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rāj

(prob. originally two roots; cf. √ raj, √ rañj, √ ṛñj) cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xix, 74]) rā́jati, °te (Ved. also rāṣṭi, rāṭ; pf. rarāja; rarāje or reje, 2. sg. P. rarājitha or rejitha, [MBh.] &c.; aor. arājiṣuḥ, [RV.]; arājiṣṭa Gr.; fut. rājitā, rājiṣyati, [ib.]; inf. rājáse, [RV.]), to reign, be king or chief, rule over (gen.), direct, govern (acc.), [RV.] &c. &c.; to be illustrious or resplendent, shine, glitter, [ib.]; to appear as or like (iva), [Kum. vi, 49] : Caus. rājayati, °te (aor. ararājat), to reign, rule, [AV.]; [MBh.]; to illuminate, make radiant (cf. rājita) : Desid. rirājiṣati, °te Gr.: Intens. rārājyate, rārāṣṭi, [ib.][For cognate words See under rājan.]


mfn. (ifc.) shining, radiant &c.


rā́j (rā́j), m. (nom. rā́ṭ) a king, sovereign, chief (in later language only ifc.), [RV.] &c. &c.


anything the best or chief of its kind (cf. śaṅkha-r°)


N. of an Ekāha, [ŚrS.]


a kind of metre, [RPrāt.]


f. N. of a goddess (explained by rājamānā), [TBr.]