः, बान्धवः Name of Buddha Śākyamuni, meaning सूर्यवंश्यः, Compare शुद्धोदनो नाम नृपोऽर्कबन्धुः Bu. Ch.9.9.
      2. a lotus (the sun-lotus).

    • -भम्

      1. an asterism influenced by the sun.
      2. the sign Leo. उत्तराफल्गुनीनक्षत्र.

    • -भक्ता Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकान्ता quod vide, which see

    • -मण्डलम् disc of the sun.

    • -मूलः, -ला Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedपत्रा; विलिखति वसुधामर्कमूलस्य हेतोः Bh.2.1.

    • -रेतोजः Revanta, the son of Sūrya.

    • -लपणम् Saltpetre.

    • -वर्षः a solar year.

    • -वल्लभः

      1. Name of a plant (बन्धूक; Marâthî दुपारी).
      2. a lotus.

    • -विवाहः marriage with the arka plant (enjoined to be performed before a man marries athird wife, who thus becomes his fourth); चतुर्थादिविवाहार्थं तृतीयोऽर्कं समुद्वहेत् Kāśyapa.

    • -वेधः

      1. Name of a tree (तालीशपत्र). व्रतः, तम् a vow performed on माघशुक्लसप्तमी.
      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 अर्कव्रत, अष्टौ मासान् यथादित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत्करं राष्ट्रान्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् ॥ Ms.9.35; Compare R.1.18 (the point of comparison may also be the imperceptible way in which the sun absorbs water, see Pt.1.221).

    • -शोकः Vedic brilliancy of rays.

    • -सातिः

      1. Feminine
      2. finding of rays.
      3. poetical inspiration; finding out hymns; रपत् कविरिन्द्रार्कसातौ Rv.1. 174.7.

    • -सोदरः 'brother of the sun', an epithet of Airāvata.

    • -हिता Equivalent to denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकान्ता quod vide, which see

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. अर्कarka[ark-á] m. ray; sun; sun-god; hymn; singer; kind of tree or shrub; -nandana, m. planet Saturn; -pattra, n.…

    [ark-á] masculine ray; sun; sun-god; hymn; singer; kind of tree or shrub; -nandana, masculine planet Saturn; -pattra, neuter leaf of the Arka; -prabhâ-gâla, neuter sun-beams; -ripu, masculine Râhu; -vrata, neuter manner of the sun.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. अर्कarkam. (√अर्च्), Ved. a ray, flash of lightning RV. &c.
    1. masculine gender (√अर्च्), Vedic or Veda a ray, flash of lightning fg-veda etc.
    2. masculine gender the sun fg-veda etc.
    3. masculine gender (hence) the number, "twelve", Su1ryas.
    4. masculine gender Sunday
    5. masculine gender fire fg-veda ix, 50, 4 S3Br. Br2A1rUp.
    6. masculine gender crystal R. ii, 94, 6
    7. masculine gender membrum virile AV. vi, 72, 1
    8. masculine gender copper Lexicographers
    9. masculine gender the plant Calotropis Gigantea (the larger leaves are used for sacrificial ceremonies; confer, compare अर्क-कोशी, -पर्ण्/अ, पलश्/अ, etc. below) S3Br. etc., a religious ceremony S3Br. Br2A1rUp. (confer, compare अर्का*श्वमेध below)
    10. masculine gender praise hymn, song (also said of the roaring of the Maruts मरुत् s and of Indra इन्द्र 's thunder) fg-veda and AV.
    11. masculine gender one who praises, a singer fg-veda
    12. masculine gender Name of Indra इन्द्र Lexicographers
    13. masculine gender a learned man (confer, compare fg-veda viii, 63, 6) Lexicographers
    14. masculine gender an elder brother Lexicographers
    15. masculine gender Name of a physician BrahmaP. (confer, compare अर्क-चिकित्सा below)
    16. mn. (with अग्नेः, इन्द्रस्य, गौतमसः, etc.) Name of different Sa1mans सामन् s
    17. mn. food Naigh. and Nir. (confer, compare fg-veda vii, 9, 2) .
    18. 1 (in compound)
    19. 2 Nominal verb Parasmaipada that the rest of a word is to be supplied कति, to become a sun, Subh.
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  2. अर्ककरarkakaram. sunbeam Naish.

    masculine gender sunbeam Naish.

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  3. अर्ककान्ताarkakāntāf. the plant Polanisia Icosandra W.

    feminine the plant Polanisia Icosandra W.

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  4. अर्ककाष्ठarkakāṣṭhan. wood from the Arka अर्क, Ka1tyS3r.

    neuter gender wood from the Arka अर्क, Ka1tyS3r.

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  5. अर्ककुण्डतीर्थarkakuṇḍatīrthan. N. of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ SkandaP.

    neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ SkandaP.

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  6. अर्ककोशीarkakośīf. a bud of the Arka अर्क plant S3Br. x.

    feminine a bud of the Arka अर्क plant S3Br. x.

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  7. अर्कक्षीरarkakṣīran. the milky juice of the Arka अर्क plant Sus3r.

    neuter gender the milky juice of the Arka अर्क plant Sus3r.

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  8. अर्कक्षेत्रarkakṣetran. "the field of the sun", N. of a sacred place in Orissa.

    neuter gender "the field of the sun", Name of a sacred place in Orissa.

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