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Ratin 22 Ratha
S 1.7, 54, 128, 180, 197; V.64 ; Sn 270 ( + rati), 642
(id.) : Dh 418 (rati+ ; ) Th 2, 339 ; DhsA 193 ; PvA 64 ;
Sdhp 476. —ratii) karoti to delight in, to make love
Vism 195 (purisa itthisu).
Batin (adj.) (-°) [fr. rati] fond of, devoted to, keen on,
fostering ; f. ratini J iv.320 (ahigsa°).
Batta* [pp. of rafijati, cp. Sk. rakta] i. dyed, coloured
M 1.36 (duratta-vanna difficult to dye or badly dyed ;
MA 167 reads duratta and expl^ as duranjita-vaijna
opp. suratta ibid.); Sn 287 (nana-rattehi vatthehi);
Vism 4 1 5 (°vattha-nivattha, as sign of mourning) ;
DhA IV. 226 (°vattha). — 2. red. This is used of a
high red colour, more like crimson. Sometimes it
comes near a meaning like " shiny, shining, glittering "
(as in ratta-suvaijija the glittering gold), cp. etym. &
meaning of rajati and rajana. It may also be taken
as " bleached " in ratta-kambala. In ratta-phalika
(crystal) it approaches the meaning of " white," as also
in expl" of puncjlarika at J v.216 with ratta-paduma
" white lotus." — It is most commonly found in foil,
comb^ at foil, passages: Miln 191 (°lohita-candana)
Vism 172 ("kambala), 174 ("koraij^aka), 191 (°pataka)
in. 30 (°puppha-dama)
J 1-394 (pavala-ratta-kambala) ;
V.37 (°salivana), 216 (°paduma) ;
DhA 1.393 (id.), 248 (°kambala) ;
372 (°suvaijija)
iv.189 ("candana-
rukkha red-sandal tree); SnA 125 (where paduma is
given as " ratta-set' adivasena"); VvA 4 ("dupaffa),
65 (°suvanna), 177 (°phalika) ; PvA 4 (°virala-mala
garland of red flowers for the convict to be executed,
cp. pick, Sociale Gliederung 104), 157 ("paduma), 191
(°sali) ; Mhvs 30, 36 (°kambala) ; 36, 82 (rattani akkhini
bloodshot eyes). With the latter cp. cpd. rattakkha
" with red eyes " (fr. crying) at PvA 39 (v. 1. BB.).'and
Np. rattakkhin " Red-eye " (Ep. of a Yakkha). —
3. (fig.) excited, infatuated, impassioned S iv.339
Sn 795 (viraga") ; It 92 (macca ratta) ; Miln 220. Also
in comb" ratta dut^ha mulha: see Nd* s. v. chanda ; cp.
bhava-raga-ratta.
Batta' (nt.) & (poet.) ratta (f.) [Epic Sk. ratra ; Vedic
ratra only in cpd. aho-ratrai). Semantically an abstr.
formation in collect, meaning " the space of a night's
time," hence " interval of time " in general. Otherwise
ratri : see
time in general.
under ratti] (rarely) night (usually)
;
Occurs only -°, with expressions giving
a definite time. Independently (besides cpds. mentioned
below) only at one (doubtful) passage, via. Sn 1071,
where BB MSS. read rattam-aha for rattar) aho, which
corresponds to the Vedic phrase aho-ratrarj ( = P. aho-
rattai)) The P.T.S. ed. reads nattat] ; SnA 593 reads
nattar), but expl' as rattin-divar), whereas Nd' 538
reads rattag & expl* " : rattag vuccati ratti, aha (sic
—• lege !) ti divaso, rattiii ca divafl ca." Otherwise only
in foil. adv. expressions (meaning either " time " or
" night ") : instr. eka-rattena in one night J 1.64 ; satta°
after one week (lit. a seven-night) Sn 570. ace. sg.
cira-rattag a long time Sn 665 ; digha" id. [cp. BSk.
dirgha-ratrag freq.] Sn 22 ; M 1.445 ; a