(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. 916) rēōẏāja custom, usage; practice; fashion; vogue; practice of music. রেওয়াজ করা v. to practise; to practise music. রেওয়াজ থাকা v. to be in vogue or fashion; to be the practice of; to be in practice. রেওয়াজ হওয়া v. to come into fashion or vogue. 25)

(p. 913) rāsabha the he-ass; the ass. fem. রাসভী the she-ass. ̃নাদ n. braying; hee-haw. ̃নিন্দিত a. putting even the ass to shame, worse than the ass. ̃নিন্দিত কন্ঠ n. a voice the harshness of which would put even the ass to shame. ̃বত্ a. like an ass, ass-like. 15)

(p. 903) rasanēndriẏa the sense-organ of taste, taste; (loos.) the tongue. 52)

(p. 914) ri a ring, a small hoop. 8)

(p. 912) rādhēẏa a son or foster-son or nursling of Radha (রাধা), generally used of Karna (কর্ণ) in the Mahabharata. 10)

(p. 899) r the twenty-seventh consonant of the Bengali alphabet. 2)

(p. 903) ramita sexually enjoyed; dallied (esp. amorously); sported with; made pleasant. fem. রমিতা । 38)

(p. 914) rīti method, mode; custom, usage, practice, convention, rule; nature, habit; style, manner; way, fashion, go (যুগের রীতি). ̃ক্রমে same as রীত্যনুসারে । রীতিনীতি n. pl. manners and customs. ̃বিরুদ্ধ a. contrary to custom or usage, unconventional, informal; contrary to one's nature or habit; contrary to a particular style or manner or way or fashion, going against the current. ̃মতো adv. in keeping with custom or usage or convention or form; (pop.) considerably. thoroughly, soundly (রীতিমতো বড়োলোক). ̃সংগত, ̃সম্মত a. in keeping with custom or usage; customary. 27)

(p. 913) rāẏa2 a king, a prince; a title of zemindars or important persons. a. large, big; long (রায়বাঁশ). ̃বেঁশে n. one proficient in fighting with staffs; a kind of dance with staffs. ̃বাঘিনি n. fem. (fig.) an extremely terrible woman, a termagant, a virago. ̃বাহাদুর, ̃রায়ান, ̃সাহেব n. different official titles once conferred on important citizens. 6)

(p. 916) rēka a wicker container for measuring grain (its capacity is usually about one seer). 26)

(p. 912) rābaṇa Ravana, the arch-villain of the Ramayana. রাবণের চিতা (fig.) unquenchable fire; (fig.) ceaseless affliction. রাবণারি n. an enemy of Ravana. রাবণি n. a son of Ravana. 18)

(p. 903) rasada provisions, rations (esp. of an army); food; (fig.) means or monetary resources (স্ফুর্তির রসদ). 49)

(p. 903) rasuna1 garlic. 68)

(p. 903) rata engaged in, employed in (পাঠরত); devoted to, attached to, addicted to (ভোগরত). 6)