n. fixing the price of commodities, appraising, assize (it is the act of a king or ruler, in concert with the traders, and should be done once a week or once a fortnight)
अर्घः [अर्घ्-घञ्] 1 Price, value; कुर्युरर्घं यथापण्यम् Ms. 8.398; Y.2.251; कुत्स्याः स्युः कुपरीक्षका हि मणयो यैरर्घतः पातिताः Bh.2.15 reduced in their true value, depreciated; so अनर्घ priceless; महार्घ very costly. -2 A material of worship, respectful offering or oblation to gods or venerable men, consisting of rice, Dūrvā grass &c. with or without water; दूर्वासर्षपपुष्पाणां दत्त्वार्घं पूर्णमञ्जलिम् Y.1.29; कुटजकुसुमैः कल्पितार्घाय तस्मै Me.4; (the ingredients of this offering are :-- आपः क्षीरं कुशाग्रं च दधि सर्पिः सतण्डुलम् । यवः सिद्धार्थकश्चैव अष्टाङ्गे$र्घः प्रकीर्तितः ॥ -तन्त्रम् cf. also रक्तबिल्वाक्षतैः पुष्पैर्दधिदूर्वाङ्कुशैस्तिलैः । सामान्यः सर्वदेवानामर्घो$यं परिकीर्तितः ॥ -देवीपुराणम् and आपः क्षीरं कुशाग्राणि घृतं मधु तथा दधि । रक्तानि करवीराणि तथा रक्तं च चन्दनम् । अष्टाङ्ग एष ह्यर्धो वै भानवे परिकीर्तितः ॥ -काशीखण्डः cf. also अर्घः पूजाविधौ मूल्ये...। Nm. see अर्घ्य below. -Comp. -अपचयः The diminution of price. -अर्ह a. worthy of a respectful offering. -ईश्वरः Śiva. -दानम् presentation of a respectful offering. -बलाबलम् rate of price, proper price, the cheapness or dearness of articles, fall or rise in prices; गन्धानां च रसानां च विद्या- दर्घबलाबलम् Ms.9.329. (cf. अर्घस्य ह्रासं वृद्धिं वा ...। Y.2.249.) -सख्यानम्, -संस्थापनम् fixing the price of commodities, appraising, assizes of goods; कुर्वित चैषां (वणिजां) प्रत्यक्षमर्घ- संस्थापनं नृपः Ms.8.42.
अनर्घ a. [नास्ति अर्घो मूल्यं यस्य न. ब.] Invaluable, priceless, inestimable; अनर्घशीलः R.5.2; दत्ते$र्घे महति महीभृतां पुरो$पि त्रैलोक्ये मधुभिदभूदनर्घ एव ॥ Śi.14.88. -र्घः [न. त.] Wrong or improper value. -Comp. -राघवम् N. of a drama in 7 acts by Murāri Miśra; also called Murāri Nāṭaka after its author and supposed to have been written between the 12th and the 14th century.
घर्घर a. 1 Indistinct, purring, gurgling (as a sound); घर्घररवा पारश्मशानं सरित् Māl.5.19; U.4.29; Mk.6.2; Ks.25.66; Rāj. T.2.99. -2 Murmuring, muttering (as clouds). -रः 1 An indistinct or low murmur, a low, murmuring or gurgling sound. -2 Noise in general. -3 A door, gate. -4 Creaking, crackling, rattling &c. -5 The pass of a mountain. -6 A sliding door, curtain. -7 Mirth, laughter. -8 An owl or a duck. -9 A fire of chaff. -1 A particular form of a temple; Hch.2. -11 The river Gogra.
घर्घरा री 1 A bell used as an ornament. -2 A girdle of small bells. -3 The Ganges. -4 A kind of lute. -5 A bell hanging on the neck of a horse. -6 One of the notes in music (n. also).
m. value, price; hospitable re ception; honorific gift; -pâtra, n. dish in which water is presented to a guest; -½udaka, n. water presented to a guest.
noun (masculine) a collection of twenty pearls (having the weight of a Dharaṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
price (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
respectful reception of a guest (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
value (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
worth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a curtain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a door (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a duck ("an owl") (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fire of chaff (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular form of a temple (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an indistinct murmur (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
crackling (of fire) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
creaking (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
laughter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mirth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rattling (of a carriage) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the post round which the rope of a churning stick is wound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the river Gogra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective (onomat.) uttered with an indistinct gurgling or purring sound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sounding like gurgling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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