رتبه rutba A (from رتب) s. m. Rank, dignity, degree, stair, step.

رعايا riʼāﻌyā A or prop. raʼāﻌyā, s. plur. (of رعيت) Subjects, tenants, common people, peasantry.

روجڙا rojṛā S̱. (रोदन Weeping) s. m. Lamen- tation.

رجعت rajʼaﻌt A s. f. Return, return of the per- son divorcing to the person divorced, return of a man to his family, answer to a letter, the re- surrection. S. رجک रजक (r. रंज Colour) rajak, s. m. A washerman.

رتن ratan S or ratna (रत्न) s. m. 1. A jewel, gem, a precious stone. 2. The pupil of the eye. رتن جٿت ratn-jaṭit, Set with jewels. رتن سنگهاسن ratna-singhāsun, A throne adorned with precious stones.

روکهي rūkh-ī S̱. (from روکهـ) s. f. A squirrel.

روي rūʼī H s. f. Cotton. روي دار rūʼī-dār, adj. Quilted with cotton, stuffed with cotton.

روغني raug̠ẖan-ī P adj. Greasy, oily, buttery.

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.

رسام rassām A (adj. superl. of رسم) s. m. A de- lineator.