rākā राका – the goddess presiding over the actual day of full moon (or regarded as the Full Moon's consort; Anu-mati is supposed…

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rākā́ ·f. the goddess or the day of full moon; N. of a Rākṣasī & a river.

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Rākā, f. (according to Uṇādi-s. III. 40. fr. rt. 1. rā above), the goddess presiding over the actual day of full moon (or regarded as the Full Moon's consort; Anu-mati is supposed to preside over the previous day); the day of full moon, full moon; N. of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Smṛti; of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Śraddhā; of the wife of Dhātṛ and mother of Prātṛ; of a Rākṣasī, mother of Khara and Śūrpa-ṇakhā; of a daughter of Su-mālin; of a river; itch, scab; a girl in whom menstruation has just commenced.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

rākā́ f. UṆĀDIS. 3,40. Schol. zu P. 7,3,44. P. 7,4,13. 1〉 die Genie des wirklichen Vollmondstages (neben Anumati der Genie des vorangehenden Tages; s. Näheres Z. d. d. m. G. 9, LVII. Ind. St. 5,229. WEBER, JYOT. 60. fgg.*⁾); Vollmondstag, Vollmond NAIGH. 5,5. NIR. 11,30. AK. 1,1,3,8. TRIK. 3,3,39. H. 149. H. an. 2,14. fg. MED. k. 31. HALĀY. 1,112. VIŚVA_bei_UJJVAL. ṚV. 2,32,4. ṚV. 5,42,12. AIT. BR. 3,37. AIT. BR. 3,47. AIT. BR. 7,11. TS. 1,8,8,1. TS. 3,4,9,1. TS. 3,4,9,6. TBR. 1,7,2,1. ŚAT. BR. 9,5,1,38. ṢAḌV. BR. 4,6. KĀṬH. 12,8. ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 1,15,3. MBH. 8,1486. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 250. WEBER, KṚṢṆAJ. 268. VP. 225. maghārākāsamāgame BHĀG. P. 7,14,22. BHĀG. P. 7,15,54. ˚yajña PAÑCAV. BR. 16,13,1, Sch. eine Tochter des Aṅgiras (vgl. rāgā) und der Smṛti VP. 83. MĀRK. P. 52,21. des Aṅgiras und der Śraddhā BHĀG. P. 4,1,34. Gattin Dhātarʼs und Mutter Prātarʼs BHĀG. P. 6,18,3. Die Brāhmaṇa und Comm. führen das Wort auf 1. rā zurück. *⁾ BHĀG. P 6,59,13 ist, wie WEBER später erkannt hat, vivakṣite na zu trennen; demnach sind BHĀG. P. 62,4 die Worte «bei Somakāra und» zu streichen. — 2〉 N. pr. einer Rākṣasī, der Mutter Kharaʼs und der Śūrpaṇakhā MBH. 3,15893. MBH. 3,15896. einer Tochter des Sumālin R. 7,5,40. — 3〉 N. pr. eines Flusses H. an. MED. VIŚVA a. a. O. BHĀG. P. 5,20,10. — 4〉 Krätze TRIK. H. an. MED. VIŚVA. — 5〉 ein eben mannbar gewordenes Mädchen TRIK. H. 536. H. an. MED. HĀR. 130. HALĀY. 2,333. VIŚVA.

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rākā́ f. — 1〉 die Genie des wirklichen Vollmondstages (gilt später als Tochter des Aṅgiras); Vollmondstag, Vollmond. — 2〉 *ein eben mannbar gewordenes Mädchen. — 3〉 *Krätze. — 4〉 N. pr. — a〉 einer Rākṣasī. — b〉 eines Flusses.

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rākā [rā-ka tasya netvam Uṇ. 3. 40] 1 The full-moon day, particularly the night; dāridryaṃ bhajate kalānidhirayaṃ rākādhunā mlāyati Bv. 2. 72, Bv. 2. 54, Bv. 2. 94, Bv. 2. 150, Bv. 2. 165, Bv. 2. 175; Bv. 3. 11. 2 The goddess presiding over the full-moon day. 3 A girl in whom menstruation has just commenced. 4 Itch, scab. 5 N. of the mother of khara and śurpaṇakhā, Comp. — īśaḥ 1 full moon. 2 N. of Śiva. — caṃdraḥ, -patiḥ, -ramaṇaḥ full moon.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

rākā́ f. Vollmondstag u. die Genie dess.; oft ˚— Vollmond.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

rākā rākā f. la pleine lune, Vd. Jeune fille réglée. Gale. Np. de rivière.