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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry राग

  1. रागrāgaAcasia Catechu or Khadira tree.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -चूर्णः

      1. Acasia Catechu or Khadira tree.
      2. red lead.
      3. lac.
      4. red powder thrown by people over one another at the festival called holi.
      5. the god of love.
    • -छन्नः the god of love.

    • -द्रव्यम् a colouring substance, a paint, dye.

    • -दः cristal.

    • -दालिः a kind of pulse (मसूर).

    • -दृश् a ruby.

    • -पट्टः a kind of precious stone. (-ट्टी) the chinese rose.

    • -पुष्पः, -प्रसवः the red globe-amaranth.

    • -बन्धः manifestation of feeling, interest created by a proper representation (of various emotions); भावो भावं नुदति विषयाद्रागबन्धः स एव M.2.9.

    • -युज् Masculine a ruby.

    • -रज्जुः the god of love.

    • -लता Name of Rati, wife of Cupid.

    • -लेखा a streak or mark of paint.

    • -वर्धनः (in music) a kind of measure.

    • -वृन्तः the god of love.

    • -षाडवः a kind of sweetmeat.

    • -सूत्रम्

      1. any coloured thread.
      2. a silk-thread.
      3. the string of a balance.
    • रागः rāgḥ

      1. रञ्ज्-भावे घञ् निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied नलोपकुत्वे
      2. (a) Colouring, dyeing, tinging. (b) Colour, hue, dye; वचस्तत्र प्रयोक्तव्यं यत्रोक्तं लभते फलम् । स्थायीभवति चात्यन्तं रागः शुक्लपटे यथा ॥ Pt.1.33.
      3. Red colour, redness; अधरः किसलयरागः Ś.1.21; Śi.8.15; Ki.16.46.
      4. Red dye, red lac; रागेण बालारुणकोमलेन चूतप्रवालोष्ठमलंचकार Ku.3.3;5.11.
      5. Love, passion, affection, amorous or sexual feeling; मलिनेऽपि रागपूर्णाम् Bv.1.1 (where it means 'redness' also); Śi.17.2; अथ भवन्तमन्तरेण कीदृशोऽस्या दृष्टिरागः Ś.2; see चक्षूराग also; चरणयुगलादिव हृदयमविशद्रागः K.142.
      6. Feeling, emotion, sympathy, interest.
      7. Joy, pleasure.
      8. Anger, wrath; निध्वनज्जवहारीभा भेजे रागरसात्तमः Śi. 19.34.
      9. Loveliness, beauty.
      10. A musical mode or order of sound; (there are six primary Rāgas; भैरवः कौशिकश्चैव हिन्दोलो दीपकस्तथा । श्रीरागो मेघरागश्च रागाः षडिति कीर्तिताः Bharata; other writers give different names. Each rāga has six rāgiṇīs regarded as its consorts, and their union gives rise to several musical modes).
      11. Musical harmony, melody; तवास्मि गीतरागेण हारिणा प्रसभं हृतः Ś.1.5; अहो रागपरिवाहिणी गीतिः Ś.5.
      12. Regret, sorrow.
      13. Greediness, envy; 'रागस्तु मात्सर्ये लोहिता- दिषु' Medinī.; राजकामस्य मूढस्य रागोपहतचेतसः Mb.7.85. 54.
      14. The quality called Rajas quod vide, which see
      15. Nasalization.
      16. A process in the preparation of quicksilver.
      17. A king, prince.
      18. The sun.
      19. The moon.
      20. Inflammation.
      21. Seasoning, condiment; Mb.4.
    • -अङ्गी, -आढ्या Rubia Munjiṣṭa (Marâthî मञ्जिष्ठा).

    • -अशनिः a Buddha or Jina.

    • -आत्मक Adjective impassioned; रजो रागात्मकं विद्धि Bg.14.7.

    • -आयातम्, -उद्रेकः excess of passion.

    • -खाडव, -खाण्डव See रागषाडव; a kind of sweet rice preparation; रागखाण्डवभोज्यैश्च मत्ताः पतिषु शेरते Mb.7. 61.8 (com. रागखाण्डवं गुडोदनं पर्पटिकेति वैदर्भाः).

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Headwords under र

Part 2 of 5 रमठम् – राधनम्All parts
  1. र – रमक
  2. रमठम् – राधनम्
  3. राधस् – रुदनम्
  4. रुद्ध – रोध्र
  5. रोप – रौही