āra आर n. brass, [BhP. x, 41, 20] iron, [L.] a sting Comm. on [TS.] an angle a corner m. cavity, [Sūryas.] N. of a tree, [L.] N. of a lake, [KauṣUp.] the planet Mars, Ἄρης the planet Saturn, [L.] n. v.l. for ara, q.v., a spoke, [MBh. i, 1498] (ed. Bomb. [i, 33, 4] reads ara). n. a multitude of enemies, [Śiś. xix, 27]. ārabh आरभ् ā-√ rabh P. (only pf. 1. pl. -rarabhmā́, [RV. viii, 45, 20]) Ā. -rabhate (pf. -rebhe, &c.; Inf. -rábham and -rábhe, [RV.]) to lay or take hold of, keep fast, cling to, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.; to gain a footing; to enter, reach, attain, [RV.]; to undertake, commence, begin, [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to make, produce; to form, compose, [BhP.] &c.: Intens. (pf. ā́-rárabhe) to cling to, [RV. i, 168, 3.] ārac आरच् ā-√ rac Caus. to arrange. āram आरम् ā-√ ram P. -ramati ([Pāṇ. i, 3, 83]), to pause, stop; to leave off, [AitBr.]; [ĀśvŚr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kathās.] &c.; to delight in; to enjoy one's self, take pleasure, [Mn.]; [Daś.]; [Kathās.] &c. ārap आरप् ā-√ rap P. (p. -rápat) to whisper towards, [VS. xx, 2.] āras आरस् ā-√ 1. ras P. -rasati, to roar towards, shout to, [Nalod.] āraṭ आरट् ā-√ raṭ P. (p. -raṭat) to shriek, screech, [Kathās.]; [Bhaṭṭ.] āraṇa आरण ā́raṇa n. (probably connected with araṇa) depth, abyss, precipice, [RV. i, 112, 6] and [viii, 70, 8.] āraṇi आरणि m. an eddy, [L.] āraba आरब or ārava, m. an Arabian (f(I).), [Jain.] ārakṣ आरक्ष् ā-√ rakṣ P. -rakṣati, to watch over, defend; to protect from, [RV. vii, 50, 1.] āralu आरलु m. Bignonia Indica, [L.] ārasa आरस ā-rasa m. a scream, shout, [Mālav.] ārata आरत ā-rata &c. See ā-√ ram. ā-rata mfn. ceased, quiet, gentle ā-rata n. a kind of coitus, [Mall.] on [Kir. v, 23]. ārati आरति ā-rati f. stopping, ceasing, [L.] ārava आरव āraba or , m. an Arabian (f(I).), [Jain.] ā-rava See 1. ā- √ 1. ru. ā-rava m. ([Pāṇ. iii, 3, 50]) cry, crying, howling crash, sound, [R.] &c. noise thundering, [Śiś. vi, 38]; [Kathās.] N. of a people, [VarBṛS.] āraṭa आरट mf(I [gaṇa gOrAdi, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 41])n. crying, making a noise m. a mime, [T.] (?) āraṭi आरटि ā-raṭi f. (?) noise, roaring (in muktāraṭi, ‘having uttered a roaring’), [Kathās. vii, 123.] ārabhya आरभ्य ā-rabhya mfn. ifc. = ā-rabdhavya, q.v. ā-rabhya ind.p. having begun beginning with. āraṇya आरण्य āraṇyá mf(A)n. (fr. araṇya), being in or relating to a forest, forest-born, wild, [RV.]; [AV.]; [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c. āraṇyá (as), m. a wild animal, [ChUp.] ārabdha आरब्ध ā-rabdha mfn. begun, commenced, undertaken, [AitBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [BhP.]; [Kathās.] &c. one who has begun or commenced, beginning, commencing, [R.]; [BhP.] ā-rabdha m. N. of a king. ārabdhi आरब्धि ā-rabdhi f. beginning, commencement, [Rājat.] āraddha आरद्ध as m. N. of a man, (g. tikādi, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 154.]) ārakāt आरकात् ind. (with abl.) far from, [ŚBr.] ārakta आरक्त ā-rakta mfn. reddish, [Suśr.]; [Vikr.] ā-rakta n. red sandal-wood, [L.] ārakṣā आरक्षा ā-rakṣā f. protection, guard. ārakṣa आरक्ष ā-rakṣa mfn. preserved, defended, proper or worthy to be defended, [L.] ā-rakṣa m. protection, guard, preservation, [Mn.]; [R.] &c. the junction of the frontal sinuses of an elephant, [L.] the part of the forehead below this junction, [Śiś. v, 5] ārambha आरम्भ ā-rambhá m. undertaking, beginning, [Mn.]; [Pañcat.]; [Megh.] &c. a thing begun beginning, origin, commencement, [ŚBr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Megh.] &c. (in dram.) the commencement of the action which awakens an interest in the progress of the principal plot, [Sāh. 324] and [325] haste, speed effort, exertion pride killing, slaughter (erroneous for ālambha See [Zachariae, Beiträge, p. 20, l. 9]), [L.] ārasya आरस्य n. (fr. a-rasa, [Pāṇ. v, 1, 121]), insipidity want of flavour or spirit. āraṭṭa आरट्ट m. pl. N. of a people and country in Pañca-nada or the Pañjāb, [MBh.] m. the ancestor of this people, [ib.] m. an Āraṭṭa horse of very low breed, [L.] mfn. cracked, split, [L.] ārabhaṭī आरभटी ā-rabhaṭī f. boldness, confidence, heroism, [Rājat.] (in dram.) the representation of supernatural and horrible events on the stage. ārabhaṭa आरभट ā-rabhaṭa m. an enterprising man, courageous man, [L.] āraṇaja आरणज āraṇa—ja m. pl. N. of a class of deities ([Jain.]) āraṇeya आरणेय mfn. (fr. araṇi, q.v.), made of or relating to the Araṇis or two pieces of wood by the attrition of which sacred fire is kindled m. N. of Śuka (as born from Araṇī), [MBh.] n. a box for Araṇis, [MBh.] āracita आरचित ā-racita mfn. arranged, prepared put on [Daś.] āradvat आरद्वत् m. N. of a king, [VP.] ārakūṭa आरकूट āra—kūṭa m. n. a kind of brass. ārakṣin आरक्षिन् ā-rakṣin mfn. guarding, watching, [MBh.] ārakṣya आरक्ष्य ā-rakṣya mfn. to be preserved or guarded, [R.] ārambhin आरम्भिन् mfn. enterprising, one who makes many new projects, [Yājñ.] āramaṇa आरमण ā-rámaṇa n. pleasure, delight, enjoyment, [TS.]; [ŚBr.] sexual pleasure, [Gaut. xxiv, 4] cessation, pause resting-place, [L.] āranāla आरनाल n. sour gruel made from the fermentation of boiled rice, [Suśr.] āraḍava आरडव mfn. belonging to or made of Araḍu tree Comm. on [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 71.] ārasita आरसित ā-rasita n. roaring, screaming, [Hariv.] āraṭita आरटित ā-raṭita n. a cry, noise, [Daś.] āraṅgara आरङ्गर āraṅgará m. (√ rañj ? [[Gmn.]]), a bee, [RV. x, 106, 10.] āraṇyaka आरण्यक mfn. forest, wild, forest-born, produced in a forest, relating to a forest or a forest animal, (the āraṇyakam parva of the Mahā-bhārata is either the whole third book or only the first section of it) m. a forester, an inhabitant of the woods, [MBh.]; [Ragh.] &c. n. N. of a class of religious and philosophical writings closely connected with the Brāhmaṇas and called Āraṇyakas because either composed in forests or studied there, (the Upaniṣads are considered to be attached to them.) āracayya आरचय्य ā-racayya ind.p. having prepared or composed having furnished or provided, [Pañcat.] āragvadha आरग्वध ārag-vadha m. the tree Cathartocarpus (Cassia) Fistula, [Bhpr.]; [Suśr.] ārag-vadha n. its fruit, [Suśr.] āraktībhū आरक्तीभू āraktī-√ bhū to become or get reddish. ārakṣaka आरक्षक ā-rakṣaka or ā-rakṣika, mfn. who or what guards or protects (as), m. a watchman, patrol a village or police magistrate, [Pañcat.]; [Daś.] &c. ārakṣika आरक्षिक ā-rakṣaka or ā-rakṣika, mfn. who or what guards or protects (as), m. a watchman, patrol a village or police magistrate, [Pañcat.]; [Daś.] &c. ārakṣita आरक्षित ā-rakṣita mfn. guarded, protected, [MBh.]; [R.] ārambhaṇa आरम्भण ā-rámbhaṇa n. the act of taking hold of, seizing, using the place of seizing, a handle, [ChUp.]; [AitBr.]; [KātyŚr.] beginning, undertaking, commencement. ārambhaka आरम्भक ā-rambhaka mfn. causing to begin or commence ifc. commencing, beginning, [BhP.] &c. ārambhatā आरम्भता ā-rambha—tā f. the condition of beginning or commencing, [Kathās.] ārambhita आरम्भित ā-rambhita mfn. begun, undertaken. ārambaṇa आरम्बण ā-rambaṇa (for ā-lambana) n. ifc. support, [ChUp.] a railing, balustrade, [Mahāvy.] āraṭṭaja आरट्टज āraṭṭa—ja mfn. born in this country, [MBh.]; [R.] āraṭṭaka आरट्टक mfn. belonging to or coming from the country or people of Āraṭṭa. ārabhamāṇa आरभमाण ā-rabhamāṇa mfn. beginning, commencing resolutely (with a determination to finish). ārabdhavya आरब्धव्य ā-rabdhavya mfn. to be begun or undertaken, [MBh.] āranālaka आरनालक n. id., [L.] ārabhyamāṇa आरभ्यमाण ā-rabhyamāṇa mfn. being commenced. āraṇyagāna आरण्यगान āraṇya—gāna n. one of the four Gānas or hymn-books of the Sāma-veda. āraṇyapaśu आरण्यपशु āraṇya—paśu m. a wild or forest animal (as a buffalo, monkey &c.), [Mn.] &c. āraṇyarāśi आरण्यराशि āraṇya—rāśi m. (in the Zodiac) the sign Leo Aries and Taurus the former half of Capricorn, [L.] āraṇyopala आरण्योपल m. dry cow-dung, [Bhpr.] āraddhāyani आरद्धायनि m. a descendant of the above. ārambhaṇīya आरम्भणीय ā-rambhaṇīya mfn. to be undertaken that with which one must begin, forming the commencement, [AitBr.]; [ŚBr.]; [ĀśvGṛ.] ārambharuci आरम्भरुचि ā-rambha—ruci mfn. enjoying new undertakings enterprising āraṇyakāṇḍa आरण्यकाण्ड āraṇya—kāṇḍa n. N. of the third book of the Rāmāyaṇa. āraṇyamudgā आरण्यमुद्गा āraṇya—mudgā f. a kind of bean, Phaseolus Trilobus Ait., [L.] āraktapuṣpī आरक्तपुष्पी ā-rakta—puṣpī f. N. of a plant, [L.] ārambhaṇavat आरम्भणवत् ā-rambhaṇa—vat mfn. seizable, [ŚBr. iv, 6, 1, 2.] ārambhasiddhi आरम्भसिद्धि ā-rambha—siddhi f. N. of wk. ārambhayajña आरम्भयज्ञ ā-rambha—yajña m. a kind of sacrifice, [Viṣṇ.] āraṇyakagāna आरण्यकगान āraṇyaka—gāna n. = āraṇyagāna, q.v. āraṇyaparvan आरण्यपर्वन् āraṇya—parvan n. the first section (Adhyāyas 1-10) of the third book of the Mahābhārata (= araṇya°). ārabyayāminī आरब्ययामिनी āra—°bya-yāminī f. Arabian Nights (translated into Sanskṛt by Jagad-bandhu). ārambharucitā आरम्भरुचिता ā-rambha—ruci—tā f. spirit of enterprise, [Mn. xii, 32.] āravaḍiṇḍima आरवडिण्डिम ā-rava—ḍiṇḍima m. a kind of drum, [Gīt. xi, 7.] āraṇeyaparvan आरणेयपर्वन् āraṇeya—parvan n. N. of the last section (Adhyāyas 311-314) of the third book of the Mahā-bhārata. āraṇyakakāṇḍa आरण्यककाण्ड āraṇyaka—kāṇḍa n. N. of the third book of the Rāmāyaṇa and of the fourteenth book of the Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa. āraṇyakukkuṭa आरण्यकुक्कुट āraṇya—kukkuṭa m. a wild cock, [Bhpr.] ārambaṇacchedana आरम्बणच्छेदन ā-rambaṇa—cchedana m. a partic. Samādhi, ib.