rúci f. (rucí, [MaitrS.]) light, lustre, splendour, beauty, [AV.] &c. &c.
colour, [Kāv.]
liking, taste, relish, pleasure, appetite, zest, [AV.] &c. &c. (ifc. taking pleasure in, desirous of, longing for; with loc., prati inf. or comp.; ruciṃ-√ dā or rucaye-√ bhū, to please; rucim ā-√ vah, with dat., to excite a desire for; rucyā or sva-rucyā, at pleasure, at will)
a kind of coitus, [L.]
a kind of pigment (= rocanā), [L.]
N. of an Apsaras, [MBh.]
of the wife of Devaśarman, [ib.]
rúci m. N. of a Prajā-pati (the husband of Ākūti and father of Yajña or Su-yajña and of Manu Raucya), [Pur.]
of a son of Viśvāmitra, [MBh.]
of a king, [VP.]
rúci mfn. pleasant, agreeable (= rucira), [R.]