आर्

{ ār }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ĀR   The significance of the number six among the ancients, is given below. (In Malayālam Ār means six).
1) Six factors which reduce the span of life.
Eating dry meat, Drinking curd at night, Sleeping at dawn, Drinking impure water, Exposure to sun's heat in the morning, Inhaling fumes from dead body.
2) Six divine qualities.
Omniscience, Omnipresence, Omnipotence, Sarvakāraṇatva (being the cause of everything); Sarvanityatva (immortality) and Sarveśvaratva (having domination over everything).
3) Six noblest qualities.
Truth, Wisdom, Mercy, Justice, fortitude in grief, control of anger.
4) Six Ṛsi Dharmas (Duties of Sages).
Brahmacarya, Absolute truth, Japa, Jñāna (wisdom), Niyama, Sense of Justice.
5) Six qualities of noble wives.
A minister in business, a servant-maid in action, the goddess Lakṣmī in appearance, the Earth in patience, a mother in love and a prostitute in bed.
6) Six qualities of a bad wife.
Habit of dispute, stealing of money, showing favour to strangers, scandal-mongering, taking food earlier than the husband, spending most of the time in other houses.
7) Six Vedāṅgas.
Śikṣā, Kalpa, Vyākaraṇa, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Chandas.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

आर्    1. cl. 4. P. आ॑र्यन्ति, to praise, [RV. viii, 16, 6 and x, 48, 3] (perhaps connected with √ ऋ).
आर्    2. ( आ-√ ऋ) P. ( Subj. 2. sg. -ऋणो॑स्, [RV. i, 30, 14 and 15]; आ॑-ऋण्वति, [RV. i, 144, 5]; but also Impv. 2. pl. इ॑यर्त, [RV. viii, 7, 13]; aor. आ॑-रताम्, &c.) Ā. (3. sg. आ॑-ऋण्वे, [RV. v, 74, 5])

to insert, place in [RV.];

to excite;

to bring near, fetch, [RV.];

to come;

to reach, obtain, fall into (misfortune), [RV.]; [ŚBr.]; [AitBr.] &c.;

to inflict, [AitBr.] :

Caus. आ-र्पयति, to cause to partake of [ŚBr. iv, 5, 7, 7];

to fix, settle, annex;

to inflict, injure.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : पिछ्