arka a. [ arc-GaY-kutvaM Uṇ. 3. 40 ] Fit to be worshipped ( arcaMnIya ). — rkaH 1 A ray of light, a flash of lightning ( Ved. ). 2 The sun; AvizkftAruRapuraHsara ekatorkaH Ś. 4. 1. 3 Fire. 4 A crystal. 5 Copper. 6 Sunday. 7 Membrum virile. 8 N. of the sun-plant, Calatropis Gigantea ( Mar. ruI ), a small tree with medicinal sap and rind; arkasyopari SiTilaM cyutamiva navamallikAkusumaM Ś. 2. 8 ; yamASritya na viSrAmaM kzuDArtA yAMti sevakAH . so'rkavannfpatistyAjyaH sadApuzpaPalo'pi san Pt. 1. 51. 9 N. of Indra. 10 A sort of religious ceremony. 11 Praise, hymn; praising, extolling, song of praise. 12 A singer ( Ved. in these two senses). 13 A learned man. 14 An elder brother. 15 Food ( arkaM also). 16 N. of Viṣṇu. 17 A kind of decoction. 18 The seventh day of a month. 19 The uttaraPalgunI asterism. 20 The number 12. Comp. — aMSaH, -kalA a digit or 12th part of the sun's disc. — aSman m. — upalaH 1 the sun-stone, heliotrope, girasol. 2 a sort of crystal or ruby. — AhvaH the swallow wort. — iMdusaMgamaH the time of conjunction of the sun and moon ( darSa or amAvAsyA ). — kAMtA 1 N. of a plant commonly called huQuqiyA . 2 sun's wife. 3 sun's shadow. — kzetraM 1 the field of the sun; the sign Leo , presided over by the sun. 2 N. of a holy place in Orissa. — caMdanaH a kind of red sandal ( raktacaMdana ). — jaH epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Sugrīva. — (jO) the two Aśvins regarded as the physicians of Heaven. — tanayaH ‘a son of the sun’, an epithet of Karṇa, Yama, Manu Vaivasvata, Manu Sāvarṇi and Saturn; see aruRAtmaja . — (yA) N. of the rivers Yamunā and Tāptī. — tviz f. light of the sun. — dinaM , — vAsaraH Sunday. — dugDaM milky sap or exudation of arka . — naMdanaH, -putraH , — sutaH, -sUnuH N. of Saturn, Karṇa or Yama. — nayana a. one whose eyes are difficult to be gazed at. — (naH) an ( pb ) epithet of Virāj Puruṣa. nAman m. the red arka tree. — patraH, -parRaH N. of the plant arka . — (trA) a kind of birthwort ( sunaMdA, arkamUMlA ) with wedgeshaped leaves. — (traM, -rRaM) the leaf of the arka plant. — pAdapaH N. of a plant ( niMba ); another tree ( AkaMda ). — puzpaM a flower of arka . — (zpI) , — puzpikA N. of a plant ( kuwuMbinI ). — priyA N. of a plant ( javA ). — baMDuH , — bAMDavaH 1 N. of Buddha Śākyamuni. 2 a lotus (the sun-lotus). — BaM 1 an asterism influenced by the sun. 2 the sign Leo . 3 uttarAPalgunInakzatra . — BaktA = °kAMtA q. v. — maMqalaM the disc of the sun. — mUlaH, -lA = °patrA ; viliKati vasuDAmarkamUlasya hetoH Bh. 2. 100. — varzaH a solar year. — vallaBaH 1 N. of a plant ( baMDUka ). 2 a lotus. — vivAhaH marriage with the arka plant (enjoined to be performed before a man marries a third wife, who thus becomes his fourth); caturTAdivivAhArTaM tftIyo'rkaM samudvahet Kāśyapa . — veDaH N. of a tree ( tAlISapatra ). — vrataH -taM 1 a vow performed on mAGaSuklasaptamI . 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 arkavrata ; azwO mAsAn yaTAdityastoyaM haratiraSmiBiH . taTA haretkaraM rAzwrAnnityamarkavrataM hi tat .. Ms. 9. 305 ; cf. R. 1. 18 (the point of comparison may also be the imperceptible way in which the sun absorbs water, see Pt. 1. 221 ). — SokaH Ved. brilliancy of rays. — sAtiH f. 1 finding of rays. 2 poetical inspiration; finding out hymns. — sodaraH ‘brother of the sun’, an epithet of Airāvata. — hitA = °kAMtA q. v.