– R – Concise Pali-english Dictionary

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raṃsi : [f.] light; a ray.

raṃsimantu : [m.] the sun. (adj.), radiant.

rakkhaka : [m.] one who guards; observes or keeps; a guard.

rakkhati : [rakkh + a] protects; guards; observes; preserves.

rakkhana : [nt.] protection; observance.

rakkhanaka : [adj.] observing; guarding.

rakkhanta : [pr.p. of rakkhati] protecting; guarding; observing; preserving.

rakkhasa : [m.] a goblin; a demon.

rakkhā : [f.] protection; safety; shelter.

rakkhi : [aor. of rakkhati] protected; guarded; observed; preserved.

rakkhita : [pp. of rakkhati] protected; guarded; observed; preserved.

rakkhitabba : [pt.p. of rakkhati] should be protected; guarded.

rakkhitvā : [abs. of rakkhati] having protected; having guarded; having observed; having preserved.

rakkhiya : [adj.] to be protected.

raṅga : [m.] 1. dye; paint; 2. a stage; theatre; a play.

raṅgakāra : [m.] a dyer; an actor.

raṅgajāta : [nt.] various kinds of dye.

raṅgaratta : [adj.] dyed with.

raṅgājīva : [(raṅga + ājīva), m.] a painter or dyer.

racanā : [f.] arrangement; a treatise.

racayati : [rac + aya] arranges; composes; prepares.

racayi : [aor. of racayati] arranged; composed; prepared.

racita : [pp. of racayati] arranged; composed; prepared.

racitvā : [abs. of racayati] having arranged; having composed; having prepared.

racchā : [f.] street.

raja : [m.; nt.] (mano-group), dust; dirt; pollen; defilement; impurity. || rāja (m.), king.

rajaka : [m.] a washer man.

rajakkha : [adj.] (in cpds.) having defilement.

rajakkhandha : [m.] a cloud of dust.

rajata : [nt.] silver.

rajatapaṭṭa : [adj.] silver plate or sheet.

rajati : [raj + a] dyes. || rājati (rāj + a), shines.

rajana : [nt.] colouring; dye; dyeing

rajanakamma : [nt.] dyeing.

rajanī : [f.] night.

rajanīya : [adj.] enticing; apt to rouse excitement.

raji : [aor. of rajati] dyed. || rāji (f.) a row; line; range; dissension. (aor. of rājati), shined.

rajitabba : [pt.p. of rajati] should be dyed.

rajitvā : [abs. of rajati] having dyed.

rajojalla : [nt.] muddy dirt.

rajosūka : [nt.] a particle of dust.

rajoharaṇa : [nt.] removal of dirt; a duster.

rajja : [nt.] kingdom; kingship.

rajjati : [raj + ya] finds pleasure in; to be attached to.

rajjana : [nt.] defilement.

rajjanta : [pr.p. of rajjati] finding pleasure in.

rajjappadesa : [m.] the country belonging to one kingdom.

rajjasiri : [f.] sovereignty.

rajjasīmā : [f.] the border of a kingdom.

rajji : [aor. of rajjati] found pleasure in.

rajjitvā : [abs. of rajjati] having found pleasure in.

rajju : [f.] a rope; a cord.

rajjugāhaka : [m.] a land-surveyor.

rañjati : [raj + a] finds delight in.

rañjanta : [pr.p. of rañjati] finding delight in.

rañjamāna : [pr.p. of rañjati] finding delight in.

rañji : [aor. of rañjati] found delight in.

rañjita : [pp. of rañjati] found delight in. (pp. of rañjeti), given pleasure; coloured; dyed.

rañjitvā : [abs. of rañjati] having found in.

rañjeti : [rañj + e] gives pleasure; colours; dyes.

rañjetvā : [abs. of rañjeti] having given pleasure; having coloured; having dyed.

rañjenta : [pr.p. of rañjeti] giving pleasure; colouring; dyeing.

rañjesi : [aor. of rañjeti] gave pleasure; coloured; dyed.

raṭṭha : [nt.] a country.

raṭṭhapiṇḍa : [m.] food obtained from the people.

raṭṭhavāsika : [m.] an inhabitant of a country.

raṭṭhavāsī : [m.] an inhabitant of a country.

raṭṭhika : [adj.] belonging to a country; an official.

raṇa : [nt.] war; battle; sin; fault.

raṇañjaha : [adj.] avoiding the disturbance of passions.

rata : [pp. of ramati] delighted in; devoted to; enjoyed oneself.

ratana : [nt.] 1. a gem; precious thing; 2. a cubit.

ratanattaya : [nt.] the three precious things. viz. the Buddha, His doctrine, and His community.

ratanavara : [nt.] the best of gems.

ratanākara : [m.] jewel-mine.

ratanika : [adj.] (in cpds.) having so many cubits in length or breadth.

rati : [f.] attachment; love; liking for.

ratikīḷā : [f.] sexual intercourse.

ratta : [pp. of rajjati] found pleasure in. || ratta (adj.) red. (nt.) blood. (rañjeti) dyed; coloured; infatuated with lust.

rattakkha : [adj.] with red eyes.

rattacandana : [nt.] red sandal-wood.

rattaññū : [adj.] of long standing.

rattandhakāra : [m.] nightly darkness.

rattapaduma : [nt.] red lotus.

rattapā : [f.] a leech.

rattaphalā : [f.] a creeper having red oval fruits.

rattamaṇi : [m.] a ruby.

rattātisāra : [(ratta + ātisāra), m.] the bloody diarrhoea.

ratti : [f.] night.

rattikkhaya : [m.] the vane of the night.

rattikhitta : [adj.] shot in the night.

rattibhāga : [m.] night-time.

rattibhojana : [nt.] the supper.

rattūparata : [adj.] abstaining from eating at night.

ratha : [m.] a carriage; chariot.

rathakāra : [m.] chariot-maker; carpenter.

rathagutti : [f.] fender of a carriage.

rathaṅga : [nt.] parts of a carriage.

rathacakka : [nt.] chariot-wheel.

rathapañjara : [m.] the body of a chariot.

rathayuga : [nt.] the chariot pole.

rathareṇu : [m.] a mote of dust.

rathācariya : [(ratha + ācariya), m.] a charioteer; driver.

rathāṇīka : [(ratha + aṇīka), nt.] a group of war chariots.

rathāroha : [(ratha + āroha), m.] a warrior in a chariot.

rathika : [m.] one who fights in a chariot. || rathikā (f.), street.

rada : [m.] a tusk. Found in dvirada = elephant.

randha : [nt.] an opening; cleft; a weak spot; fault.

randhaka : [m.] a cook.

randhagavesī : [m.] one who finds fault or weal points.

randhana : [nt.] cooking; boiling.

randhita : [pp. of randheti] boiled or cooked.

randheti : [randh + e] boils or cooks.

randhetvā : [abs. of randheti] having boiled or cooked.

randhesi : [aor. of randheti] boiled or cooked.

ramaṇī : [f.] a woman.

ramaṇīya : [adj.] delightful; charming.

ramati : [ram + a] delights in; enjoys oneself.

ramana : [nt.] enjoyment. || ramāna (pr.p. of ramati) delighting in; enjoying oneself.

ramanī : [(f.)] a woman.

ramanta : [pr.p. of ramati] delighting in; enjoying oneself.

ramamāna : [pr.p. of ramati] delighting in; enjoying oneself.

rami : [aor. of ramati] delighted in; enjoyed oneself.

ramituṃ : [inf. of ramati] to delight in; to enjoy oneself.

ramitvā : [abs. of ramati] having delighted in; having enjoyed oneself.

rameti : [v.] gives joy; makes delightful.

rambhā : [f.] plantain tree.

ramma : [adj.] charming; enjoyable.

rammaka : [m.] name of a month; (April)

rava : [m.] sound; roar; cry. || rāva (m.), a cry; howling; noise.

ravati : [ru + a] makes a noise; cries.

ravana : [nt.] roaring; howling.

ravanta : [pr.p. of ravati] making a noise; crying.

ravamāna : [pr.p. of ravati] making a noise; crying.

ravi : [aor. of ravati] made a noise; cried. || ravi (m.) the sun.

ravita : [pp. of ravati] made a noise; cried.

ravitvā : [abs. of ravati] having a noise; having cried.

ravihaṃsa : [m.] a kind of bird.

rasa : [m.] taste; juice; flavour; quick-silver.

rasaka : [m.] a cook.

rasagga : [nt.] the finest quality of taste.

rasañjana : [nt.] a sort of collyrium.

rasataṇhā : [f.] the thirst for taste.

rasanā : [f.] a girdle for women. || see mekhalā.

rasapaṭhavī : [f.] essense of the earth.

rasavatī : [f.] kitchen.

rasaharaṇī : [f.] the taste conductor.

rasmi : [f.] a cord; a rein; ray of light.

rassa : [adj.] short; dwarfish; stunted.

rassatta : [nt.] shortness.

rahada : [m.] a lake.

rahassa : [nt.] a secret.

rahābhāva : [m.] the state of not being secret.

rahita : [adj.] deprived of; without.

raho : [ind.] secretly; in secret; a lonely place.

rahogata : [adj.] gone to lonely place.

rāga : [m.] colour; hue; dye; lust; attachment.

rāgakkhaya : [m.] destruction of lust.

rāgaggi : [m.] the fire of lust.

rāgacarita : [adj.] of lustful behaviour.

rāgaratta : [adj.] infatuated with lust.

rāgī : [adj.] lustful.

rājakakudhabhaṇḍa : [nt.] ensign of royalty; regalia.

rājakaññā : [f.] a princess.

rājakathā : [f.] talk about kings.

rājakammika : [m.] a government official.

rājakumāra : [m.] a prince.

rājakumārī : [f.] a princess.

rājakula : [nt.] royal family; king’s palace.

rājagahaka : [adj.] belonging to Rājagaha.

rājageha : [nt.] king’s palace.

rājañña : [m.] a man of the warrior caste.

rājatta : [nt.] kingship.

rājadaṇḍa : [m.] punishment ordered by a king.

rājadāya : [m.] a royal gift.

rājadūta : [m.] a king’s messenger or envoy.

rājadevī : [f.] a consort of a king.

rājadhamma : [m.] duty of a king.

rājadhāni : [f.] the royal city.

rājadhītu : [f.] a king’s daughter.

rājanivesana : [nt.] king’s abode.

rājaparisā : [f.] retinue of a king; a royal assembly.

rājaputta : [m.] a prince.

rājaputtī : [f.] a king’s daughter.

rājapurisa : [m.] one who is in the king’s service.

rājaporisa : [nt.] the government service.

rājabali : [m.] a tax to be given to a king.

rājabhaṭa : [m.] a soldier.

rājabhaya : [nt.] fear coming from a king.

rājabhavana : [nt.] king’s palace.

rājabhogga : [adj.] fit to be used by a king.

rājamandira : [nt.] king’s palace.

rājamahāmatta : [m.] the prime minister.

rājamahesī : [f.] a queen.

rājamāna : [pr.p. of rājati] shining.

rājamuddā : [f.] the royal seal.

rājaratha : [m.] the state carriage.

rājavara : [m.] a noble king.

rājavallabha : [adj.] familiar with a king; a king’s favourite.

rājasampatti : [f.] splendour of a king.

rājahaṃsa : [m.] royal swan (whose beak and feet are red.)

rājāṅgaṇa : [(rāja + āṅgaṇa), nt.] the courtyard of a palace.

rājāṇā : [f.] king’s command.

rājānubhāva : [m.] the pomp or majesty of a king.

rājāntepura : [(rāja + antepura), nt.] royal harem; palace grounds.

rājāmacca : [m.] a royal minister.

rājāyatana : [m.] the tree Budhanania Latifolia.

rājita : [pp. of rājati] resplendent; shining.

rājiddhi : [f.] royal power.

rājinī : [f.] a queen.

rājisi : [m.] a royal seer.

rājupaṭṭhāna : [nt.] attendance on a king.

rājuyyāna : [nt.] a royal garden.

rājorodha : [m.] a king’s harem; a royal concubine.

rāmaṇeyyaka : [adj.] pleasant; agreeable; lovely.

rāsi : [m.] a heap; quantity.

rāsivaḍḍhaka : [m.] the controller of revenues.

rāhaseyyaka : [adj.] secluded; secret.

rāhu : [m.] name of an asura king; an eclipse.

rāhumukha : [nt.] the mouth of Rāhu; a certain punishment.

riñcati : [ric + ṃ-a] neglects; abandons; empties.

riñcamāna : [pr.p. of riñcati] neglecting; abandoning.

riñci : [aor. of riñcati] neglected; abandoned; emptied.

riñcitvā : [abs. of riñcati] having neglected; having abandoned; having emptied.

ritta : [pp. of riñcati] devoid; empty; rid of.

rittamuṭṭhi : [m.] an empty fist.

rittahattha : [adj.] empty-handed.

rukkha : [m.] a tree.

rukkhagahaṇa : [nt.] a thicket of trees.

rukkhadevatā : [f.] a tree-spirit.

rukkhamūla : [nt.] the foot of a tree.

rukkhamūlika : [adj.] one who lives at the foot of a tree.

rukkhasusira : [nt.] a hollow in a tree.

ruci : [f.] liking; choice; inclination.

rucika : [adj.] (in cpds.), having the inclination of.

rucira : [adj.] pleasant; agreeable; beautiful.

ruccati : [ruc + ya] finds delight in; likes.

ruccana : [nt.] liking; choice.

ruccanaka : [adj.] pleasing; satisfying.

rucci : [aor. of ruccati] found delight in; liked.

ruccita : [pp. of ruccati] found delight in; liked.

ruccitvā : [abs. of ruccati] having found delight in; having liked.

rujati : [ruj + a] feels pain; aches.

rujana : [nt.] pain; affliction.

rujanaka : [adj.] aching.

rujā : [f.] pain; affliction.

ruji : [aor. of rujati] felt pain; ached.

rujitvā : [abs. of rujati] having felt pain; having ached.

rujjhati : [rudh + ya] is obstructed or prevented.

rujjhi : [aor. of rujjhati] was obstructed or prevented.

ruṭṭha : [pp. of russati] vexed; enraged.

ruṇṇa : [pp. of rudati] crying; weeping; lamentation.

ruta : [pp. of ravati] made a noise; cried. (nt.), cry of an animal. (pp. of rudati), cried; lamented.

rudati : [rud + a] cries; laments.

rudanta : [pr.p. of rudati] crying; lamenting.

rudamāna : [pr.p. of rudati] crying; lamenting.

rudammukha : [adj.] with tearful face.

rudi : [aor. of rudati] cried; lamented.

rudita : [pp. of rudati] cried; lamented.

ruditvā : [abs. of rudati] having cried; having lamented.

ruddha : [pp. of rujjhati] was obstructed or prevented. (pp. of rundhati), prevented; obstructed; besieged; imprisoned.

rudhira : [nt.] blood.

rundhati : [rudh + ṃ-a] prevents; obstructs; besieges; imprisons.

rundhana : [nt.] prevention; imprisonment.

rundhi : [aor. of rundhati] prevented; obstructed; besieged; imprisoned.

rundhita : [pp. of rundhati] prevented; obstructed; besieged; imprisoned.

rundhitvā : [abs. of rundhati] having prevented; having obstructed; having besieged; having imprisoned.

rundhīyati : [v.] is obstructed or imprisoned.

ruppati : [rup + ya] is vexed or changed.

ruppana : [nt.] constant change.

ruppamāna : [pr.p. of ruppati] is being vexed or changed.

ruppi : [aor. of ruppati] was vexed or changed.

rumhaniya : [adj.] refreshing.

ruru : [m.] a kind of deer.

ruha : [adj.] (in cpds.) growing; rising up; ascending.

ruhana : [nt.] rising up; growing up. || rūhana (nt.), growing; ascending; rising.

ruhira : [nt.] blood.

rūpa : [nt.] form; figure; image; object of the eye; a material composition.

rūpaka : [nt.] a small figure; a simile.

rūpataṇhā : [f.] craving after form.

rūpadassana : [nt.] seeing of an object.

rūpabhava : [m.] the Brahma world.

rūparāga : [m.] desire to be born in the world of form.

rūpavantu : [adj.] handsome.

rūpasampatti : [f.] beauty.

rūpasiri : [f.] personal splendour.

rūpārammaṇa : [(rūpa + ārammaṇa), nt.] a visible thing.

rūpāvacara : [(rūpa + avacara), adj.] belonging to the world of form.

rūpinī : [f.] a beautiful woman.

rūpiya : [nt.] silver; a silver coin.

rūpiyamaya : [adj.] made of silver.

rūpī : [adj.] having material qualities.

rūpūpajīvinī : [f.] harlot.

rūḷha : [pp. of rūhati] grew; ascended; healed (a wound).

rūhati : [ruh + a] grows; ascends; heals (a wound).

rūhi : [aor. of rūhati] grew; ascended; healed (a wound).

recana : [nt.] emission.

reṇu : [m.; f.] dust; pollen.

roga : [m.] disease; illness.

roganiḍḍa : [adj.] the seat of disease.

roganīḷa : [adj.] the seat of disease.

rogahārī : [m.] a physician.

rogātura : [(roga + ātura), adj.] a sick person.

rogī : [m.] patient.

rocati : [ruc + a] shines.

rocana : [nt.] liking; choice; shining.

roci : [aor. of rocati] shined.

rocita : [pp. of roceti] given one’s consent; liked.

roceti : [ruc + e] gives one’s consent; likes.

rocetvā : [abs. of roceti] having given one’s consent; having liked.

rocesi : [aor. of roceti] gave one’s consent; liked.

rodati : [rud + a] cries; laments.

rodana : [nt.] cry; the act of crying.

rodanta : [pr.p. of rodati] crying; lamenting.

rodamāna : [pr.p. of rodati] crying; lamenting.

rodi : [aor. of rodati] cried; lamented.

rodita : [pp. of rodati] cried; lamented.

rodituṃ : [inf. of rodati] to cry; to lament.

roditvā : [abs. of rodati] having cried; having lamented.

rodha : [m.] obstruction; prevention.

rodhana : [nt.] obstruction; prevention.

ropa : [m.] a planter; cultivator.

ropaka : [m.] a planter; cultivator.

ropayamāna : [pr.p. of ropeti] planting; cultivating.

ropita : [pp. of ropeti] planted; cultivated.

ropiya : [abs. of ropeti] having planted; having cultivated.

ropeti : [rup + e] plants; cultivates.

ropetvā : [abs. of ropeti] having planted; having cultivated.

ropenta : [pr.p. of ropeti] planting; cultivating.

ropesi : [aor. of ropeti] planted; cultivated.

roma : [nt.] hair on the body.

romaka : [adj.] Roman.

romañca : [m.] horripilation or bristling of hair.

romanthati : chews the cud; munches.

romanthana : [nt.] ruminating; munching.

romanthayitvā : [abs. of romanthati] having chewed the cud; having munched.

romanthi : [aor. of romanthati] chewed the cud; munched.

roruva : [m.] name of a hell.

rosa : [m.] anger.

rosaka : [adj.] making angry.

rosanā : [f.] making angry; causing anger; being angry.

rosita : [pp. of roseti] made angry; irritated.

roseti : [rus + e] makes angry; irritates.

rosetvā : [abs. of roseti] having made angry; having irritated.

rosesi : [aor. of roseti] made angry; irritated.

rohati : grows; ascends; heals (a wound).

rohana : [nt.] rising up; growing up.

rohita : [adj.] red. (m.), a king of deer; a kind fish.

rohitamaccha : [m.] a salmon.