The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

R!va
R!va [fr. ravati, cp. rava] crying, howling; shout, noise J i.162 (baddha˚ the cry of one who is caught);
iv.415 (id.); vi.475 (of the cries of animals, known to an expert); Miln 254 (bherava -- r!va' abhiravati);
Mhvs 10, 69 (mah! -- r!va' ar!vi).
R!si
R!si [Vedic r!!$i] 1. heap, quantity, mass It 17; usually -- ˚, e. g. ang!ra˚ heap of cinders J i.107;
ka*ik!rapuppha˚ of k. flowers VvA 65; kah!pa*a˚ of money PvA 162, tila˚ of seeds VvA 54; dhañña˚ of
corn A iv.163, 170; etc. -- r!si' karoti to make a heap, to pile up Mhvs 29, 28; VvA 157. -- 2. (store of)
wealth, riches; in ˚agga -- d!na gift of the best treasures (of one's property), one of the 5 "donations of the
best," viz. khett˚, r!s˚, ko&&h˚, kumbhi˚, bhojan˚: SnA 270. See also ˚va..haka -- 3. a sign of the Zodiac (the
12, as given at Abhp 61 are: mesa, usabha, methuna, kakkata, s"ha, kaññ!, tul!, vicchik!, dhanu, makara,
kumbha, m"na; or the ram, bull, twins, crab, lion, virgin, balance, scorpion bow, capricorn, waterpot, fish)
PvA 198. -- 4. (fig.) at t. t. in logic: group, aggregate, category, congery; freq. in Abhidhamma -- literature,
where 3 "accumulations" are spoken of, viz. micchatta -- niyato r!si, sammatta -- niyato r., anivato r. or
"wrong doing entailing immutable evil results, that of
-- 571 --
well -- doing entailing immutable good results, and that of everything not so determined" (Dialogues
iii.210); D iii.217; Kvu 611; Nett 96; cp. Kvu trsl. 356 Dhs trsl. 26, 253. In the 5 factors of individuality
(body and mind) khandh! are explained as meaning r!si, e. g. Asl. 141; B. Psy. 42. In other connections: S
v.146 (kusala˚, akusala˚), 186; A iii.65 (akusala˚); Tikp 45. -- Note. In BSk. we find only 2 of the 3
categories mentioned at MVastu i.175, viz. mithy!tvaniyato & aniyato r!$ih. -- va..haka one who
increases wealth, i. e. a treasurer D i.61 (trsln: "increases the king's wealth"; DA i.170 simply defines
"dhañña -- r!siñ ca dhana -- r!siñ ca va..het" ti r. v."); J i.2; Mhbv 78.
R!sika
R!sika (nt.) [fr. r!si] revenue, fisc D i.135.
R!haseyyaka
R!haseyyaka (adj.) [rahas+seyya+ka or r!ha (for rah!˚)+seyyaka] "having one's bed in loneliness," living in
seclusion or secrecy, in manussa˚ "fit to lie undisturbed by men" Vin i.39 (+pa&isall!na -- s!ruppa); M
ii.118.
R!hu
R!hu [Vedic r!hu] N. of an Asura: see under Proper Names. -- r!humukha "mouth of R!hu," designation of
a certain punishment for criminals (M i.87; iii.164; Nd1 154 (in list of tortures)=Nd2 604=Miln 197.
Ri*!ti
Ri*!ti see under raya.
Riñcati
Riñcati [ric, in Vedic & Sk. rinakti; cp. Av. irinaxti to leave; Gr. lei/pw id., loipo/s left; Lat. linquo id.;
Goth. leihwan=Ohg. l"han to lend; Ags l!/n= loan, cp. E. leave etc. -- The defn of the root at Dhtp is given