Dictionary meanings for ārabh from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A. 1 To begin, com- mence, undertake; ārabhaṃte'lpamevājñāḥ Subhāsh.; ārabdhā balivigrahaṃ Bk. 5. 38.
2 To be active or energetic, be busy; apyanārabhamāṇasya Śi. 2. 91.
3 To rely on.
4 To reach or attain to, obtain.
5 To seize, | grasp.
6 To form, make; bhūtaiḥ paṃcabhi- rārabdhe dehe Bhāg.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
P. (only pf. 1. pl. -rarabhm/ā RV. viii, 45, 20) A1. -rabhate (pf -rebhe, &c; Inf. -r/abham and -r/abhe RV.) to lay or take hold of, keep fast, cling to RV.; AV.; S3Br. &c; to gain a footing; to enter, reach, attain RV.; to undertake, commence, begin TBr.;... mfn. begun, commenced, undertaken AitBr.; MBh.; R.; BhP.; Katha1s. &c 150,1 26099 mfn. one who has begun or commenced, beginning, commencing R.; BhP. 150,1...