As a deity name
Name 634 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed
As a Hindi name
अर्चित · adj
पूजित · आदृत । आदरप्राप्त — Śabdasāgara
अर्चित · noun · masculine
विष्णु — Śabdasāgara
अर्चित · arćit · part.
Worshipped, adored, revered — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 39
अर्चित · masculine
a male given name, Archit, from Sanskrit
अर्चित
worshipped; adored
Cited formation "अर्चित" is अर्चि + -त: अर्चि means "Flame", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अर्चित — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्चित (arcita).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
arcita mfn. honoured, worshipped, respected, saluted, MBh.; Mn. &c.
offered with reverence, Mn. iv, 213 (an- neg.) & 235; Yājñ. i, 167
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
honoured, worshipped, respected, saluted, &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
arcita mfn. honoured, worshipped, respected, saluted, MBh.; Mn. &c.
offered with reverence, Mn. iv, 213 (an- neg.) & 235; Yājñ. i, 167
arcita p. p. Worshipped, respected, honoured; R. 10. 55; Ms. 4. 235; Ku. 1. 59.
arcita mfn. (-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Worshipped, respected, saluted. E. arca in the part. past.
Alternative readings
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