A garland of arka (Calotropis gigantea) flowers and leaves is placed round its neck, and balls of mud from a gutter are laid on the head, knees, and other parts of the body.
In some places a variant of the ceremony consists in the erection of a mimic marriage booth which is covered with leaves of the arka plant, flowers of which are placed round the neck as a garland.
Some rice is cooked, and placed on an arka (Calotropis) leaf as an offering to the crows.
Sianu or Siani is mentioned in the Assyrian texts and in the Bible; Strabo knew it under the name of Sinna, and a village near Arka was called Sin or Syn as late as the XVth century.
Arka is perhaps referred to in the tablets of Tel el- Amarna under the form Irkata or Irkat; it also appears in the Bible (Gen.
If a man has to submit to trial by ordeal, seven arka (Calotropis gigantea) leaves are tied to his palm, and a piece of red-hot iron placed thereon.
On the third day after death, cooked rice and meat are offered to the soul of the deceased on seven arka (Calotropis gigantea) leaves.
A Telugu proverb asks 'Does the bee ever seek the arka flower?
The poet Kalidasa describes sweet Sakuntala, born of a shaggy dweller of the forest, as a garland of jasmine thrown on an arka plant.
The public disgrace was enhanced by placing a garland of the despised arka leaves on their head.
In some places a variant of the ceremony consists in the erection of a mimic marriage booth, which is covered with leaves of the arka plant, flowers of which are also placed round the neck as a garland.
The juice of the arka plant is a favourite agent in the hands of suicides.
Before the corpse is laid on the bier, a garland of arka flowers is placed round its neck, and balls of mud from a gutter are laid on the head, knees, and other parts of the body.
To prevent this mishap, the man is made to marry the arka plant (Calotropis gigantea), and the real marriage thus becomes the fourth.
With some the arka leaves are replaced by leaves of Pongamia glabra.
Brahmans who follow the Sama Veda, during the annual upakarmam ceremony, make use of arkaleaves and flowers in worshipping the Rishis and Pithrus.
Uppiliyan women convicted of immorality are said to be garlanded with arka flowers, and made to carry a basket of mud round the village.
The bridegroom and a Brahman priest, accompanied by a third Brahman, repair to a spot where the arka plant (a very common weed) is growing.
Be thou belaboured with arka leaves' is familiar in the mouths of reprimanding mothers.
That bull amongst the Danavas who was known by the name ofArka became on earth, O king, the royal sage Rishika.
And Upamanyu replied, 'Having eaten of the leaves of the Arka plant I became blind, and so have I fallen into this well.
A Paraiyan places a small twig of the arka plant (Calotropis gigantea) in three corners of the grave, leaving out the north-east corner, and the son puts a small coin on each twig.
The Šarka brook trips along gaily towards the Vltava under overhanging rocks, by wooded slopes and fresh meadows.
Let us hope that the damsel of Prague who leapt into the Šarka Valley also fell soft and got away.
The Arka was surrendered to the Cainites forever, as their perpetual domain.
In some places, a variant of the ceremony consists in the erection of a mimic marriage booth, which is covered with leaves of the arka plant, flowers of which are placed round the neck as a garland.
On eclipse days, a piece of root of the arka plant (Calotropis gigantea) is worn on the neck of females, and on the waist or arm of males.
To prevent this mishap, the man is made to marry the arkaplant (Calotropis gigantea), which grows luxuriantly in wastelands, and the real marriage thus becomes the fourth.
A Konga Vellala man, who has been found guilty of undue intimacy with a widow, is readmitted to the caste by being taken to the village common, where he is beaten with an arka stick, and by providing a black sheep for a feast.
On rathasapthami day, an orthodox Hindu should bathe his head and shoulders with arka leaves in propitiation of Surya (the sun).
When a Kuruvikkaran man has to submit to trial by ordeal, seven arkaleaves are tied to his palms, and a piece of red-hot iron is placed thereon.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "arka" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
