ruci—tā, f. ([Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.) or ruci—tva, n. ([R.]) the having a taste or liking or desire for, taking pleasure in (ifc.; e.g. ārambha-ruci-tā, ‘fondness or taste for new enterprises’; cf. -samāna-r°, hiṃsā-ruci-tva; adharma-ruci-tā, [MBh. xiii, 5628] [w.r. adharme r°]).