The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ra&&havant (adj.) [ra&&ha+vant] possessing a kingdom or kingship Pv ii.611 (˚nto khattiy!).
Ra&&hika
Ra&&hika [fr. ra&&ha, cp. Sk. r!+&rika] 1. one belonging to a kingdom, subject in general, inhabitant J ii.241
(br!hma*a gahapati -- r. -- do !rik' !dayo). -- 2. an official of the kingdom [op Sk. r!+&riya a pretender; also
king's brother in -- law] A iii.76=300 (r. pettanika sen!ya sen!patika).
Ra*a
Ra*a [Vedic ra*a, both "enjoyment," and "battle." The Dhtp (115) only knows of ran as a sound -- base
saddatth! (=Sk. ran2 to tinkle)] 1. fight, battle; only in Th 2, 360 (ra*a' karitv! k!m!na'): see discussed
-- 563 --
below; also late at Mhvs 35, 69 (Subhar!ja' ra*e hantv!). -- 2. intoxication, desire, sin, fault. This meaning
is the Buddhist development of Vedic ra*a= enjoyment. Various influences have played a part in
determining the meaning & its expln in the scholastic terms of the dogmatists and exegetics. It is often
expld as p!pa or r!ga. The 5"k! on DhsA 50 (see Expos. 67) gives the foll. explns (late & speculative):
(a)=re*u, dust or mist of lust etc.; (b) fight, war (against the Paths); (c) pain, anguish & distress. -- The trsln
(Expos. 67) takes ra*a as "cause of grief," or "harm," hence ara*a "harmless" and sara*a "harmful" (the
latter trsld as "concomitant with war" by Dhs. trsl. of Dhs 1294; and asara*a as opp. "not concomitant";
doubtful). At S i.148 (r(pe ra*a' disv!) it is almost syn. with raja. Bdhgh. expls this passage (see K.S. 320)
as "r(pamhi j!ti -- jar! -- bhanga -- sankh!ta' dosa'," trsln (K.S. 186): "discerning canker in visible objects
material." The term is not sufficiently cleared yet. At Th 2, 358 we read "(k!m!) appass!d! ra*akar!
sukkapakkha -- visosan!," and v. 360 reads "ra*a' karitv! k!m!na'." ThA 244 expls v 358 by "r!g' !di
sambandhanato"; v. 360 by "k!m!na' ra*a' te ca may! k!tabba' ariyamagga' sampah!ra' katv!." The
first is evidently "grief," the second "fight," but the trsln (Sisters 145) gives "stirring strife" for v. 358, and
"fight with worldly lusts" for v. 360; whereas Kern, Toev. s. v. ra*akara gives "causing sinful desire" as
trsl. The word ara*a (see ara*a2) was regarded as neg. of ra*a in both meanings (1 & 2); thus either
"freedom fr. passion" or "not fighting." The trsln of DhsA 50 (Expos. 67) takes it in a slightly diff. sense as
"harmless" (i. e. having no grievous causes) -- At M iii.235 ara*a is a quâsi summing up of "adukkha an --
upagh!ta anup!y!sa etc.," and sara*a of their positives. Here a meaning like "harmfulness" &
"harmlessness" seems to be fitting. Other passages of ara*a see under ara*a. -- jaha (ra*añjaha) giving up
desires or sin, leaving causes of harmfulness behind. The expression is old and stereotype. It has caused
trouble among interpreters: Trenckner would like to read ra*añjaya "victorious in battle" ( Notes 83). It is
also BSk., e. g. Lal. Vist. 50; Av- ii.131 (see Speyer's note 3 on this page. He justifies trsln "pacifier, peace
-- maker"). At foll. passages: S i.52 (trsln "quitting corruption"); It 108 (Seidenstücker trsls: "dem
Kampfgewühl entronnen"); Miln 21; Nett 54; Sdhp 493, 569.
Rata
Rata [pp. of ramati] delighting in (loc. or -- ˚), intent on, devoted to S iv.117 (dhamme jh!ne), 389 sq.
(bhava˚ etc.); Sn 54 (sanga*ika˚) 212, 250, 327, 330 (dhamme), 461 (yaññe), 737 (upasame); Mhvs. 1, 44
(mah!k!ru*iko Satth! sabba -- loka -- hite rato); 32, 84 (rato puññe); PvA 3, 12, 19 (˚m!nasa).
Ratana
Ratana1 (nt.) [cp. Vedic ratna, gift; the BSk. form is ratna (Divy 26) as well as ratana (Av- ii.199)] 1. (lit.)
a gem, jewel VvA 321 (not=ratana2, as Hardy in Index); PvA 53 (n!n!vidh!ni). -- The 7 ratanas are enumd
under ve)uriya (Miln 267). They are (the precious minerals) suva**a, rajata, mutt!, ma*i, ve)uriya, vajira,
pav!)a. (So at Abhp 490.) These 7 are said to be used in the outfit of a ship to give it more splendour: J
ii.112. The 7 (unspecified) are mentioned at Th 2, 487 (satta ratan!ni vasseyya vu&&him! "all seven kinds of