راهي rāh-ī P (from راه) s. m. A traveller, way- farer, travelling.

روٴين roʼīn P s. m. Brass, bell-metal. روٴين تن roʼīn-tan, Brazen-bodied; a hero, an epithet of Isfandyār, whose body was impenetrable to weapons.

رواروٴي rawā-rau-ī P s. f. Going, travelling.

رپٿنا rapaṭnā H v. n. To slip, to slide.

رپيا rupyā S̱. s. m. A coin so called. See روپيه rūpiya.

رؤف raʼuf A (from رأف) adj. Merciful, forgiving.

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.

رياست riyāsat A (from رأس) s. f. Government, command, dominion, sway.

رفضي rafẓ-i A s. m. A heretick. See رافضي rāfiẓī or شيعه shīʼaﻌ.

ربڙ rabaṛ H s. f. Fatigue, fruitless labour, trudging.