রস : (p. 903) rasa savour, flavour, taste; a liquid solution of anything hard (চিনির রস); a syrup; juice; exudation (খেজুররস); morbid exudation (ঘায়ের রস); sap (রসহীন কাঠ); essence (অন্ন রস); lymph or mucus or phlegm (দেহে রসাধিক্য); semen; (poet.) strong attachment or love; (rhet.) sentiment expressed or flavour contained in a writing (শৃঙ্গার রস); (Vaishnavism) a way of worship (বাত্সল্যরস); inner or true significance, purport (কাব্যরস); charm; interest; sense of humour (লোকটি রসহীন); fun, banter, wit and humour; delight, hilarity, enjoyment, pleasure (রসে মাতা); (sl.) vanity or audacity; monetary resources, money; quicksilver, mercury. রস করা v. to make fun (of); to banter; to make a liquid solution of. রস নামা v. to become swollen with drospy. রস পাওয়া v. to find interest in. রস ফুরানো v. to run out of funds. রস হওয়া v. to become juicy; (sl.) to become vain or audacious. ̃করা n. a sweet and juicy drop made of the kernel of coconut. ̃কর্পুর n. mercury perchloride. ̃কলি n. a streak of mud painted on the bridge of the nose by a Vaishnava. ̃কস, ̃কষ n. charm and sweetness. ̃কসহীন a. dry and outspoken (রসকসহীন কথাবার্তা); bald (রসকসহীন রচনা). ̃গর্ভ same as রসাত্মক । ̃গোল্লা n. a sweet and juicy drop made of posset and farina. ̃গ্রহণ n. appreciation. রসগ্রহণ করা v. to taste; (rhet.) to appreciate the flavour of. ̃গ্রাহী a. capable of appreciation, appreciative; receptive. ̃ঘন n. (rhet.) flavoury; full of concentrated flavour. ̃জ্ঞ a. appreciative of the inner or true significance, capable of appreciation; well-versed in, having connoisseurship in, au fait. fem. ̃জ্ঞা । রসজ্ঞ ব্যক্তি one capable of appreciation; a connoisseur. ̃জ্ঞান n. capability of appreciation; sense of humour. ̃পূর্ণ a. juicy, succulent; sapful, sappy; full of wit and humour. ̃বড়া n. a sweet and juicy drop made of pulped pigeon-pea. ̃বতী a. fem. full of wit and humour, intelligent and witty. ̃বাত n. rheumatic affection in the joints attended with swelling. ̃বেত্তা same as ̃জ্ঞ । ̃বোধ same as ̃জ্ঞান । ̃ভঙ্গ n. interruption of a spicy topic; interruption of enjoyment (usu. by coarseness). ̃ময় a. juicy; full of wit and humour; full of flavour. fem. ̃ময়ী । ̃রচনা n. witty or humorous writing. ̃রাজ n. the most witty and humorous man; Krishna (কৃষ্ণ); stibnite; antimony; quicksilver, mercury. ̃শালা n. a chemical laboratory or workshop. ̃শাস্ত্র n. poetics. ̃সিন্দূর n. cinnabar. ̃স্হ a. stricken with excess of phlegm or lymph or mucus. ̃স্ফীত a. (bot.) turgid. ̃স্ফীতি n. (bot.) turgidity, turgescence. ̃স্রাব n. (bot.) exudation. ̃হীন a. sapless; dry; dull; uninteresting. 48)

(p. 903) rasāna a polishing stone, a stone for rubbing gold etc; (fig.) a spicy or pert remark. 58)

(p. 916) rudhira blood; (fig.) one's money. রুধির পান করা বা শোষণ করা v. to suck or drink another's blood; (fig.) to extract money oppressively from, to extort. ̃ধারা n. stream of blood. ̃পায়ী a. blood-sucking; (fig.) given to exacting money oppressively; extortionary. ̃রঞ্জিত a. smeared with blood, bloody. ̃স্নান n. (lit. & fig.) blood-bath. ˜স্রোত a stream of blood. রুধিরাক্ত same as ̃রঞ্জিত । রুধিরাপ্লুত a. drenched with blood, bloody. 5)

(p. 899) raṭana, raṭanā circulation of a report, rumour, etc.; publicity; announcement; a scandalous report. রটনা করা v. to circulate, to give publicity to; to announce.

(p. 899) raṅgaśālā a theatre. 36)

(p. 903) rapta habituated, accustomed; acclimatized; thoroughly learnt or mastered. রপ্ত করা v. to be habituated or accustomed to; to be acclimatized to; to learn thoroughly. রপ্তে রপ্তে adv. gradually, slowly, by degrees. 20)

(p. 899) rajata silver. ̃কান্তি a. as beautifully white as silver. রজত-জয়ন্তী see জয়ন্তী । ̃ধবল, ̃শুভ্র a. silver-white. ̃বর্ণ a. silver-coloured, silvery. ̃মুদ্রা n. a silver coin. ̃মূল্য n. price paid in silver coins. রজতাঙ্গুরীয় n. a silver-ring. 47)

(p. 903) rabi the sun; the sungod. ̃কর n. sunray, sunbeam; sunlight, sunshine. ̃করোজ্জ্বল a. brightened with sunrays; sunshiny, sunny. ̃খন্দ n. the spring crop (namely, wheat, barley etc.). ̃চ্ছবি n. sun's radiance. ̃বর্ষ n. the solar year. ̃বার, ̃বাসর n. Sunday. ̃মন্ডল n. the orb of the sun. ̃মার্গ n. the ecliptic. ̃রশ্মি same as ̃কর । ̃শস্য n. rabicrop (harvested in spring). 28)

(p. 914) ruji livelihood, living. রুজি রোজগার করা v. to earn one's livelihood, to earn a living. 38)

(p. 912) rātri night; night-time, night-tide (also রাত্রিকাল); (fig.) obscurity (জীবনের রাত্রি নামা). রাত্রি হয়েছে v. it is night. রাত্রি ভোর হওয়া v. to dawn. ̃কালীন a. nightly, nocturnal. ̃কালে adv. by night, at night. ̃চর, ̃ঞ্চর a. active by night; nightfaring. fem. ̃চরী, ̃ঞ্চরী । ̃জাগরণ করা v. to keep awake by night. ̃বাস n. passing the night; night-rest; night-attire, night-clothes, night-dress, nightgear, a night-gown, a nighty, a nightie. ̃বেলা, ̃যোগে, adv. by night, at night. 4)

(p. 916) rōcaka tasteful, pleasant to the taste; delicious, palatable; dainty. 72)

(p. 899) rakṣiṇī of রক্ষী । 14)

(p. 903) rasātala (myth.) the lowest of the seven underworlds. রসাতলে দেওয়া v. (fig.) to ruin or destroy utterly. রসাতলে যাওয়া v. (fig.) to be ruined or destroyed utterly. 55)

(p. 912) rānā2 a balustrade or a raised terrance on either side of the flight of steps of a pond. 12)

(p. 903) rasanā1 the tonuge; the palate. রসনাগ্র n. the tip of the tongue. 50)

(p. 903) rasuna1 garlic. 68)