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arcअर्च्cl. 1. P. árcati (Subj. árcāt; impf. ā́rcat; aor. ārcīt, [Bhaṭṭ.]; perf. ānarca, 3. pl. ānarcuḥ [[MBh. iii, 988], &c.], but Ved. ānṛcúḥ [[RV.]]; perf. Ā. (Pass.) ānarce [[Bhaṭṭ.]], but Ved. sám ānṛce [[RV. i, 160, 4]]; fut. p. arciṣyat [[Mn. iv, 251]]; ind.p. arcya [[Mn.] &c.; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 38], Sch.] or arcitvā [[R. iii, 77, 15]]; Ved. Inf. ṛcáse [[RV. vi, 39, 5] & [vii, 61, 6]]) to shine, be brilliant, [RV.]; to praise, sing (also used of the roaring of the Maruts, and of a bull [[RV. iv, 16, 3]]), [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.], to praise anything to another (dat.), recommend, [RV.]; to honour or treat with respect, [MBh.] &c.; to adorn, [VarBṛS.] : exceptionally Ā. (1. pl. arcāmahe) to honour, [MBh. ii, 1383]: Caus. (2. sg. arcayas) to cause to shine, [RV. iii, 44, 2.] P. Ā. to honour or treat with respect, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.: Desid. arciciṣati, to wish to honour, [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 3], Sch. Ved. Pass. ṛcyate (p. ṛcyámāna) to be praised, [RV.]
árc m. (instr. arcā́) fn. shining, brilliant [[Gmn.]], [RV. vi, 34, 4.]
arcāअर्चाarcā́ f. ([Pāṇ. ii, 3, 43] and [v, 2, 101]) worship, adoration, [ŚBr. xi]; [Mn.] &c.
an image or idol (destined to be worshipped), [VarBṛS.] &c.
body, [Jain.]
arciअर्चिarcí m. (chiefly Ved.) ray, flame, [RV.] &c.
(is), m. (for aṃśa) N. of one of the twelve Ādityas Comm. on [KauṣBr.]
arcasअर्चस्n. worship, praise, [L.]
arcatअर्चत्árcat mfn. (pr.p.) shining, [RV.]
praising, [RV.]
árcat m. (an) N. of a Ṛṣi (son of Hiraṇyastūpa), [Nir. x, 32] (commenting on [RV. x, 149, 5]).
arcinअर्चिन्arcín mfn. (said of Varuṇa's foot) shining, [RV. viii, 41, 8]
= arcátri, q.v., [RV. ii, 34, 1] and [v, 45, 1] N. of a man.
arcisअर्चिस्arcís n. ray of light, flame, light, lustre, [RV.] (once. pl. arcī́nṣi, [RV. vii, 62, 1]), [AV.]; [ŚBr.] &c.
arcís f. id., [ŚBr. ii]; [Up.] &c., (is), N. of the wife of Kṛśāśva and mother of Dhūmaketu, [BhP.]
arcyaअर्च्यmfn. to be honoured or worshipped.
ind.p. See √ arc
arcakaअर्चकmfn. honouring, worshipping, [Mn. xi, 224]
m. a worshipper, [BhP.]
arcanaअर्चनmf(I)n. ifc. honouring, praising, [Nir.]
nf. (am, ā) homage paid to deities and to superiors, [MBh.] &c. (cf. vibudhārcana and surārcana).
arcitaअर्चितmfn. honoured, worshipped, respected, saluted, [MBh.]; [Mn.] &c.
offered with reverence, [Mn. iv, 213] (an- neg.) & [235]; [Yājñ. i, 167]
arcitṛअर्चितृm. a worshipper, [R. v, 32, 7.]
arcārhaअर्चार्हar—°cārha ([MBh.]), mfn. worthy of honour or praise
arcāvatअर्चावत्arcā—vat mfn. (= 1. ārca, q.v.) worshipped, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 101], Sch.
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’.]
arcatriअर्चत्रिarcátri mfn. (said of the Maruts) roaring, [RV. vi, 66, 10.]
arcimatअर्चिमत्arci—mát mfn. (m. du. -mántā) shining, blazing, [RV. x, 61, 15]; [MuṇḍUp.]
arcitinअर्चितिन्mfn. honouring (with loc.), (g. iṣṭādi, q.v.)
arcivatअर्चिवत्arci—vát mfn. id., [RV. vii, 81, 2] and [ix, 67, 24.]
arcāvidhiअर्चाविधिarcā—vidhi m. rules for worship or adoration, [RāmatUp.]
arcanīyaअर्चनीयmfn. to be worshipped, venerable.
arcatryaअर्चत्र्यarcatryà (4) mfn. (fr. arcatra, ‘praise’) to be raised, [RV. vi, 24, 1.]
arciṣmatअर्चिष्मत्arciṣ-mat mfn. brilliant, resplendent, [R.] &c.
arciṣ-mat m. fire, the god of fire, [Hariv.]
a flame, [VarBṛS.]
arcārhakaअर्चार्हकar—°cārhaka ([Bcar.]), mfn. worthy of honour or praise
arcaddhūmaअर्चद्धूमarcád-dhūma mfn. whose smoke is shining, [RV. x, 46, 7.]
arcanānasअर्चनानस्arcanā́nas m. ‘who has a rattling carriage’, N. of a Ṛṣi, [RV. v, 64, 7] and [AV. xviii, 3, 15.]
arciṣmatīअर्चिष्मतीarciṣ-matī f. one of the ten stages (through which a Bodhisattva must rise before becoming a Buddha), [Buddh.]
arcicayiṣuअर्चिचयिषुmfn. (fr. Desid. of √ arc) wishing to praise or worship, [Kir.]
arcāviḍambanāअर्चाविडम्बनाar—°cā-viḍambanā f. false or feigned worship, [BhP.]
arcinetrādhipatiअर्चिनेत्राधिपतिarci-netrādhipati m. N. of a Yakṣa, [L.]