(p. 913) rāstā a road, a thoroughfare, a way. রাস্তার ধার the roadside, the wayside. সদর রাস্তা an open way, a highway. সরকারি রাস্তা a public road, a highway.

(p. 907) rāṅā red, scarlet, crimson; fair-complexioned; flushed (লজ্জায় রাঙা); an elder, but (generally) lower in the scale of seniority (রাঙাদিদি). v. to become red or crimson, to redden; to become bright, to brighten; to flush. ̃নো v. to redden; to dye; to brighten; to cause to flush. ̃বাস n. a cloth dyed in red ochre; a scarlet cloth. ̃মূলো n. the red radish; (fig.) a handsome but worthless man. 31)

(p. 907) rākṣasa (myth.) one of a non-Aryan anthropophagous race of India, a rakshas(a); a cannibal; (facet.) a glutton. রাক্ষস-বিবাহ n. a system of marriage in which the bridegroom abducts the bride or marries her by force. রাক্ষসী n. fem. of রাক্ষস । a. relating to rakshasas (রাক্ষসী মায়া). রাক্ষসী বেলা. the terminal ⅕th part of the daytime. রাক্ষুসে a. of or like a rakshas; monstrously severe or great (রাক্ষুসে খিদে); huge, gigantic, monstrous (রাক্ষুসে মুলো). 24)

(p. 899) raja, rajḥ dust; (bot.) pollen; the menstrual flow; (phil. & theol.) the second of the three natural qualities of creatures, the quality characterized by activeness and spiritedness (usu. রজোগুণ). 45)

(p. 916) rējāi a quilt; a kind of wrapper stuffed with carded cotton. 36)

(p. 914) rītyanusārē as usual; in keeping with the custom or practice or rule or form, customarily, conventionally, formally. 28)

(p. 912) rātula blood-red, red, crimson. 2)

(p. 912) rābiśa rubbish. a. trashy. 19)

(p. 912) rāba a kind of refuse or inferior treacle. 16)

(p. 899) ragaḍ়āragaḍ়i mutual or repeated rubbing or currying or chafing or fretting or importunating or higgling. 22)

(p. 907) rahita lacking in, devoid of, destitute of (কান্ডজ্ঞানরহিত); repealed, withdrawn, abolished; stayed, held over, postponed; stopped, discontinued. রহিত করা v. to repeal, to withdraw, to abolish, to annul, to abrogate, to revoke (আইন রহিত করা); to stay, to hold over, to postpone (নিলাম রহিত করা); to stop, to discontinue (প্রথা রহিত করা). 4)

(p. 920) rōśanacauki a symphony or serenade of sanai (সানাই) and other instruments. 13)

(p. 914) ruci beauty, lustre, glow (তনুরুচি); taste, choice, liking (কুরুচি); good taste; relish, inclination, propensity (আহারের রুচি, খেলায় রুচি); desire for food, appetite. ̃কর a. appetizing; tasteful; savoury; pleasant; (loos.) decent or elegant. ̃বাগীশ a. (usu. sarcas.) over-careful about good taste and decorum, fastidious; overnice; puritanical. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to one's taste or liking; indecent; indecorous; inelegant, ̃ভেদে adv. according to different tastes, according to difference in taste or liking. ̃র a. decorous; beautiful; elegant; bright. fem. রুচিরা । 37)

(p. 899) racanā building, construction; formation; creation; making; composition; a literary composition; an essay. রচনা করা v. to build, to construct; to form; to create; to make; to compose, to write (প্রবন্ধ বা পুস্তক রচনা করা). কেশ-রচনা n. hairdo. কেশরচনা করা v. to do up or dress one's hair. ̃কৌশল n. method or style of building or making or of composition. নৈপুণ্য n. skill in building or making or in composition. ̃পদ্ধতি, ̃প্রণালী same as ̃কৌশল । ̃শৈলী n. style (esp. literary style). ̃বলি n. writings, literary or other works; collected writings. ̃ভঙ্গি, ̃রীতি same as ̃কৌশল । 42)

(p. 916) rumāla handkerchief, (coll.) hanky. 8)