Arza mf( I )n. relating or belonging to or derived from Ṛṣi s ( i.e. the poets of the Vedic and other old hymns), archaistic, MBh. ; R. &c.
Arza a. ( rzI f. ) [ fzeridaM aR ] 1 Used by a Ṛṣi only, relating or belonging to sages, archaic, Vedic ( opp. lOkika or classical); ArzaHprayogaH; saMbudDO SAkalyasyetAvanArze Sk. ; Arzo DarmaH Ms. 3. 29 ; Y. 1. 59 ; ArzaH pratyayaH P. II. 4. 58 . 2 Sacred, holy, divine, superhuman; U. 6. — rzaH A form of marriage derived from the Ṛṣis; one of the eight forms of marriage in which the father of the bride receives one or two pairs of cows from the bride-groom; AdAyArzastu godvayam Y. 1. 59 ; Ms. 3. 53 , 9. 196 ; for the names of the 8 forms see udvAha ; ArzoQA a wife married according to this form. — rzA A class of Vedic metres. — rzaM 1 The holy text, the Vedas. 2 Sacred descent. 3 Derivation (of a poem) from a Ṛṣi author.