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rākā

rākā́ f. ([Uṇ. iii, 40]) the goddess presiding over the actual day of full moon (or regarded as the Full Moon's consort; Anumati is supposed to preside over the previous day), [Jyot.] (cf. [IW. 158])

the day of full moon, full moon, [RV.] &c. &c.

N. of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Smṛti, [Pur.]

of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Śraddhā, [ib.]

of the wife of Dhātṛ and mother of Prātṛ, [ib.]

of a Rākṣasī (the mother of Khara and Śūrpa-ṇakhā), [MBh.]

of a daughter of Su-mālin, [R.]

of a river, [BhP.]

itch, scab, [L.]

a girl in whom menstruation has begun, [L.]