Sanskrit arc (46)
According to Monier-Williams’ A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, the word arc is derived from the root arc, meaning “shine, be brilliant; to praise, sing; to cause to shine; to honour or treat with respect.” The word arc refers to “shining, brilliant.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root ar through the transformation of ar > arc. The following words, related to Sanskrit arc, also originate from Tamil ar.
arcat, shining; praising. arcáddhūma, whose smoke is shining. arcí, ray, flame. arcí-netrâdhipati, name of a Yaksha. arcí-mát, shining, blazing. arcí-vát, shining, blazing. arcín, shining. arcís, ray of light, flame, light, lustre. arcish-mat, brilliant, resplendent; fire, the god of fire; a flame. arká, a ray, flash of lightning; the sun; the number twelve; sunday; fire; crystal; membrum virile; copper; arká-kara, sun beam. arká-kāshṭha, wood from the arka plant. arká-koṡī, a bud of the arka plant. arká-kshīra, the milky juice of the arka plant. arká-kshetra, the field of the sun, name of a sacred place in Orissa. arká-graha, eclipse of the sun. arká-candana, red sanders. arká-ja, Sun-born, coming from the sun, the planet Saturn. arká-tanaya, the planet Saturn; name of Karṇa; of Manu Vaivasvata and Manu Sāvarṇi; of the rivers Yamunā and Tapatī. arká-tvá, brightness. arká-tvish, the ligh of the sun. arká-dina, a solar day. arká-dhānā, seeds of the arka plant. arká-nandana, name of the planet Saturn, name of Karṇa. arká-pattra, the leaf of the arka plant; the arka plant; a kind of birth-wort. arká-parṇá, the leaf of the arka plant; the arka plant; name of a snake demon. arká-putra, the planet Saturn; of Karṇa; of Yama. arká-prakāṡa, bright like the sun, of a medical work; of a work on jurisprudence. arká-prabhā-jāla, sun-beams. arká-maṇḍala, the disc of the sun. arká-maya, composed of the arka plant. arká-mūlá, the root of the arka plant (Aristolochia indica). arká-ripu, enemy of the sun. arká-varsha, a solar year. arká-vidha, arka-like. arká-ṡoká, the heat of rays. arká-samudgá, the tip of an arkabud. arká-sūnu, the planet Saturn; name of Yama. arkâṉṡa, a digit or the twelth part of the sun’s disc. arkâgrā, the sun’s measure of amplitude. arkâṡman, heliotrope, girasol, crystal. arkâhva, named arka, i.e. stone Sūryakānta. arkôpala, equal to arkâhva. arkin, radiant with light; praising.