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Ratta Ratha

rajati and rajana. It may also be taken as "bleached" in ratta- rainy season); PvA 216 (aḍḍha°).
kambala. In ratta-phalika (crystal) it approaches the mean- Ratti (f.) [Vedic rātrī & later Sk. rātri. — Idg *lādh as in Gr.
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ing of "white," as also in expl of puṇḍarīka at J v.216 with λήχω=Lat. lateo to hide; Sk rāhu dark demon; also Gr. *Λητώ
ratta-paduma "white lotus." — It is most commonly found in (=Lat. Latona) Goddess of night; Mhg. luoder insidious-
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foll. comb at foll. passages: Miln 191 (°lohita — candana);
ness; cp. further Gr. λανχάνω to be hidden, λήχη oblivion
Vism 172 (°kambala), 174 (°koraṇḍaka), 191 (°paṭākā); J i.394 2
(E. lethargy). — The by — form of ratti is ratta ] night D
(pavāla — ratta — kambala); iii.30 (°puppha — dāma); v.37
i.47 (dosinā). gen. sg. ratyā (for *rattiyā) Th 1, 517; Sn 710
(°sālivana), 216 (°paduma); 372 (°suvaṇṇa); DhA i.393 (id.),
(vivasane=ratti — samatikkame SnA 496); J vi.491. abl. sg.
248 (°kambala); iv.189 (°candanarukkha red — sandal tree);
rattiyā in phrases abhikkantāya r. at the waning of night D
SnA 125 (where paduma is given as "ratta — set' ādivasena");
ii.220; Vin i.26; S i.16; M i.143; & pabhātāya r. when night
VvA 4 (°dupaṭṭa), 65 (°suvaṇṇa), 177 (°phalika); PvA 4 (°vi-
grew light, i. e. dawn J i.81, 500. instr. pl. rattīsu Vin i.288
rala — mālā; garland of red flowers for the convict to be exe-
(hemantikāsu r.). A loc. ratyā (for *rātryām) and a nom. pl.
cuted, cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 104), 157 (°paduma), 191 3
ratyo (for *rātryaḥ) is given by Geiger, P.Gr. § 58 . — Very
(°sāli); Mhvs 30, 36 (°kambala); 36, 82 (rattāni akkhīni blood- d ns
often comb with and opp. to diva in foll. comb : rattin-diva
shot eyes). With the latter cp. cpd. rattakkha "with red eyes" [cp. BSk. rātrindiva=Gr. νυξχήμερον, AvŚ i.274, 278; ii.176;
(fr. crying) at PvA 39 (v. l. BB.), and Np. rattakkhin "Red
Divy 124] a day & a night (something like our "24 hours"),
— eye" (Ep. of a Yakkha). — 3. (fig.) excited, infatuated,
in phrase dasa rattindivā a decade of n. & d. (i. e. a 10 —
impassioned S iv.339; Sn 795 (virāga°); It 92 (maccā rattā); day week) A v.85 sq.; adverbially satta — rattin — divaṁ a
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Miln 220. Also in comb ratta duṭṭha mūḷha: see Nd s. v.
week DhA i.108. As adv. in acc. sg.: rattin-divaṁ night and
chanda; cp. bhava — rāga — ratta.
day A iii.57; Sn 507, 1142; It 93; J i.30; or rattiñ ca divañ ca
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Ratta (nt.) & (poet.) rattā (f.) [Epic Sk. rātra; Vedic rātra Nd 538, or rattiṁ opposed to adv. divā by night — by day
only in cpd. aho — rātraṁ. Semantically an abstr. forma- M i.143; PvA 43. — Other cases as adv.: acc. eka rattiṁ
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tion in collect. meaning "the space of a night's time," hence one night J i.62; Pv ii.9 ; PvA 42; taṁ rattiṁ that night Mhvs
"interval of time" in general. Otherwise rātri: see under ratti] 4, 38; imaṁ r. this night M i.143; yañ car.... yañ car.... etas-
(rarely) night; (usually) time in general. Occurs only — °, miṁ antare in between yon night and yon night It 121; rattiṁ
with expressions giving a definite time. Independently (be- at night Miln 42; rattiṁ rattiṁ night after night Mhvs 30, 16.
sides cpds. mentioned below) only at one (doubtful) passage, — gen. rattiyā ca divasassa ca by n. & by day S ii.95. — loc.
viz. Sn 1071, where BB MSS. read rattam-ahā for rattaṁ aho, rattiyañ by night VvA 130, 315 (aḍḍha° at midnight); PvA
which corresponds to the Vedic phrase aho — rātraṁ (=P. aho- 22; and ratto in phrase divā ca ratto ca Sn 223; Th 2, 312;
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rattaṁ). The P.T.S. ed. reads nattaṁ; SnA 593 reads nattaṁ, Dh 296; Vv 31 ; 84 ; S i.33.
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but expl as rattin — divaṁ, whereas Nd 538 reads rattaṁ & -khaya the wane of night J i.19. -cāra (sabba°) allnight
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expl : "rattaṁ vuccati ratti, ahā (sic lege!) ti divaso, rattiñ ca wandering S i.201 (trsl. "festival"). -cheda interruption of the
divañ ca." — Otherwise only in foll. adv. expressions (mean- probationary period (t. t.) Vin ii.34 (three such: sahavāsa, vip-
ing either "time" or "night"): instr. eka — rattena in one night pavāsa, anārocanā). -dhūmāyanā smouldering at night Vism
d
J i.64; satta° after one week (lit. a seven — night) Sn 570. — 107 (v. l. dhūp°), comb with divā — pajjalanā, cp. M i.143:
acc. sg. cira — rattaṁ a long time Sn 665; dīgha° id. [cp. BSk. ayaṁ vammīko rattiṁ dhūmāyati divā pajjalati. -pariyanta
dīrgha — rātraṁ freq.] Sn 22; M i.445; aḍḍha° at "halfnight," limitation of the probationary period (t. t.) Vin ii.59. -bhāga
i. e. midnight A iii.407; pubba — ratt' âpararattaṁ one night night — time J iii.43 (°bhāge); Miln 18 (°bhāgena). -bhojana
after the other (lit. the last one and the next) DhA iv.129. — eating at night M i.473; DA i.77. -samaya night — time, only
acc. pl. cira rattāni a long time J v.268. — loc. in var. forms, in loc. aḍḍha — ratti — samaye at midnight VvA 255; PvA
viz. vassa — ratte in the rainy season J v.38 (Kern, Toev. s. 155.
v. gives wrongly iii.37, 143; aḍḍha — ratte at midnight PvA Ratha [Vedic ratha, Av. rapa, Lat. rota wheel, rotundus ("ro-
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152; aḍḍha— rattāyaṁ at midnight Vv 81 (=aḍḍharattiyaṁ tund" & round), Oir. roth=Ohg rad wheel, Lith. rãtas id.] a
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VvA 315); divā ca ratto ca day & night Vv 31 (=rattiyaṁ two — wheeled carriage, chariot (for riding, driving or fight-
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VvA 130); cira — rattāya a long time J v.267; Pv i.9 .
ing S i.33 (ethically); A iv.191 (horse & cart; diff. parts of a
-andhakāra the dark of night, nightly darkness Vin iv.268 n
ratha); M i.396; Sn 300, 654; Vism 593 (in its comp of akkha,
(oggate suriye); M i.448. -ûparata abstaining from food at
cakka, pañjara, īsā etc.); J iii.239 (passaddha° carriage slow-
night D i.5 (cp. DA i.77). -ññu of long standing, recog-
ing up); Th 2, 229 (caturassaṁ rathaṁ, i. e. a Vimāna); Mhvs
nised D i.48 (in phrase: r. cira — pabbajito addhagato etc.; 35, 42 (goṇā rathe yuttā); VvA 78 (500), 104, 267 (=Vimāna),
d
expl at DA i.143 as "pabbajjato paṭṭhāya atikkantā bahū rat-
PvA 74. — assatarī° a chariot drawn by a she — mule Vv
tiyo jānātī ti r."); A ii.27 (here the pl. rattaññā, as if fr. sg. 20 =43 ; Pv i.11 ; J vi.355. — Phussa-ratha state carriage
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ratta — ñña); Sn p. 92 (therā r. cira — pabbajitā; the expl n
J iii.238; vi.30 sq. See under ph. — On ratha in similes see
at SnA 423 is rather fanciful with the choice of either=ratana
J.P.T.S. 1907, 127.
— ññu, i. e. knowing the gem of Nibbāna, or=bahu — ratti
-atthara (rathatthara) a rug for a chariot D i.7; Vin i.192;
— vidū, i. e. knowing many nights); ThA 141. A f. abstr.
ii.163. -anīka array of chariots Vin iv.108. -īsā carriage
°ññutā "recognition" is found at M i.445 (spelt rataññūtā, but
pole A iv.191. -ûpatthara chariot or carriage cover D i.103;
v. l. °utā). -samaye (loc., adv.) at the time of (night) J i.63
DA i.273. -esabha (ratha+ ṛṣabha, Sk. rathārṣabha) lord of
(aḍḍha — ratta° at midnight), 264 (id.); iv.74 (vassa° in the charioteers. Ratha here in meaning of "charioteer"; Childers
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