arh | अर्ह् | arh
arh | अर्ह् | cl. 1. P. a/rhati | अ/र्हति |, rarely Ā. arhate | अर्हते | [MBh. iii, 1580; R.], (p. a/rhat | अ/र्हत् | [see below]; Ved. Inf. arha/se | अर्ह/से | [RV. x, 77, 1]; perf. 3. pl. ānarhuḥ | आनर्हुः |, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 39, Sch., but Ved. ānfhuḥ | आन्फ़्हुः | [cf. ānfcu/ḥ | आन्फ़्चु/ः |, √ arc | अर्च् |] Pāṇ. vi, 1, 36) to deserve, merit, be worthy of, to have a claim to, be entitled to (acc.), to be allowed to do anything (Inf.); to be obliged or required to do anything (acc.); to be worth, counterbalance, to be able; (arhasi | अर्हसि |, 2. sg. with an Inf. is often used as a softened form of Imper.; e.g. dātum arhasi | दातुम् अर्हसि |, ‘be pleased to give’; ṣrotum arhasi | ष्रोतुम् अर्हसि |, ‘deign to listen’, for ṣfṛu | ष्फ़ृउ |) : Caus. (Opt. arhayet | अर्हयेत् |, Mn. iii, 3 and 119; aor., ārjihat | आर्जिहत् |, Bhaṭṭ.) to honour. Desid. arjihiśati | अर्जिहिशति | [cf. Gk. ἄρχω].