raṇ or (cf. √ ram) cl. 1. 4. P. ráṇati, ráṇyati (2. du. raṇyáthaḥ, [RV. i, 112, 18]; pf. rāraṇa or raraṇa, [RV.]; aor. arāṇiṣuḥ, raṇiṣṭana, [ib.]), to rejoice, be pleased, take pleasure in (loc., rarely acc.), [RV.]; to gladden, delight, gratify, [ib.] : Caus. raṇayati, °te, to cheer, gladden, exhilarate with (instr. or loc.), [RV.]; to be at ease, be pleased or satisfied with, delight in (loc.), [ib.]; [TS.]; [AV.] : Intens. (Subj. rāráṇat, rārán; Impv. rārandhi, rārantu) = Caus. (as well in the trans. as in the intrans. meanings), [RV.]
See √ 1. raṇ.
rán (meaning doubtful), [RV. i, 120, 7] (accord. to [Sāy.] = rātārau or dātārau, ‘givers’, fr. √ ā, the sg. being substituted for the du.)
radh or cl. 4. P. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 84]) rádhyati (pf. rarandha, 1. pl. rarandhima or redhma Gr.; 3. pl. rāradhúḥ, [RV.]; aor. aradhat, [ib.]; Subj. randhīs Impv. randhi for randdhi, [ib.]; fut. radhitā, raddhā Gr.; radhiṣyati, ratsyati, [ib.]; inf. radhitum, [Bhaṭṭ.]), to become subject to (dat.), be subdued or overthrown, succumb, [RV.]; [AV.]; to be completed or matured, [MW.] (cf. √ rādh); to bring into subjection, subdue, [RV.]; to deliver into the hand of (dat.), [ib.]; to hurt, torment, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Caus. randháyati (Ved. also °te; aor. rīradhat, [RV.]; ararandhat Gr.), to make subject, deliver over to (dat.), [RV.]; [AV.]; to torment, afflict, [R.]; to destroy, annihilate, [BhP.]; to cook, prepare (food), [MānGṛ.] : Desid. riradhiṣati, riratsati Gr.: Intens. rāradhyate, rāraddhi Gr. (in [RV. vi, 25, 9] rārandhí for rāranddhí, and [v, 54, 13] rāranta for rārantta) to hand over to, deliver.
rándhra n. rarely m. (prob. fr. √ rad) a slit, split, opening, aperture, hole, chasm, fissure, cavity, [RV.] &c. &c. (nine openings are reckoned in the human body, cf. under kha; and sometimes a tenth in the skull, as in the fontanel of an infant)
the vulva, [BhP.]
a partic. part of a horse's head, [VarBṛS.]; [Śiś.] (cf. upa-r°)
of a king of the lunar race (son of Saṃkṛti; he spent his riches in performing grand sacrifices and the blood which issued from the bodies of the slaughtered victims was changed into a river called carmaṇ-vatī, Sch. on [Megh. 46]), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
of another king, [Hcar.]
of a teacher of Yoga and various authors, esp. of a lexicographer (= ranti), [Cat.]