رونا rawannā H s. m. A servant who attends at the gate of the womenʼs apartments to purchase articles that are required.

رهنمون rah-namūn P part. Guiding; guide, conductor.

رسوخيت rusūḵẖiyat A s. f. Firmness, constancy, steadiness, steady friendship.

رابن रावण rāban S or rāvaṇa, n. prop. See راون. (It is said, that Vish̤ṇu, having an in- clination for war, occasioned a Brāhmaṇ to curse his two door-keepers जय and विजय wishing that they might be born on earth three times, returning after each time to their origi- nal forms of porters to the deity. By these means, Vish̤ṇu contrived to be nearly matched on earth, so as to have a good battle. They first appeared as Hiraṇyāksh̤a and Hiraṇya- kashipu; then, as Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa; and, lastly, as Sisupāl and Dantavaktra; in each of which characters they opposed the deity in different avatārs.

رطل rat̤l A s. m. 1. A pound (consisting of twelve ounces). 2. A cup of wine.

رهنا rahnā H v. n. To stay, stop, remain, be, exist, last, stand, continue, lie, live, inhabit, dwell, reside, escape. رهني والا rahne-wālā, In- habitant.

رت रति rati S s. f. 1. Love. 2. Venery, coition. 3. Name of the wife of Kāmadeva. See رتي ratī.

راگني रागिणी rāgiṇī S s. f. A mode in musick, the wife of a rāg (there being thirty of the rā- giṇī in number).

رقصان raḳaṣān A s. Dancing, skipping about.

رودخانه rūd-ḵẖāna P s. m. The bed of a river, a river.