arGya a. [ arGa-yat arGamarhati ] 1 Valuable; anarGya invaluable; see s. v. 2 Venerable, deserving respectful offering; tAnarGyAnarGyamAdAya dUrAtpratyudyayO giriH Ku. 6. 50 ; Śi. 1. 14 ; ( pb ) Y. 1. 110. — rGyaM 1 A respectful offering or oblation to a god or venerable person (see arGa ); arGaH pUjAviDiH tadarTaM dravyaM arGyaM Sk. ; arGyamasmE V. 5. ; dadatu taravaH puzpErarGyaM PalESca maDuScutaH U. 3. 24 ; arGyamarGyamiti vAdinaM nfpaM R. 11. 69 ; 1. 44 ; Ku. 1. 58 , 6. 50 ; (it often consists only of water given in a droṇa and forms part of the Madhuparka ceremony). 2 A kind of honey.