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.

රාගම, n. (රජ් to delight), mode of music, of which six are given; song, ගීතිකාව, ballad, සින්දුව; rattan ball for games; pl. රාගම්.

රේරා, n. wild duck, teal; pl. රේරු; see සේරා.

රත්න·ගර්‍භයා, n. god of wealth, viz. කුවේරා.

රූපාකාරය, n. bodily form, style of figure, lineament, configuration.

රත්·පලස, n. red cloth, scarlet cloth, see පලස.

රිළවා, n. monkey; pl. රිළව්.

රේන්දය, n. D., rent, toll.

රාශී·කෘත, රාශී·භුත, a. (කෘත active, භුත passive), gathered, heaped, collected in large quantity or number, amassed.

රිදිය, රිදී, රිදීකල, n. washerwoman, laundress, රදාස්ත්‍රි.