arcas अर्चस् n. worship, praise, [L.] arcat अर्चत् árcat 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]). arcaka अर्चक mfn. honouring, worshipping, [Mn. xi, 224] m. a worshipper, [BhP.] arcana अर्चन mf(I)n. ifc. honouring, praising, [Nir.] nf. (am, ā) homage paid to deities and to superiors, [MBh.] &c. (cf. vibudhārcana and surārcana). arcanas अर्चनस् arca-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’.] arcatri अर्चत्रि arcátri mfn. (said of the Maruts) roaring, [RV. vi, 66, 10.] arcanīya अर्चनीय mfn. to be worshipped, venerable. arcatrya अर्चत्र्य arcatryà (4) mfn. (fr. arcatra, ‘praise’) to be raised, [RV. vi, 24, 1.] arcaddhūma अर्चद्धूम arcád-dhūma mfn. whose smoke is shining, [RV. x, 46, 7.] arcanānas अर्चनानस् arcanā́nas m. ‘who has a rattling carriage’, N. of a Ṛṣi, [RV. v, 64, 7] and [AV. xviii, 3, 15.]