روشني roshn-ī P s. f. Light, splendour, brightness.

رنده جانا rundh jānā S̱. (r. रुध Confine) v. n. To be confined, restrained or afflicted (in mind).

روبکار rū-ba-kār P adj. Face to business; ready for business, intent on, in hand, on foot, trans- acting.

رهلا rahlā H s. m. A kind of pulse (chanā. Cicer arietinum). P. S̱. رهمار rah-mār, s. m. Robber, highwayman.

رپرپانا raprapānā H v. n. To gallop hard.

ري raiy A s. Giving water to drink, satisfying with water to drink.

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.

راقب rāḳib A (part. act. of رقوب) s. m. A rival, an observer.

رونده rawanda P part. act. (of رفتن) Going, goer.

رامپي rāmpī H s. f. A shoemakerʼs knife, a scraper. See رانپي.