rī री (ī), f. going, motion, [L.] or ri (cf. √ li) cl. 9. P. ([Dhātup. xxxi, 30]) riṇā́ti cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 29]) rī́yate (riṇīte, [RV.]; [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.]; riyati, [Dhātup. xxviii, 111]; impf. ariṇvan, [MaitrS.]; Gr. pf. rirāya, rirye; aor. araiṣīt, areṣṭa; fut. retā; reṣyati, °te; inf. retum), to release, set free, let go, [RV.]; to sever, detach from (abl.), [ib.]; to yield, bestow, [AV.]; (Ā.) to be shattered or dissolved, melt, become fluid, drop, flow, [RV.] : Caus. repayati (aor. arīripat) Gr.: Desid. rirīṣati, °te, [ib.] : Intens. rerīyate, rerayīti, [ib.] = rai in ṛdhád-rī, q.v. f. See under ra, p. 859, col. 3. rīv रीव् cl. 1. P. Ā. rīvati, °te, to take, [Dhātup. xxi, 15]; to cover, [ib.] (v.l. for √ cīv, q.v.) rīdhā रीधा f. disregard, contempt, irreverence, [Harav.] (cf. avalīḍhā). rīḍha रीढ mfn. licked (see á-rīḍha), [RV.] See under √ rih above. rīṇa रीण mfn. melted, dissolved, vanished, [Śiś.] rīṭhā रीठा f. a species of Karañja (also -karañja, m.), [L.] rīrī रीरी f. = rirī, yellow brass, [L.] rīra रीर m. N. of Śiva, [Cat.] rīti रीति rītí f. going, motion, course, [RV.] a stream, current, [ib.] a streak, line, row, [PārGṛ.]; [Hariv.]; [Naiṣ.] limit, boundary (= sīman), [L.] general course or way, usage, custom, practice, method, manner, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Sarvad.] natural propensity or disposition, [L.] style of speaking or writing, diction (three are usually enumerated, viz. vaidarbhī, gauḍī, pāñcālī, to which a fourth is sometimes added, viz. lāṭikā, and even a fifth and sixth, viz. āvantikā or yāvantikā and māgadhī), [Vām.]; [Kāvyād.]; [Sāh.] &c. yellow or pale brass, bell-metal, [Rājat.]; [Kathās.] rust of iron, [L.] scoria or oxide formed on metals by exposure to heat and air, [L.] rīṭi रीटि See bhṛṅgirīṭi. rījyā रीज्या f. (cf. rīḍhā above) contempt, disgust, [L.] shame, [L.] rīḍhaka रीढक m. (√ rih?) the back-bone, [L.] rītija रीतिज rīti—kusuma, n. and rīti—ja, n. calx of brass, [L.] rītikā रीतिका f. brass, bell-metal. rītika रीतिक n. calx of brass, [L.] rītyap रीत्यप् rīty-àp mfn. streaming with water, [RV.] rītijña रीतिज्ञ rīti—jña mfn. acquainted with established usages or customs, [MW.] rītībhūta रीतीभूत rītī-bhūta mfn. being in a row, standing in a line, [PārGṛ.] rītibaddha रीतिबद्ध rīti—baddha mfn. brass-bound, studded or inlaid with brass, [ib.] rītipuṣpa रीतिपुष्प rīti—puṣpa n. calx of brass, [L.] rītikusuma रीतिकुसुम rīti—kusuma, n. and rīti—ja, n. calx of brass, [L.] rītiprastha रीतिप्रस्थ rīti—prastha m. n. a Prastha weight of brass, [MW.] rīṭhākarañja रीठाकरञ्ज rīṭhā—karañja m., a species of Karañja rītivṛttilakṣaṇa रीतिवृत्तिलक्षण rīti—vṛtti-lakṣaṇa n. N. of wk. on rhet.