Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

arcā अर्चा – worship; image

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine

worship; image

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Arcā, f. worship, adoration; an image or idol destined to be worshipped.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

arcā́ (wie eben) f. 1〉 Verehrung VOP. 26,192, v. l. AK. 2,7,34. AK. 3,4,70. TRIK. 3,3,74. H. 447. H. an. 2,55. MED. c. 1. lokaḥ pacyamānaścaturbhirdharmairbrāhmaṇaṃ bhunaktyarcayā ca dānena cājyeyatayā cāvadhyatayā ca ŚAT. BR. 11,5,7,1. R. 2,32,13. devatārcā R. 2,71,37. M. 3,74. KATHĀS. 26,229. VOP. 5,10. Statt citārcāya KATHĀS. 25,140 ist wohl citārcayā zu lesen. — 2〉 ein zur Verehrung bestimmtes Bild, Götterstatue AK. 2,10,36. TRIK. 3,3,74. H. 1463. H. an. 2,55. MED. c. 1. VARĀHA-P._in_Verz. d. B. H. No. 485. fg.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

arcā 1〉 P. 2,3,43. P. 5,2,101. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,17. arcāṃ prayuñjānaḥ MBH. 5,7466. ˚vidhi WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 321. — 2〉 Ind. St. 5,148. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 59,10. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 97,6. BHĀG. P. 11,27,9.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

arcā́ f. — 1〉 Verehrung. — 2〉 ein zur Verehrung bestimmtes Bild, Götterstatue.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

arcā f. (vgl. Nachtr. 2) 4〉 bei den Jaina Körper KALPAS. 111. [Nachtrag, Band 3]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

arcā 3〉 Reliquie ŚĪLĀṄKA 1,377. [Nachtrag, Band 2]

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

arcā I. 2. 3. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

arcā [arc-aṅ] 1 Worship, adoration. 2 An idol or image intended to be worshipped; mauryairhiraṇyārthibhirarcāḥ prakalpitāḥ Mbh. (there is some dispute among scholars as to the precise meaning of this passage).

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

arcā arcā f. mms.

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DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 43–49: False Yogis 1 occurrence

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