(p. 914) riṣṭa, riṣṭi a sin; woe; misfortune; (astro.) evil planetary aspect or influence; (rare) weal. 23)

(p. 914) rukṣa rough; dry; harsh; rude; haughty; angry; hard (রুক্ষমাটি); uneven, rugged (রুক্ষ পথ). ̃ভাবে adv. rudely, harshly, roughly. ̃ভাষী a. rough-spoken. ̃স্বভাব a. haughty, arrogant; peevish, crossgrained. 32)

(p. 916) rēkhana cross. 30)

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

(p. 907) rātārāti overnight; whilst there is still night; (fig.) within a very short time (রাতারাতি ধনী হওয়া).

(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. 912) -rātra (used as a sfx.) denoting: night (অহোরাত্র). 3)

(p. 903) rasui cooking. রসুই করা v. to cook. ̃ঘর n. a kitchen. ̃য়ে same as রসুয়ে । 67)

(p. 907) rahasya a mystery; a secret; a riddle; pleasantry, a joke; fun. রহস্য করা v. to make fun; to joke; to poke fun at, to crack a joke at. রহস্য করে, রহস্যচ্ছলে adv. by way of joke; jokingly. রহস্যভেদ করা v. to discover or solve a mystery, to puzzle out a mystery; to probe; to find out or expose a secret. ̃ভেদী a. (capable of or engaged in) discovering or solving a mystery; (loos.) capable of discovering the mysteries of crimes and detecting criminals. ̃ময় a. mysterious; occult; secret; hard to comprehend. রহস্যাবৃত a. veiled or shrouded in mystery; mysterious; occult; secret. রহস্যালাপ n. confidential talk; secret conference; humorous or witty or amorous conversation; a joke. রহস্যালাপ করা v. to talk confidentially; to confer secretly; to be engaged in a humorous or witty or amorous conversation; to joke. রহস্যোদ্ঘাটন same as ̃ভেদ । 3)

(p. 913) rāśa2 a heap, a pile; (astrol.) the birthsign; nature, temperament. ̃নাম n. a name according to one's astrological birth-sign. ̃-পাতলা, ̃-হালকা a. flippant, frivolous. ̃ভারী a. reserved in speech and manner, grave; imposing. 9)

(p. 903) rasōttīrṇa (rhet.) having the intended flavour effectively established; acceptable as a work of art. 73)

(p. 912) rātri night; night-time, night-tide (also রাত্রিকাল); (fig.) obscurity (জীবনের রাত্রি নামা). রাত্রি হয়েছে v. it is night. রাত্রি ভোর হওয়া v. to dawn. ̃কালীন a. nightly, nocturnal. ̃কালে adv. by night, at night. ̃চর, ̃ঞ্চর a. active by night; nightfaring. fem. ̃চরী, ̃ঞ্চরী । ̃জাগরণ করা v. to keep awake by night. ̃বাস n. passing the night; night-rest; night-attire, night-clothes, night-dress, nightgear, a night-gown, a nighty, a nightie. ̃বেলা, ̃যোগে, adv. by night, at night. 4)

(p. 907) rāi1 mustard. 7)

(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. 913) rāśi a heap, a pile; a collection; (math.) a number, a quantity; (astrol.) any one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. রাশি রাশি heaps of. ̃চক্র n. (geog. & astrol.) the zodiac. ˜ভোগকাল n. (astrol.) the time taken by a planetary body in passing through a sign of the zodiac. 10)