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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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Ramita [pp. of rameti] having enjoyed, enjoying, taking delight in, amusing oneself with (loc. or saha) Sn<br />

709 (vanante r. siy!); Dh 305 (id.=abhirata DhA iii.472); Pv ii.1221 ('mhi tay! saha).<br />

Rambati<br />

Rambati (& lambati) [lamb] to hang down. Both forms are given with meaning "avasa'sane" at Dhtp 198<br />

and Dhtm 283.<br />

Rambh!<br />

Rambh! (f.) [Sk. rambh!] a plantain or banana tree Abhp 589.<br />

Ramma<br />

Ramma (adj.) [grd. of ramati] enjoyable, charming, beau- tiful Sn 305; ThA 71 (v. 30); Mhvs 1, 73; 14, 47;<br />

Sdhp 248, 512.<br />

Rammaka<br />

Rammaka (adj.) [Sk ramyaka] N. of the month Chaitra J v.63.<br />

Raya<br />

Raya [fr. ri, ri*!ti to let loose or flow, which is taken as ray at Dhtp 234, defd as "gamana," and at Dhtm<br />

336 as "gati." <strong>The</strong> root ri itself is given at Dhtm 351 in meaning "santati," i. e. continuation. -- On etym. cp.<br />

Vedic reta1; Lat. rivus river=Gall, R/nos "Rhine." See Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. rivus] speed, lit. current Abhp<br />

40. See rava1.<br />

Rava<br />

Rava1 [for raya, with v. for y as freq. in P!li, Dhtm 352: ru "gate"] speed, exceeding swiftness, galloping,<br />

in combn with dava running at Vin ii.101; iv.4; M i.446<br />

-- 566 --<br />

(better reading here dav' atthe rav' atthe for dh!ve ravatthe, cp. vv. ll. on p. 567 & Neumann, Mittl.<br />

Sammlg. ii.672 n. 49). Note. At the Vin passages it refers to speaking & making blunders by over --<br />

hurrying oneself in speaking. -- <strong>The</strong> Dhtm (No. 871) gives rava as a synonym of rasa (with ass!da &<br />

sneha). It is not clear what the connection is between those two meanings.<br />

Rava<br />

Rava2 [fr. ru, cp. Vedic rava] loud sound, roar, shout, cry; any noise uttered by animals J ii.110; iii.277;<br />

DhA i.232 (sabba -- rava -- ññu knowing all sounds of animals); Miln 357 (k!ruñña˚). See also r!va & ruta.<br />

Ravaka<br />

Ravaka=rava, in go˚ a cow's bellowing M i.225.<br />

Rava*a

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