(p. 913) rāmāẏēta a Vaishnava sect. 3)

(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) rakṣōrāja a king of rakshasas. 18)

(p. 907) rāga2 any one of the six principal modes of Indian classical music; raga, a mode of Indian classical music. রাগিণী n. (mus.) any one of the thirty-six modes of Indian music secondary to the six ragas (রাগ); a musical mode or tune; a song. ̃প্রধান a. (of modes in Indian music) based on classical modes. 29)

(p. 912) rādhā, rādhikā (myth.) the lady-love of Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). রাধাকান্ত, রাধানাথ, রাধামাধব, রাধারমণ n. Krishna, the lord of Radha (রাধা). রাধাকৃষ্ণ n. Radha (রাধা) and Krishna (কৃষ্ণ). রাধাবল্লভি n. a small saucer-shaped pancake made of kneaded flour stuffed with spicy paste of pigeon-pea. রাধাষ্টমী n. the eighth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadra ভাদ্র), the birth-day of Radha (রাধা). রাধিকারঞ্জন, রাধিকারমণ. same as রাধাকান্ত । 6)

(p. 913) rāmāśyāmā any man in the street, Tom and Tim, Tom Dick or Harry. 4)

(p. 916) rēcaka purgative, laxative, aperient; (bot.) excretory. n. a purgative, a laxative, an aperient. 33)

(p. 903) rasāñjana stibnite; antimony; regulus. 54)

(p. 899) rajju rope, cord, string, cable. ̃পথ n. a ropeway. ̃বদ্ধ a. fastened with a rope, roped, corded, stringed. ̃ভ্রম n. the fallacy of mistaking (snakes etc.) for a rope. 53)

(p. 914) rucā to be agreeable to one's taste or liking. 36)

(p. 916) rēṣārēṣi mutual envy or malice or grudge; mutual rivalry. 57)

(p. 899) rakṣā protection; defence; guarding; rescue, saving; preservation; observance, act of abiding by; act of taking care of, keeping; maintenance, upkeep, retention; depositing. v. poet. form of রক্ষা করা । রক্ষা করা v. to protect; to defend; to guard; to rescue; to save; to preserve; to observe, to keep; to look after, to take care of, to keep, to tend; to maintain, to keep up, to retain; to deposit. প্রতিজ্ঞা রক্ষা করা to keep or fulfil one's promise. রক্ষা নেই no escape. ̃কবচ n. an amulet believed to have occult power to safeguard the wearer; safeguard (সংখ্যালঘুদের জন্য রক্ষাকবচ). ̃কর্তা n. same as রক্ষক । fem. ̃কর্ত্রী । ̃কালী n. a manifestation of Goddess Kali (কালী). 12)

(p. 916) rūpāntara a different form or shape; translation; transformation; (geog.) metamorphosis. রূপান্তর করা, রূপান্তর ঘটানো v. to render or change into a new form or shape; to translate; to transform; (geog.) to metamorphose. রূপান্তরিত a. rendered or changed into a new form or shape; transformed; (geog.) metamorphic. রূপান্তরিত করা same as রূপান্তর করা । 15)

(p. 913) rāśīkṛta piled up, heaped up; collected, amassed, accumulated. 11)

(p. 914) rāhā a road, a way, a highway; a means (সুরাহা). ̃খরচ. n. travelling expenses. ̃জান n. a highwayman. ̃জানি n. highway robbery. 3)