arcis

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[apte] n. (--rciḥ) [arc-isi Uṇ. 2. 107] 1 A ray of light, flame; yatte pa- vitramarciṣyagne vitatamaṃtarā Rv. 9. 67. 23; pradakṣiṇārcirhaviragnirādade R. 3. 14. --2 Light, lustre; praśamādarciṣāṃ Ku. 2. 20; Ratn. 4. 16 (said to be also. f. --f. N. of the wife of kṛśāśva and mother of dhūmaketu. --m. 1 A ray of light. --2 Fire.

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n. (--rciḥ) [arc-isi Uṇ. 2. 107] 1 A ray of light, flame; yatte pa- vitramarciṣyagne vitatamaṃtarā Rv. 9. 67. 23; pradakṣiṇārcirhaviragnirādade R. 3. 14. --2 Light, lustre;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

234

Texts Appeared In

51

DCS: dependent on credible or trustworthy persons

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 62 26.5%
2. Avadānaśataka 18 7.7%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 17 7.3%
4. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 12 5.1%
5. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: arciṣaḥ

  prāṇendriyāṇi ca yathānalam arciṣaḥ svāḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: arciṣām

  nityāv api na dṛśyete ātmano 'gner yathārciṣām

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: _

  marīcya iva niṣpetur agner dhūmākulārciṣaḥ