राग [रंज्-भावे घञ् निº नलोपकुत्वे]
1 (a) Colouring, dyeing, tinging. (b) Colour, hue, dye; Pt. 1. 33.
2 Red colour, redness; अधरः किस- लयरागः Ś. 1. 21.
3 Red dye, red lac; रागेण बालारुणकोमलेन चूतप्रवालो- ष्ठमलंचकार Ku. 3. 30, 5. 11.
4 Love, passion, affection, amorous or sexual feeling; मलिनेपि रागपूर्णां Bv. 1. 100 (where it means ‘redness’ also); अथ भवंतमंतरेण कीदृशोऽस्या दृष्टिरागः Ś. 2; see चक्षूराग also; चरणयुगलादिव हृदयमविशद्रागः K. 142.
5 Feeling, emotion, sympathy, interest.
6 Joy, pleasure.
7 Anger, wrath.
8 Loveliness, beauty.
9 A musical mode or order of sound; (there are six primary Rāgas; भैरवः कौशिकश्चैव हिंदोलो दीपकस्तथा । श्रीरा- गो मेघरागश्च रागाः षडिति कीर्तिताः Bharata; other writers give different names. Each rāga has six rā- ginīs regarded as its consorts, and their union gives rise to several musical modes).
10 Musical harmony, melody; तवास्मि गीतरागेण हा- रिणा प्रसभं हृतः Ś. 1. 5; अहो रागप- रिवाहिणी गीतिः Ś. 5.
11 Regret, sor row.
12 Greediness, envy.
13 The quality called Rajas q. v.
14 Nasalization.
15 A process in the preparation of quicksilver.
16 A king, prince.
17 The sun.
18 The moon.
−Comp.
−अशनिः a Buddha or Jina.
−आत्मक a. impassioned. −आयातं,
−उद्रेकः excess of passion. −खाडव, खांडव see रागषाडव.
−चूर्णः
1 Acasia Catechu or Khadira tree. −2. red lead. −3. lac. −4. red powder thrown by people over one another at the festival called holi. −5. the god of love.
−छन्नः the god of love.
−द्रव्यं a colouring substance, a paint, dye.
−दा crystal.
−दालिः a kind of pulse (मसूर).
−पट्टः a kind of precious stone. −पुष्पः, −प्र- सवः the red globe-amaranth.
−बंधः manifestation of feeling, interest created by a proper representation (of various emotions); भावो भावं नु- दति विषयाद्रागबंधः स एव M. 2. 9.
−युज् m. a ruby.
−रज्जुः the god of love.
−लता N. of Rati, wife of Cupid.
−लेखा a streak or mark of paint.
−वृंतः the god of love.
−षाडवः a kind of sweetmeat.
−सूत्रं 1. any coloured thread. −2. a silk-thread. −3. the string of a balance.