(p. 907) rākā the full moon setting in the small hours of the morning (usu. রাকাশশী); the night of such a full moon. 23)

(p. 899) raṅgarasa fun and frolics; wit and humour. 35)

(p. 899) ra, ṃraṅa colour, hue; dye; paint; complexion; (of playing cards) a suit or one of a suit or the trump-suit or a trump; exaggeration. রং করা v. to put colour on, to paint, to colour; to dye. রং চড়ানো v. to put colour on, to colour; to exaggerate. রং হওয়া v. to take on colour, to colour. ̃চং n. variegation in colouring; gaudiness. ̃চঙা, ̃চঙে a. variegated in colours; gaudy. ̃ঢং n. fun and frolics; drollery; frolicking. ̃দার same as রংচঙা । রংবেরং, রঙবেরঙ a. variegated in colours; diverse. রঙানো v. to dye; to colour; to paint, see also রাঙানো । 4)

(p. 916) runujhunu, runurunu, runajhuna, runaruna denoting: a sweet jingling sound as of the bells of a dancer's anklets. 6)

(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)

(p. 903) randhra a hole; a pore, a cavity; a bore (as of a gun); a fault, an offence; an opening caused by a failing; (astrol.) the eighth house of the zodiac. ̃ক n. a borer. ̃ক্যামেরা n. a pin-hole camera. ̃গত a. entered into the hole. ̃গত শনি (astrol.) location of the Saturn in the eighth zodiacal house of one's horoscope causing one's destruction. রন্ধ্রীয় a. porous. 19)

(p. 907) rāñjhāla soldering with tin and lead, solder. রাংঝাল করা v. to solder with tin and lead, to solder. 14)

(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. 907) rāntā tinsel, tinfoil. 15)

(p. 914) rāhi a traveller. 4)

(p. 914) rāsnā a kind of orchid. রাস্না গোত্রীয় a. orchidaceous, orchideous. 2)

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

(p. 912) rāma the seventh incarnation of Vishnu (বিষ্ণু), the hero of the Ramayana. a. good looking; beautiful. pfx. large, big (রামছাগল, রামশালিক); extremely, utterly (রাম কুঁড়ে). sfx. a glaring specimen (বোকারাম). রাম না হতে রামায়ণ (fig.) occurrence or fancying of an incident when there is not even the ghost of its cause in view, (cp.) putting the cart before the horse. না রাম না গঙ্গা (fig.) neither this nor that. সেই রামও নেই সেই অযোধ্যাও নেই (fig.) O the times! O the manners! রাম কহ, রাম বল, রামঃ int. expressing: abhorrence, slight etc. ̃কেলি n. an Indian musical mode. ̃খড়ি n. a kind of red-tinged writing-chalk. ̃চন্দ্র n. same as রাম । int. same as রামঃ । ̃দা n. a kind of large chopper (used in beheading animals etc.). ̃ধনু, ̃ধনুক n. the rainbow. ̃ধুন n. a song in glory of Rama (রাম). ̃নবমী n. the ninth lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Chaitra (চৈত্র); the birthday of Rama (রাম). ̃পাখি n. (facet.) the cock or hen, the fowl. ̃রাজত্ব, ̃রাজ্য n. the reign or rule or realm of Rama (রাম); (fig.) an ideal realm or rule, (sarcas.) unrestrained predominance or monopoly. রাম রাম int. expressing: abhorrence, disgust etc.; phew; an expression of salutation in courtesy among upcountrymen. ̃লীলা n. the life and activities of Rama (রাম); an opera illustrating the life and activities of Rama (রাম). ̃শিঙা, (coll.) ̃শিঙে n. a funnel-shaped wind instrument or mouthpiece made of a buffalo's horn. ̃শ্যাম same as রামাশ্যামা । 20)

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

(p. 899) rajōbandha menopause; cessation of menses; change of life. 52)