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arka

arká m. (√ arc), Ved. a ray, flash of lightning, [RV.] &c.

the sun, [RV.] &c.

(hence) the number, ‘twelve’, [Sūryas.]

Sunday

fire, [RV. ix, 50, 4]; [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.]

crystal, [R. ii, 94, 6]

membrum virile, [AV. vi, 72, 1]

copper, [L.]

the plant Calotropis Gigantea (the larger leaves are used for sacrificial ceremonies; cf. arka-kośī, -parṇá, palaśá, &c. below), [ŚBr.] &c., a religious ceremony, [ŚBr.]; [BṛĀrUp.] (cf. arkāśvamedha below)

praise, hymn, song (also said of the roaring of the Maruts and of Indra's thunder), [RV.] & [AV.]

one who praises, a singer, [RV.]

N. of Indra, [L.]

a learned man (cf. [RV. viii, 63, 6]), [L.]

an elder brother, [L.]

N. of a physician, [BrahmaP.] (cf. arka-cikitsā below)

arká m. n. (with agneḥ, indrasya, gautamasaḥ, &c.) N. of different Sāmans

food, [Naigh.] & [Nir.] (cf. [RV. vii, 9, 2]).

Nom. P. °kati, to become a sun, [Subh.]