rudhirá mfn. (prob. fr. the above lost root rudh, ‘to be red’; cf. rohita and also under rudra) red, blood-red, bloody, [AV. v, 29, 10]
rudhirá m. the blood-red planet or Mars, [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.]
a kind of precious stone (cf. rudhirākhya)
rúdhira (rú°), n. (ifc. f(A). ) blood, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
rúdhirá n. saffron, [Car.]
N. of a city, [Hariv.] (cf. śonita-pura).
[cf. Gk. ἐρυθρός, ἔρευθος; Lat. ruber, rubeo, rufus; Lith. rùdas, raúdas, raudónas; Slav. rǔdrǔ, rǔděti; Goth. rauths; Angl.Sax. reád; Eng. red; Germ. rôt, rot.]