The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Rajata (nt.) [Vedic rajata; see etym. under rajati] silver D i.5 (expld at DA i.78 as a general name for all
coins except gold: kah!pa*as etc.); S i.92; Sn 962 (in simile; expld at Nd1 478 as j!tar(pa), J v.50; 416
(hema˚ gold & silver); Vv 351 (˚hema -- j!la); DhA ii.42 (˚pa&&a silver tablet or salver); iv.105 (˚gabbha
silver money box or cabinet for silver, alongside of kah!pa*a -- gabbha and suva**a˚); VbhA 64 (expld as
"kah!pa*a"); PvA 95 (for r(piya).
Rajati
Rajati [raj & rañj to shine, to be coloured or light ( -- red); to Idg. *areg to be bright, as in Lat. argus, Gr.
a)rgh/s & a)rgo/s light; Sk. arjuna (see ajjuna); to which also rajati silver=Lat. argentum, Gr. a)/rguros;
Gallic Argento -- ratum (N. of Strassburg); Oir argat.] usually intrs. rajjati (q.v.). As rajitabba (grd.) in
meaning "to be bleached" (dhovitabba+) only in meaning "bleach" (as compared with dhovati clean, &
vija&eti to disentangle, smoothe) Vin iii.235 (ppr. fr. pl. dhovantiyo rajantiyo etc.); J i.8 (rajitabba, grd.;
dhovitabba+). -- Somehow it is difficult to distinguish between the meanings "bleach" and "dye" (cp.
rajaka), in some combns with dhovati it clearly means "dye," as at Vin i.50 (forms: rajati, rajitabba,
rajiyetha 3 sg. Pot. Med.); Vism 65 (forms: rajitv!, rajitabba, rajitu'). -- Another grd. rajan"ya in diff.
meaning (see sep.). Caus. rajeti to paint, colour Th 1, 1155 (inf. rajetave: (see Geiger, P.Gr. § 204, 1. a).
Caus. also rañjeti (see under rañjati). Med. Pass. rajjati (q. v.). -- Caus. II. raj!peti to cause to be bleached
Vin iii.206 (dhov!peyya raj!peyya !ko&!peyya), 235 (dhovapeti r. vija&!peti); J ii.197 (ova&&ika' sibb!petv!
raj!petv!).
Rajana
Rajana (nt.) [fr. raj] colouring, dye D i.110 (suddha' vattha' . . . sammadeva rajana' pa&iga*heyya); Vin
i.50=53 ii.227; Vin i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: m(la˚, khandha˚, taca˚, patta˚, puppha˚, phala˚,
or made of the root, the trunk, bark, leaf, flower, fruit of trees) Th 1, 965; S ii.101 (here either as f. or adj.);
J i.220 (washing?). -- kamma (the job of) dyeing J i.118; Vism 65. -- pacana boiling the dye Vism 389 (cp.
rajana -- pakka Vin. Texts ii.49). -- bh!jana dye -- vessel Vin i.286. -- s!l! colouringworkshop, dyeing --
hall Vism 65.
Rajani
Rajani (f.) [fr. raj, cp. rajan"ya 2] the night D!vs i.39; Abhp 69; PvA 205.
Rajan"ya
Rajan"ya (adj.) [grd. of rajati] of the nature of rajas, i. e. leading to lust, apt to rouse excitement, enticing,
lustful. -- 1. As Ep. of r(pa (vedan! saññ! etc.) S iii.79; also at D i.152 sq. (dibb!ni rup!ni pass!mi piya --
r(p!ni k!m' ûpasa'hit!ni rajan"y!ni; & the same with sadd!ni). In another formula (relating to the 5
k!magu*!): r(p! (sadd! etc.) i&&h! kant! man!p! piyar(p! k!m' ûpasa'hit! rajan"y! D i.245; M i.85. The
expln of this passage at DA i.311 is: r.=r!gajanaka. -- The expression rajan"y! dhamm! "things (or
thoughts) causing excitement" is contrasted with vimocaniy! dh. "that which leads to emancipation" at A
ii.196. The same takes the places of lobhan"y! dhamm! in combn with dosan"y! & mohan"y! dh. at S
iv.307; A ii.120; iii.169. Another pair is mentioned at Nett 18, viz. r. dhamm! and pariyu&&h!niy! dh. 2.
In diff. connections it means simply "delightful, lovely" and is e. g. an Ep. of the night. So at Pv iii.71,
where the passage runs "yuv! rajan"ye k!magu*ehi sobhasi": youthful thou shinest with the qualities of
enjoyment in the enjoyable (night), which at PvA 205 is expld in a twofold manner viz. first as "rama*"yehi
r!guppatti -- hetu -- bh(tehi" (viz. k!magunehi), referring to a v. l. rajan"yehi, and then as "rajan" ti v!
ratt"su, ye ti nip!tamatta'" and "virocasi rattiya'." Thus rajan" is here taken directly as "night" (cp. Abhp
69). -- At Pv iv.62 the passage runs "pamatt! rajaniyesu k!m' ass!d' âbhinandhino" i. e. not heeding the
enjoyment of the taste of craving at nights; here as m. & not f. -- The meaning "lovely" is appld to sounds
at Th 1, 1233 (sarena rajan"yena); VvA 37 (r. nigghosa).
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