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Rajo Raṇa
and raj-ojalla, or it is a metric diaeresis of rajo — jalla] dust Rañjana (nt.) [fr. rañjati] delighting, finding pleasure, excite-
and dirt Dh 141 (=kaddama — limpan' ākārena sarīre sannicita ment DhsA 363 (rañjan' aṭṭhena rāgo; v. l. rajano°; perhaps
— rajo DhA iii.77). -haraṇa dirt — taking, cleaning; wet better to be read rajjana°).
rag, floor — cloth, duster Vin ii.291; A iv.376; J i.117; DhA
Rañjita [pp. of rañjeti] coloured, soiled, in raja° affected with
i.245. — (b) raja-: -reṇu dirt and dust J iv.362; -vaḍḍhana
stain, defiled J i.117. — See also anu° & pari°.
indulgence in or increase of defilement Th 2, 343 ("fleshly
Raṭati [raṭ; Dhtp 86: "paribhāsane"] to yell, cry; shout (at), scold,
lusts" trsl.); ThA 240 (=rāga — raj' ādi — saṁvaḍḍhana). —
revile: not found in the texts.
(c) rajā-: °patha dusty place, dustiness, dust — hole D i.62,
250; S ii.219; DA i.180 (here taken metaphorically: rāga — Raṭṭha (nt.) [Vedic rāṣṭra] reign, kingdom, empire; country,
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raj' ādīnaṁ uṭṭhāna — ṭṭhānaṁ). — (d) rajas-: °sira with realm Sn 46 (expl at Nd 536 as "raṭṭhañ ca janapadañ ca
dusty head Sn 980; J iv.184, 362, 371. See pankadanta. — koṭṭhāgārañ ca... nagarañ ca"), 287, 444, 619; J iv 389 (°ṁ
(e) raj-: -°agga a heap of dust, dirt J v.187 (=rajakkhandha araṭṭhaṁ karoti); PvA 19 (°ṁ kāreti to reign, govern). Pab-
C.); fig.=kilesa Pug 65, 68 (here perhaps nt. of a distorted ra- bata° mountain — kingdom SnA 26; Magadha° the kingdom
jakkha? So Kern, Toev. s. v.). -°upavāhana taking away the of Magadha PvA 67.
dust (or dirt) Sn 391, 392. -piṇḍa the country's alms — food (°ṁ bhuñjati) Dh 308
(saddhāya dinnaṁ); A i.10; S ii.221; M iii.127; Th 2, 110; It
Rajja (nt.) [Sk. rājya, fr. rāj] kingship, royalty, kingdom, em-
43, 90. -vāsin inhabitant of the realm, subject DhA iii.481
pire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty A iii.300 (°ṁ kāreti);
Sn 114, 553 (°ṁ kāreti to reign); J i.57; 64 (ekarattena Raṭṭhaka (adj.) [Sk. rāṣṭraka] belonging to the kingdom, royal,
tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms); iii.170 (°ṁ amaccānaṁ sovereign J iv.91 (senāvāhana). — Cp. raṭṭhika.
niyyādetvā), 199 (dukkhaseyyaṁ api rajjaṁ pi kāraye); iv.96,
Raṭṭhavant (adj.) [raṭṭha+vant] possessing a kingdom or kingship
105, 393 (nava rajja new kingship, newly (or lately) crowned 11
Pv ii.6 (°nto khattiyā).
king); vi.4 (rajjato me sussitvā maraṇam eva seyyo: death by
Raṭṭhika [fr. raṭṭha, cp. Sk. rāṣṭrika] 1. one belonging to a king-
withering is better than kingship); VvA 314 (=J i.64 as above);
dom, subject in general, inhabitant J ii.241 (brāhmaṇa gahap-
PvA 73 sq.; Mhvs 10, 52 (rājā rajjaṁ akārayi). — cakkavatti°
ati — r. — do ārik' ādayo). — 2. an official of the kingdom
rule of a universal king DhA iii.191; deva° reign amongst
[op Sk. rāṣṭriya a pretender; also king's brother in — law] A
gods KhA 227; padesa° local sovereignty It 15; Kh viii.12
iii.76=300 (r. pettanika senāya senāpatika).
(cp. KhA 227).
-siri-dāyikā (devatā) (goddess) giving success to the em- Raṇa [Vedic raṇa, both "enjoyment," and "battle." The Dhtp (115)
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pire DhA ii.17. -sīma border of the empire Vism 121. only knows of ran as a sound — base saddatthā (=Sk. ran to
tinkle)] 1. fight, battle; only in Th 2, 360 (raṇaṁ karitvā kāmā-
Rajjati [cp. Sk. rajyati, raj or rañj, Med. of rajati] to be ex-
naṁ): see discussed below; also late at Mhvs 35, 69 (Subharā-
cited, attached to (loc.), to find pleasure in S iv.74 (na so ra-
jaṁ raṇe hantvā). — 2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This
jjati rūpesu; =viratta — citta); Sn 160, 813 (contrasted with
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virajjati); Ps i.58, 77 sq., 130, 178; Nd 138; Miln 386 (ra- meaning is the Buddhist development of Vedic raṇa= enjoy-
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jjasi rajanīyesu etc.: in comb with dosa & moha or deriva- ment. Various influences have played a part in determining
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the meaning & its expl in the scholastic terms of the dogma-
tions, representing rāga or lobha, cp. lobhanīya); VbhA 11. —
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tists and exegetics. It is often expl as pāpa or rāga. The
ppr. rajjamāna PvA 3; Pot. rajjeyya Miln 280 (kampeyya+);
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Ṭīkā on DhsA 50 (see Expos. 67) gives the foll. expl (late
grd. rajjitabba Miln 386 (rajanīyesu r.; with dussanīyesu and
& speculative): (a)=reṇu, dust or mist of lust etc.; (b) fight,
muyhanīyesu; followed by kampitabba); fut. rajjissati DhsA
war (against the Paths); (c) pain, anguish & distress. — The
194; aor. arañji Vin i.36=J i.83 (na yiṭṭhe na hute arañjiṁ).
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trsl (Expos. 67) takes raṇa as "cause of grief," or "harm,"
— pp. ratta.
hence araṇa "harmless" and saraṇa "harmful" (the latter trsl d
Rajjana (nt.) [fr. rajjati] defilement DA i.195. Cp. muyhana.
as "concomitant with war" by Dhs. trsl. of Dhs 1294; and
Rajju (f.) [Vedic rajju, cp. Lat. restis rope, Lith. rẽǤgis asaraṇa as opp. "not concomitant"; doubtful). At S i.148
wicker, basket] a cord, line, rope S ii.128; Vin ii.120, 148 (rūpe raṇaṁ disvā) it is almost syn. with raja. Bdhgh. expl s
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(āviñchana°); Nd 304; J i.464, 483 (fisherman's line); v.173; this passage (see K.S. 320) as "rūpamhi jāti — jarā — bhanga
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Mhvs 10, 61; DhA iv.54; VbhA 163; KhA 57; VvA 207; Sdhp — sankhātaṁ dosaṁ," trsl (K.S. 186): "discerning canker in
148, 153. visible objects material."
-kāra rope — maker Miln 331. -gāhaka "rope — The term is not sufficiently cleared yet. At Th 2, 358 we
holder," (king's) land — surveyor J ii.367=DhA iv.88 (see read "(kāmā) appassādā raṇakarā sukkapakkha — visosanā,"
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Fick, Sociale Gliederung 97). and v. 360 reads "raṇaṁ karitvā kāmānaṁ." ThA 244 expl v
358 by "rāg' ādi sambandhanato"; v. 360 by "kāmānaṁ raṇaṁ
Rajjuka [rajju+ka] 1. a rope, line J i.164 (bandhana°); ThA 257.
te ca mayā kātabbaṁ ariyamaggaṁ sampahāraṁ katvā." The
— 2.=rajjugāhaka, king's land surveyor J ii.367. n
first is evidently "grief," the second "fight," but the trsl (Sis-
Rañjati [rañj=raj: see rajati & rajjati — Dhtp 66 & 398 defines ters 145) gives "stirring strife" for v. 358, and "fight with
rañja=rāge] 1. to colour, dye J i.220. — 2. (=rajjati) to find
worldly lusts" for v. 360; whereas Kern, Toev. s. v. raṇakara
delight in, to be excited Sn 424 (ettha me r. mano; v. l. BB
gives "causing sinful desire" as trsl.
rajjati). — Caus. rañjeti to delight or make glad D iii.93 (in 2
The word araṇa (see araṇa ) was regarded as neg. of raṇa
etym. of rājā (q. v.). — pp rañjita. — Caus. II. rañjāpeti to
in both meanings (1 & 2); thus either "freedom fr. passion"
cause to be coloured or dyed DhA iv.106 (v. l. raj°).
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