رخشان raḵẖshān P (part. act. of رخشيدن) adj. Resplendent, refulgent, dazzling.

رجال rijāl A s. pl. (of رجل) Men. رجال الغيب rijālu-l-g̠ẖaib (by the Hindūs called योगिनी yoginī) s. m. An invisible being which moves in a circular orbit round the world: on the 1st, 9th, 16th, and 24th days of a lunar month, his station is in the east: on the 3d, 11th, 18th, and 26th, in the south-east: on the 5th, 13th, 20th, and 28th, in the south: on the 4th, 12th, 19th, and 27th, in the south-west: on the 6th, 14th, 21st, and 29th, in the west: on the 7th, 15th, and 22d, in the north-west: on the 2d, 10th, 17th, and 25th, in the north: and, on the 8th, 23d, and 30th, in the north-east. His influence on each day is especially exerted during nine ghaṛis, or three hours thirty six minutes, at the close of that tith or lunar day; and, in that interval, it is unfortunate to begin a journey towards the station of this being, or in such a direction as to place him on the right hand.

رسان rasān P part. (act. of رسانيدن or pres. of رسيدن) in compos. Causing to arrive, arriving.

رد radd A s. m. 1. Rejection, repulsion, resist- ance, refutation. 2. (met.) Vomiting. 3. Re- turning, restitution. ردالعجز علي الصدر raddu-l-aﻌjz aﻌlạ-ṣ-ṣadr, The antistrophe, repeating at the end of a verse the same word with which it begins, or beginning another with the word which terminated the preceding; a kind of rondeau. رد بدل radd-badal, s. f. Argument, discussion, altercation, agitation, controversy. رد جواب radd-i-jawāb, A reply, rejoinder, retort. رد سلام radd-i-salām, Returning compliments. رد کرنا radd karnā, 1. To reject, disprove, confute, refute, repel, turn back. 2. To vomit. رد هونا radd honā, To be rejected or turned back.

رهگير rah-gīr P s. m. A traveller.

رسوا ruswā P 1. adj. Infamous, ignominious, dis- honoured, disgraced. 2. s. m. Opprobrium, disgrace. رسواي عالم ruswā-e-āﻌlam, Infamous throughout the world.

رقص raḳṣ A (Heb. ) s. m. 1. A dance, a ball. 2. Dancing. رقص کنان raḳṣ-kunān, part. Dancing.

رچهک रक्षक rachchh̤ak S s. m. A protector, keeper, guard, watchman, redeemer.

راجه rāja S̱. s. m. See راجا rājā.

رواسا ro-ās-ā S̱. (see رواس ro-ās) adj. Inclined to cry, vexed, displeased, afflicted.