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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
arcanaअर्चनmf(I)n. ifc. honouring, praising, [Nir.]
nf. (am, ā) homage paid to deities and to superiors, [MBh.] &c. (cf. vibudhārcana and surārcana).
arcanasअर्चनस्arca-nas mfn. (fr. arcā below), ‘one whose nose is like that of an idol’, [Kāś.] & [Pat.] on [Pāṇ. v, 4, 118.] [The rule perhaps originally meant to explain the above N. arcanā́nas, taking it for arcanā́nas, ‘whose nose shows submission or devotion’.]
arcanīyaअर्चनीयmfn. to be worshipped, venerable.
arcanānasअर्चनानस्arcanā́nas m. ‘who has a rattling carriage’, N. of a Ṛṣi, [RV. v, 64, 7] and [AV. xviii, 3, 15.]