The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Rajo
Rajo (rajas) & Raja (nt.) [raj, see rajati & rañjati. Vedic raja1 meaning: (a) space, as region of mist & cloud,
similar to antar"ksa, (b) a kind of (shiny) metal (cp. rajata); see Zimmer, Altind. Leben 55]. A Forms. Both
rajo & raja' occur as noun & acc. sg., e. g. rajo at D ii.19; Sn 207, 334; Dhs 617; raja' at Sn 275; It 83;
once (in verse) rajo occurs as m, viz. Sn 662. The other cases are formed from the a -- stem only, e. g.
rajassa Sn 406; pl. raj!ni Sn 517, 974. In compn we find both forms, viz. (1) rajas either in visarga form
rajah, as (a) rajo -- , (b) raja -- and (c) raj! -- (stressed), or in s -- form (d) rajas -- ; (2) raja -- , appearing
apostrophied as (e) raj -- . B Meanings. (1) (lit.) dust, dirt; usually wet, staining dust D ii.19 (ti*a+); Sn
662=PvA 116 (sukhumo rajo pa&iv!ta' khitto); It 83; Dhs 617 (dh(mo+). adj. r!ja˚: in sa˚ & a˚ v!ta Vin
ii.209; Vism 31. The meaning "pollen" [Sk. raja, m.] may be seen in "raja -- missaka' rasa'" at DhA i.375.
2. (fig.) stain, dirt, defilement, impurity. Thus taken conventionally by the P. commentators as the 3 --
fold blemish of man's character: r!ga, dosa, moha, e. g. Nd1 505; SnA 255; DhA iii.485; or as kilesa -- raja
at SnA 479. -- Sn 207 (niket! j!yate rajo), 334, 665 (raja' !kirasi, metaph.), 974 (pañca raj!ni loke, viz. the
excitement caused by the 5 b!hir!ni !yatan!ni Nd1 505. Also in stanza r!go rajo na ca pana re*u vuccati
(with dosa & moha the same) Nd1 505=Nd2 590 (slightly diff.)=J i.117=Vism 388, cp. Divy 491 with
interesting variation. -- adj. raja˚ in two phrases apagata˚ VvA 236 & vigata˚ Nd1 505 # free from
defilement. -- On raja in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 126. Cp. vi˚. -- C. Compounds. (a) rajo -- : ˚jalla dust
and (wet) dirt, muddy dirt D ii.18; Vin iii.70; J iv.322; v.241; Miln 133, 195, 258, 410; SnA 248, 291. --
jallika living in dirty mud, designation of a class of ascetics M i.281; J i.390. -- dh!tu "dust -- element"
(doubtful trsln) D i.54, which DA i.163 explns as "raja -- oki**a -- &&h!n!ni," i. e. dusty places. Dial. trsl.
"places where dust accumulates," Franke, D"gha p. 57 as "Staubiges" but rightly sees a deeper, speculative
meaning in the expression (S!nkhya doctrine of rajas?). -- mala dust & dirt J i.24. -- vajalla [this expression
is difficult to explain. It may simply be a condensed phrase rajo 'va jalla, or a redupl. cpd. rajo+avajalla,
which was spelt raj -- ovajalla for ava˚ because of rajo, or represents a contamination of raj -- avajalla and
raj -- ojalla, or it is a metric diaeresis of rajo -- jalla] dust and dirt Dh 141 (=kaddama -- limpan' !k!rena
sar"re sannicita -- rajo DhA iii.77). -- hara*a dirt -- taking, cleaning; wet rag, floor -- cloth, duster Vin
ii.291; A iv.376; J i.117; DhA i.245. -- (b) raja -- : -- re*u dirt and dust J iv.362; -- va..hana indulgence in
or increase of defilement Th 2, 343 ("fleshly lusts" trsl.); ThA 240 (=r!ga -- raj' !di -- sa'va..hana). -- (c)
raj! -- : ˚patha dusty place, dustiness, dust -- hole D i.62, 250; S ii.219; DA i.180 (here taken
metaphorically: r!ga -- raj' !d"na' u&&h!na -- &&h!na'). -- (d) rajas -- : ˚sira with dusty head Sn 980; J iv.184,
362, 371. See pankadanta. -- (e) raj -- : -- ˚agga a heap of dust, dirt J v.187 (= rajakkhandha C.); fig.=kilesa
Pug 65, 68 (here perhaps nt. of a distorted rajakkha? So Kern, Toev. s. v.). -- ˚upav!hana taking away the
dust (or dirt) Sn 391, 392.
Rajja
Rajja (nt.) [Sk. r!jya, fr. r!j] kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty A iii.300
(˚' k!reti); Sn 114, 553 (˚' k!reti to reign); J i.57; 64 (ekarattena t"*i rajj!ni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms);
iii.170 (˚' amacc!na' niyy!detv!), 199 (dukkhaseyya' api rajja' pi k!raye); iv.96, 105, 393 (nava rajja
new kingship, newly (or lately) crowned king); vi.4 (rajjato me sussitv! mara*am eva seyyo: death by
withering is better than kingship); VvA 314 (=J i.64 as above); PvA 73 sq.; Mhvs 10, 52 (r!j! rajja'
ak!rayi). -- cakkavatti˚ rule of a universal king DhA iii.191; deva˚ reign amongst gods KhA 227; padesa˚
local sovereignty It 15; Kh viii.12 (cp. KhA 227). -- siri -- d!yik! (devat!) (goddess) giving success to the
empire DhA ii.17. -- s"ma border of the empire Vism 121.
Rajjati
Rajjati [cp. Sk. rajyati, raj or rañj, Med. of rajati] to be excited, attached to (loc.), to find pleasure in S iv.74
(na so rajjati r(pesu; =viratta -- citta); Sn 160, 813 (contrasted with virajjati); Ps i.58, 77 sq., 130, 178; Nd1
138; Miln 386 (rajjasi rajan"yesu etc.: in combn with dosa & moha or derivations, representing r!ga or
lobha, cp. lobhan"ya); VbhA 11. -- ppr. rajjam!na PvA 3; Pot. rajjeyya Miln 280 (kampeyya+); grd.
rajjitabba Miln 386 (rajan"yesu r.; with dussan"yesu and muyhan"yesu; followed by kampitabba); fut.
rajjissati DhsA 194; aor. arañji Vin i.36=J i.83 (na yi&&he na hute arañji'). -- pp. ratta.