arghya

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [argha-yat arghamarhati] 1 Valu- able; anarghya invaluable; see s. v. --2 Venerable, deserving respectful offering; tānarghyānarghyamādāya dūrātpratyudya- yau giriḥ Ku. 6. 50; Śi. 1. 14; [Page0164-b+ 56] Y. 1. 110. --rghyaṃ 1 A respectful offering or oblation to a god or venerable person (see argha); arghaḥ pūjāvidhiḥ tadarthaṃ dravyaṃ arghyaṃ Sk.; arghyamasmai V. 5.; dadatu taravaḥ puṣpairarghyaṃ phalaiśca...

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a. [argha-yat arghamarhati] 1 Valu- able; anarghya invaluable; see s. v. --2 Venerable, deserving respectful offering; tānarghyānarghyamādāya dūrātpratyudya- yau giriḥ Ku. 6. 50;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

301

Texts Appeared In

43

DCS: Mangifera Indica; the Aśoka tree

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 50 16.6%
2. Liṅgapurāṇa 44 14.6%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 30 10.0%
4. Rāmāyaṇa 20 6.6%
5. Matsyapurāṇa 14 4.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Pañcārthabhāṣya surface: arghya

  pavitrā nāma satyā saṃskṛtā arghyahetuḥ sampannā na tu viparītetyarthaḥ

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: arghya

  pādyārghyācamanīyādyaiḥ snānavāsovibhūṣaṇaiḥ

• Skandapurāṇa surface: arghyena

  sa tamarghyeṇa pādyena āsanāgryavareṇa ca