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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Arkavrata (अर्कव्रत).—Of kings: to collect taxes in proper seasons, as the sun's rays draw water for 8 months.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 226. 11.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Arkavrata (अर्कव्रत).—

1) a vow performed on माघशुक्लसप्तमी (māghaśuklasaptamī).

2) the law or manner of the sun; when a king exacts taxes from his subjects only to add to their material comforts and happiness, just as the sun draws up water during 8 months of the year, only to give it back increased a thousandfold, he is said to follow अर्कव्रत, अष्टौ मासान् यथादित्यस्तोयं हरति रश्मिभिः । तथा हरेत्करं राष्ट्रान्नित्यमर्कव्रतं हि तत् (arkavrata, aṣṭau māsān yathādityastoyaṃ harati raśmibhiḥ | tathā haretkaraṃ rāṣṭrānnityamarkavrataṃ hi tat) || Manusmṛti 9.35; cf. R.1.18 (the point of comparison may also be the imperceptible way in which the sun absorbs water, see Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.221).

Derivable forms: arkavrataḥ (अर्कव्रतः), arkavratam (अर्कव्रतम्).

Arkavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms arka and vrata (व्रत).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Arkavrata (अर्कव्रत).—n.

(-taṃ) 1. Levying taxes, subjecting the people to heavy imposts, drawing their wealth as the sun evaporizes water. 2. Periodical worship of the sun. E. arka the sun, and vrata observance.

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

Arkavrata (अर्कव्रत).—n. levying taxes, drawing the wealth of the people, as the sun evaporates water, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 9, 305.

Arkavrata is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms arka and vrata (व्रत).

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

Arkavrata (अर्कव्रत):—[=arka-vrata] n. the rule or law of the sun (id est. levying taxes, subjecting the people to imposts, or drawing their wealth as imperceptibly as the sun evaporates water), [Manu-smṛti ix, 305.]

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

Arkavrata (अर्कव्रत):—[arka-vrata] (taṃ) 1. n. Levying taxes.

[Sanskrit to German]

Arkavrata in German

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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: Vrata, Arka.

Ends with: Saptamyarkavrata.

Full-text: Saptamyarkavrata, Adityavrata, Vrata.

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