Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

arcana अर्चन – as, ī, am, praising, celebrating with praise

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

arcana ·n. arcanā & arcā́ f. praise, worship.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Arcana, as, ī, am, praising, celebrating with praise; (ā or am), f. n. worship, the homage paid to deities and to superiors.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

arcana (von 1. arc) 1〉 adj. f. ī preisend, lobsingend: ṛgarcanī NIR. 1,8. tönend, s. d. folg. Wort. — 2〉 n. Verehrung: nābhyanandattathārcanam MBH. 3,10190 (MBH. 3,11090 gedr.). surā˚ YĀJÑ. 1,209. KATHĀS. 26,205. PAÑCAT. I, 347. VOP. 5,7. — 3〉 f. ˚nā dass. JAṬĀDH. gurudevadvijānāṃ nityārcanāguṇāḥ RĀJAVALLABHA_im_ŚKDR.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

arcana 2〉 vibudhārcana VARĀH. BṚH. S. 2, Abs. 3. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 321. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 105,b,2. DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 181,19. — 3〉 HALĀY. 5,49. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 14,b,20. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 103,b,25.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

arcana — 1〉 *Adj. (f. ī) preisend, lobsingend. — 2〉 n. und f. ā Ehrenerweisung, Verehrung.

Apte 1890 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

arcana a. [arc-lyuṭ] Worshipping, praising. — naṃ, -nā Worship, reverence or respect paid to deities and superiors.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

arcana n., ˚ā f., arcā́ f. Verehrung.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 5.94-5.101: Mūlādhāra-Siddhis 1 occurrence

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