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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ārabh (आरभ्).—1 Ā.

1) To begin, commence, undertake; अथ वा मृदु वस्तु हिंसितुं मृदुनैवारभते प्रजान्तकः (atha vā mṛdu vastu hiṃsituṃ mṛdunaivārabhate prajāntakaḥ) R.8.45; आरभन्तेऽल्पमेवाज्ञाः (ārabhante'lpamevājñāḥ) Subhāṣ.; आरब्धा बलिविग्रहम् (ārabdhā balivigraham) Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.38.

2) To be active or energetic, be busy; अप्यनारभमाणस्य (apyanārabhamāṇasya) Śiśupālavadha 2.91.

3) To rely on.

4) To reach or attain to, obtain.

5) To seize, grasp.

6) To form, make; भूतैः पश्चभिरारब्धे देहे (bhūtaiḥ paścabhirārabdhe dehe) Bhāg.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ārabh (आरभ्).—take hold upon, touch, seize, lean or stay upon ([accusative]), reach to, attain; undertake, begin to ([accusative] or infin.).

Ārabh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ā and rabh (रभ्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ārabh (आरभ्):—[=ā-√rabh] [Parasmaipada] (only [perfect tense] 1. [plural] -rarabhmā, [Ṛg-veda viii, 45, 20]) [Ātmanepada] -rabhate (pf -rebhe, etc.; Inf. -rabham and -rabhe, [Ṛg-veda])

—to lay or take hold of, keep fast, cling to, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.;

—to gain a footing;

—to enter, reach, attain, [Ṛg-veda];

—to undertake, commence, begin, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata; Raghuvaṃśa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;

—to make, produce;

—to form, compose, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa] etc.:

—[Intensive] ([perfect tense] ā-rarabhe) to cling to, [Ṛg-veda i, 168, 3.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ārabh (आरभ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Āḍhava, Āraṃbha, Ḍala, Raṃbha.

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Rabh, A.

Starts with: Arabhada, Arabhada, Arabhadi, Arabham, Arabhamana, Arabhana, Arabhara, Arabhata, Arabhate, Arabhati, Arabhati Sutta, Arabhativritti, Arabhe, Arabhi, Arabhita, Arabhiya, Arabhya, Arabhyamana.

Ends with: Abhisarabh, Abhyarabh, Anusamarabh, Anvarabh, Prarabh, Samanvarabh, Samarabh, Sarabh, Vyanvarabh.

Full-text (+21): Arambha, Rambha, Arambhana, Arabhati, Arabdhi, Arambhaka, Prarabh, Arabhata, Samarabhati, Arabhyamana, Arambhita, Samarambhana, Arambhin, Arabdhavya, Prarambha, Arambhasiddhi, Aripsu, Arabhamana, Arambharuci, Prarabdhi.

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Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)

Kāṇḍa III, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 2 < [Third Kāṇḍa]

Kāṇḍa XII, adhyāya 2, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Twelfth Kāṇḍa]

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Brahma Sutras (Ramanuja) (by George Thibaut)

Sutra 2.1.15 < [Second Adyaya, First Pada]

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