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.

රාජ·නීතිය, n. royal law, regal polity, government, ආණ්ඩුවට අයත් නීතිය.

රාශී·කරණය, n. (කරණය doing), heaping, collecting a large quantily, රාශිකිරීම.

රජ·විල්, n. royal game of dice or chess.

රත්වෙනවා, v. i. to become hot.

රන්·කෙණ්ඩිය, රන්·කොතලය, n. golden pitcher or jug.

රූ, a. for රූප: pert. to form or image; for රුවන්, golden.

රජ, a. royal,

රාඔඩම, n. toddy goblet or drinking vessel.

රජ·දැක්ම, n. levee, durbar, royal or government reception.