රාහු, n. The ascending node considered as a demon. In H. myth. his mother was සිංහිකා; he was a dragon-tailed demon whom Vishnu decapitated in his wars with the demons during his incaruation as රාමචන්‍ද්‍ර, but as Ràhu was immortal his head and tail retained their separate existence and in the stellar sphere became the cause of eclipses, especially the head by attempting from time to time to swallow the sun and moon. The B. account differs considerably from the above, but agrees that Ràhu causes the eclipses as above said. Ràhu's head went to the North and his tail, කේතු, to the South and became respectively the ascending and descending nodes. See Hardy's Manual of Buddhism.

රෑසියා, රෑහියා, n. See රෑයියා.

රජ·පදය, n. kingship, royalty, රජකම.

රූප·සේවනය, n. service of images, idolatry.

රතනාවලිය, n. (රතන ආ:), row or string of gems, මැණික්වැළ.

රැලි·පිස්මේත්තුව, රැලි·වාටිය, n. frill, ruff.

රතු·දෙමළිච්චා, n. See කලපරන්දැල්ලා.

රත්·වන්, a. red, රතුපාට, රතුවූ.

රසාව, n. the earth, පොළොව; a grape, මිදිපල; a drug, see කාකෝලිය.

රාව, n. ray of light, රැස්මිය; colour, පාට‍; love, ප්‍රේමය; desire, රාගය.