The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nibb!na, or=bahu -- ratti -- vid(, i. e. knowing many nights); ThA 141. A f. abstr. ˚ññut! "recognition" is
found at M i.445 (spelt rataññ(t!, but v. l. ˚ut!). -- samaye (loc., adv.) at the time of (night) J i.63 (a..ha --
ratta˚ at midnight), 264 (id.); iv.74 (vassa˚ in the rainy season); PvA 216 (a..ha˚).
Ratti
Ratti (f.) [Vedic r!tr" & later Sk. r!tri. -- Idg *l!dh as in Gr. lh/qw=Lat. lateo to hide; Sk r!hu dark demon;
also Gr. *lhtw/ (=Lat. Latona) Goddess of night; Mhg. luoder insidiousness; cp. further Gr. lanqa/nw to be
hidden, lh/qh oblivion (E. lethargy). -- The by -- form of ratti is ratta2] night D i.47 (dosin!). gen. sg. raty!
(for *rattiy!) Th 1, 517; Sn 710 (vivasane=ratti -- samatikkame SnA 496); J vi.491. abl. sg. rattiy! in
phrases abhikkant!ya r. at the waning of night D ii.220; Vin i.26; S i.16; M i.143; & pabh!t!ya r. when
night grew light, i. e. dawn J i.81, 500. instr. pl. ratt"su Vin i.288 (hemantik!su r.). A loc. raty! (for
*r!try!m) and a nom. pl. ratyo (for *r!trya1) is given by Geiger, P.Gr. § 583. -- Very often combd with and
opp. to diva in foll. combns: rattin -- diva [cp. BSk. r!trindiva=Gr. nuxqh/meron, Av- i.274, 278; ii.176;
Divy 124] a day & a night (something like our "24 hours"), in phrase dasa rattindiv! a decade of n. & d. (i.
e. a 10 -- day week) A v.85 sq.; adverbially satta -- rattin -- diva' a week DhA i.108. As adv. in acc. sg.:
rattin -- diva' night and day A iii.57; Sn 507, 1142; It 93; J i.30; or rattiñ ca divañ ca Nd2 538, or ratti'
opposed to adv. div! by night -- by day M i.143; PvA 43. -- Other cases as adv.: acc. eka ratti' one night J
i.62; Pv ii.97; PvA 42; ta' ratti' that night Mhvs 4, 38; ima' r. this night M i.143; yañ car. . . . yañ car. . . .
etasmi' antare in between yon night and yon night It 121; ratti' at night Miln 42; ratti' ratti' night after
night Mhvs 30, 16. -- gen. rattiy! ca divasassa ca by n. & by day S ii.95. -- loc. rattiyañ by night VvA 130,
315 (a..ha˚ at midnight); PvA 22; and ratto in phrase div! ca ratto ca Sn 223; Th 2, 312; Dh 296; Vv 315;
8432; S i.33. -- khaya the wane of night J i.19. -- c!ra (sabba˚) allnight wandering S i.201 (trsl. "festival"). -
- cheda interruption of the probationary period (t. t.) Vin ii.34 (three such: sahav!sa, vippav!sa, an!rocan!).
-- dh(m!yan! smouldering at night Vism 107 (v. l. dh(p˚), combd with div! -- pajjalan!, cp. M i.143: aya'
vamm"ko ratti' dh(m!yati div! pajjalati. -- pariyanta limitation of the probationary period (t. t.) Vin ii.59. -
- bh!ga night -- time J iii.43 (˚bh!ge); Miln 18 (˚bh!gena). -- bhojana eating at night M i.473; DA i.77. --
samaya night -- time, only in loc. a..ha -- ratti -- samaye at midnight VvA 255; PvA 155.
Ratha
Ratha1 [Vedic ratha, Av. rapa, Lat. rota wheel, rotundus ("rotund" & round), Oir. roth=Ohg rad wheel,
Lith. rãtas id.] a two -- wheeled carriage, chariot (for riding, driving or fighting S i.33 (ethically); A iv.191
(horse & cart; diff. parts of a ratha); M i.396; Sn 300, 654; Vism 593 (in its compn of akkha, cakka,
pañjara, "s! etc.); J iii.239 (passaddha˚ carriage slowing up); Th 2, 229 (caturassa' ratha', i. e. a Vim!na);
Mhvs 35, 42 (go*! rathe yutt!); VvA 78 (500), 104, 267 (=Vim!na), PvA 74. -- assatar"˚ a chariot drawn by
a she -- mule Vv 208=438; Pv i.111; J vi.355. -- Phussa -- ratha state carriage J iii.238; vi.30 sq. See under
ph. -- On ratha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 127. -- atthara (rathatthara) a rug for a chariot D i.7; Vin i.192;
ii.163. -- an"ka array of chariots Vin iv.108. -- "s! carriage pole A iv.191. -- ûpatthara chariot or carriage
cover D i.103; DA i.273. -- esabha (ratha+ %+abha, Sk. rath!r+abha) lord of charioteers. Ratha here in
meaning of "charioteer"; Childers sees rathin in this cpd.; Trenckner, Notes 59, suggests distortion from
rathe $ubha. Dhp!la at PvA 163 clearly
-- 565 --
understands it as ratha -- =charioteer explaining "rathesu usabha -- sadiso mah! -- ratho ti attho"; as does
Bdhgh. at SnA 321 (on Sn 303): "mah! -- rathesu khattiyesu akampiy' a&&hena usabha -- sadiso." -- Sn 303 -
- 308, 552; Pv ii.131; Mhvs 5, 246; 15, 11; 29, 12. -- k!ra carriagebuilder, chariot -- maker, considered as a
class of very low social standing, rebirth in which is a punishment (cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 56, 207,
209 sq.) S i.93; Vin iv.9 (as term of abuse, enumd with other low grades: ca*.!la ve*a nes!da r. pukkusa),
12 (˚j!ti); M ii.152, 183 f.; as k!rin at Pv iii.113 (expld as cammak!rin PvA 175). As Npl. name of one of
the 7 Great Lakes in the Him!laya (Rathak!radaha), e. g. at Vism 416; SnA 407. -- cakka wheel of a chariot
or carriage Vism 238 (in simile, concerning its circumference); PvA 65. -- pañjara the body (lit. "cage" or
"frame") of a carriage Vv 831 (=rath' ûpattha VvA 326); J ii.172; iv.60; DhA i.28. -- yuga a chariot yoke J