The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Rati (f.) [Classic Sk. rati, fr. ram] love, attachment, pleasure, liking for (loc.), fondness of S i.133 (˚'
paccanubhavati), 207; iii.256; Sn 41 (= anukkha*&hit' adhivacana' Nd2 537), 59 (id.), 270, 642, 956
(=nekkhamma -- rati paviveka˚, upasama˚ Nd1 457); J iii.277 (kilesa˚); DhA iv.225; PvA 77. -- arati
dislike, aversion
-- 564 --
S i.7, 54, 128, 180, 197; v.64; Sn 270 (+rati), 642 (id.); Dh 418 (rati+); Th 2, 339; DhsA 193; PvA 64; Sdhp
476. -- rati' karoti to delight in, to make love Vism 195 (puris! itth"su).
Ratin
Ratin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. rati] fond of, devoted to, keen on, fostering; f. ratin" J iv.320 (ahi's!˚).
Ratta
Ratta1 [pp. of rañjati, cp. Sk. rakta] 1. dyed, coloured M i.36 (d(ratta -- va**a difficult to dye or badly
dyed; MA 167 reads duratta and expls as durañjita -- va**a; opp. suratta ibid.); Sn 287 (n!n! -- rattehi
vatthehi); Vism 415 (˚vattha -- nivattha, as sign of mourning); DhA iv.226 (˚vattha). -- 2. red. This is used
of a high red colour, more like crimson. Sometimes it comes near a meaning like "shiny, shining, glittering"
(as in ratta -- suva**a the glittering gold), cp. etym. & meaning of rajati and rajana. It may also be taken as
"bleached" in ratta -- kambala. In ratta -- phalika (crystal) it approaches the meaning of "white," as also in
expln of pu*.ar"ka at J v.216 with ratta -- paduma "white lotus." -- It is most commonly found in foll.
combns at foll. passages: Miln 191 (˚lohita -- candana); Vism 172 (˚kambala), 174 (˚kora*.aka), 191
(˚pa&!k!); J i.394 (pav!la -- ratta -- kambala); iii.30 (˚puppha -- d!ma); v.37 (˚s!livana), 216 (˚paduma);
372 (˚suva**a); DhA i.393 (id.), 248 (˚kambala); iv.189 (˚candanarukkha red -- sandal tree); SnA 125
(where paduma is given as "ratta -- set' !divasena"); VvA 4 (˚dupa&&a), 65 (˚suva**a), 177 (˚phalika); PvA 4
(˚virala -- m!l!; garland of red flowers for the convict to be executed, cp. Fick, Sociale Gliederung 104),
157 (˚paduma), 191 (˚s!li); Mhvs 30, 36 (˚kambala); 36, 82 (ratt!ni akkh"ni bloodshot eyes). With the latter
cp. cpd. rattakkha "with red eyes" (fr. crying) at PvA 39 (v. l. BB.), and Np. rattakkhin "Red -- eye" (Ep. of
a Yakkha). 3. (fig.) excited, infatuated, impassioned S iv.339; Sn 795 (vir!ga˚); It 92 (macc! ratt!);
Miln 220. Also in combn ratta du&&ha m()ha: see Nd2 s. v. chanda; cp. bhava -- r!ga -- ratta.
Ratta
Ratta2 (nt.) & (poet.) ratt! (f.) [Epic Sk. r!tra; Vedic r!tra only in cpd. aho -- r!tra'. Semantically an abstr.
formation in collect. meaning "the space of a night's time," hence "interval of time" in general. Otherwise
r!tri: see under ratti] (rarely) night; (usually) time in general. Occurs only -- ˚, with expressions giving a
definite time. Independently (besides cpds. mentioned below) only at one (doubtful) passage, viz. Sn 1071,
where BB MSS. read rattam -- ah! for ratta' aho, which corresponds to the Vedic phrase aho -- r!tra' (=P.
ahoratta'). The P.T.S. ed. reads natta'; SnA 593 reads natta', but expls as rattin -- diva', whereas Nd2 538
reads ratta' & expls: "ratta' vuccati ratti, ah! (sic lege!) ti divaso, rattiñ ca divañ ca." -- Otherwise only in
foll. adv. expressions (meaning either "time" or "night"): instr. eka -- rattena in one night J i.64; satta˚ after
one week (lit. a seven -- night) Sn 570. -- acc. sg. cira -- ratta' a long time Sn 665; d"gha˚ id. [cp. BSk.
d"rgha -- r!tra' freq.] Sn 22; M i.445; a..ha˚ at "halfnight," i. e. midnight A iii.407; pubba -- ratt'
âpararatta' one night after the other (lit. the last one and the next) DhA iv.129. -- acc. pl. cira ratt!ni a long
time J v.268. -- loc. in var. forms, viz. vassa -- ratte in the rainy season J v.38 (Kern, Toev. s. v. gives
wrongly iii.37, 143; a..ha -- ratte at midnight PvA 152; a..ha ratt!ya' at midnight Vv 8116
(=a..harattiya' VvA 315); div! ca ratto ca day & night Vv 315 (= rattiya' VvA 130); cira -- ratt!ya a long
time J v.267; Pv i.94. -- andhak!ra the dark of night, nightly darkness Vin iv.268 (oggate suriye); M i.448. -
- ûparata abstaining from food at night D i.5 (cp. DA i.77). -- ññu of long standing, recognised D i.48 (in
phrase: r. cira -- pabbajito addhagato etc.; expld at DA i.143 as "pabbajjato pa&&h!ya atikkant! bah( rattiyo
j!n!t" ti r."); A ii.27 (here the pl. rattaññ!, as if fr. sg. ratta -- ñña); Sn p. 92 (ther! r. cira -- pabbajit!; the
expln at SnA 423 is rather fanciful with the choice of either=ratana -- ññu, i. e. knowing the gem of