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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Radh (रध्).—4 P. (radhyati, raddhaḥ; caus. randhayati; desid. riradhiṣati or riratsati)

1) To hurt, injure, torment, kill, destroy; अक्षं रधितुमारेभे (akṣaṃ radhitumārebhe) Bhaṭṭikāvya 9.29.

2) To subdue.

3) To become subject to (any one).

4) Ved. To die.

5) Ved. To be completed. -Caus. (randhayati)

1) To hurt, injure; भरतं शोकसंतप्तं भूयः शोकैररन्धयत् (bharataṃ śokasaṃtaptaṃ bhūyaḥ śokairarandhayat) Rām.2.81.3.

2) To oppress, torment.

3) To dress, cook or prepare (as food).

See also (synonyms): raṃdh.

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Rādh (राध्).—I. 5 P. (rādhnoti, rāddhaḥ; desid. rirātsati, but ritsati to 'wish to kill')

1) To propitiate, conciliate, please.

2) To accomplish, effect, complete, perform, achieve.

3) To prepare, make ready.

4) To fall to the lot of any one (also 4 P.).

5) To injure, destroy, kill, exterminate; वानरा भूधरान् रेधुः (vānarā bhūdharān redhuḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.19. -II. 4. P. (rādhyati, rāddha)

1) To be favourable or merciful.

2) To be accomplished or finished.

3) To propitiate, look to the welfare of (any one, with dat.); कृष्णाय राध्यति गर्गः (kṛṣṇāya rādhyati gargaḥ) Sk. (i. e. pṛṣṭo gargaḥ śubhāśubhaṃ paryālocayati).

4) To be successful, to succeed, prosper.

5) To be ready.

6) To kill, destroy. -Caus. (rādhayati-te)

1) To propitiate.

2) To accomplish, complete.

3) To make ready.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Radh (रध्).—[(ḷ, u) ḹradhu] r. 4th cl. (radhyati) 1. To finish, to complete, to accomplish. 2. To hurt, to injure or kill. 3. To be right or correct. 4. To cook or mature.

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Rādh (राध्).—[(au)aurādha] r. 4th cl. (rādhyati) 1. To be favourable or merciful. 2. To be ready, to be successful. 3. To kill. With anu or ā, To propitiate, to adore. With apa, (usually used with a loc., but sometimes with a gen.) 1. To offend, to miss, to err. 2. To injure. With vi, To injure, to offend, to hurt. Caus. (rodhayati-te) With ā, 1. To please. 2. To serve. r. 5th cl. (rādhnoti) 1. To bring anything to fulness or completion, to finish, to effect, to accomplish, to complete. 2. To attain completion, to succeed, to be finished or accomplished. 3. To destroy. With apa prefixed, To offend, to be in fault. With āṅ, To worship, to propitiate by worship.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Radh (रध्).—. i. 4, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To perish (ved.). 2. To be at one’s mercy, Chr. 289, 13 = [Rigveda.] i. 50, 13. 3. To kill, to hurt. 4. To be completed, finished, matured. [Causal.] randhaya, 1. To give in one’s power, Chr. 289, 13 = [Rigveda.] i. 50, 13. 2. To pain, to torment, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 81, 3. 3. To destroy, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 21, 2.

— Cf. [Anglo-Saxon.] rendan, To rend.

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Rādh (राध्).— (probably rā-dhā), ii. 5, rādhnu, and i. 4, rādhya, [Parasmaipada.] ved. 1. To make merciful or favourable (ii. 5). 2. To make agreeable (ii. 5). 3. To accomplish. 4. To be merciful, or favourable (i. 4). 5. To be accomplished or finished (i. 4). Ptcple. of the pf. pass. rāddha. 1. Accomplished. 2. Perfect in mysterious or magical power, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 3, 11, 17. 3. Cooked. Desider. 1. viratsa. 2. ritsa, To kill, to hurt, to destroy, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 14, 19.

— With the prep. apa apa, ii. 5, and i. 4, 1. To offend against, with gen., Mahābhārata 1, 1389; to injure, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 5, 8. 2. To sin, Mahābhārata 4, 1611. 3. To restrain, Mahābhārata 3, 17005. aparāddha, 1. Sinned, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 57 (na tu grīṣmasyaivaṃ subhagam aparāddhaṃ yuvatiṣu, But when heat [sins against, i. e.] injures the girls, it is not so charming). 2. Sinning, having sinned, guilty, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 110, 16 (with gen., against).

— With abhi abhi, i. 4, To propitiate, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 30, 33.

— With ā ā, 1. To accomplish, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 197, 16 (pass.). [Causal.] 1. To make favourable, to propitiate, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 17, 31. 2. To conciliate, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 99; to win, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 60, 6. 3. To worship, [Vedāntasāra, (in my Chrestomathy.)] in Chr. 202, 6. 4. To serve, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 122; [Pañcatantra] 125, 12 (kim ancnārādhitena, For what purpose serve him?). 5. To perform, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 2, 96. ārādhita, Pleased, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] 35, 4. Comp. Su-, adj. caused to be very propitious, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2977. Comp. ptcple. of the fut. pass. durārādhya, i. e. dus-, adj. difficult to be propitiated, or worshipped, or served, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 78; [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 4, 11, 11.

— With upā upa-ā, [Causal.] To serve, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 10, 121.

— With samā sam-ā, [Causal.] 1. To make favourable, to propitiate, Mahābhārata 3, 10344. 2. To satisfy, to get the approbation of, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 167, 6.

— Cf. etc. (for instead of ); cf. also ved. iradhya.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Radh (रध्).—randh radhyati [participle] raddha be or make subject to ([dative]); harass, pain. [Causative] randhayati (te) = [Simple] [transitive] [Intensive] (rārandhi) subdue.

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Rādh (राध्).—rāghnoti rādhyate rādhyati [participle] rāddha (q.v.) succeed, prosper (of [person and thing]); be happy, have luck with ([instrumental]); partake of, get at or to ([dative] or [locative]); *prophesy to (rādhyati [with] [dative]); accomplish, bring about; win over, gratify, conciliate. [Causative] rādhayati bring about, satisfy.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Radh (रध्):—or randh [class] 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvi, 84]) radhyati ([perfect tense] rarandha, 1. [plural] rarandhima or redhma [grammar]; 3. [plural] rāradhuḥ, [Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] aradhat, [ib.]; [subjunctive] randhīs [imperative] randhi for randdhi, [ib.]; [future] radhitā, raddhā [grammar]; radhiṣyati, ratsyati, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] radhitum, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya]),

—to become subject to ([dative case]), be subdued or overthrown, succumb, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

—to be completed or matured, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary] (cf. √rādh);

—to bring into subjection, subdue, [Ṛg-veda];

—to deliver into the hand of ([dative case]), [ib.];

—to hurt, torment, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :—[Causal] randhayati ([Vedic or Veda] also te; [Aorist] rīradhat, [Ṛg-veda]; ararandhat [grammar]),

—to make subject, deliver over to ([dative case]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda];

—to torment, afflict, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to destroy, annihilate, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa];

—to cook, prepare (food), [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra] :—[Desiderative] riradhiṣati, riratsati [grammar]:

—[Intensive] rāradhyate, rāraddhi [grammar] (in, [Ṛg-veda vi, 25, 9] rārandhi for rāranddhi, and, [v, 54, 13] rāranta for rārantta) to hand over to, deliver.

2) Rādh (राध्):—(cf. √ṛdh and radh) [class] 5. 4. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xvii, 16; xxvi, 71]) rādhnoti rādhyati ([Vedic or Veda] also pr. rādhati and rādhyate; [perfect tense] rarādha, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc. [2. sg. rarādhitha or redhita, cf. [Pāṇini 6-4, 123]]; [Aorist], arātsīt, rādhiṣi, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa]; Prec. rādhyāsam, [ib.]; [future] rāddhā [grammar]; rātsyati, [Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa]; [indeclinable participle] rāddhvā, -rādhya, [Brāhmaṇa]),

2) —to succeed (said of things), be accomplished or finished, [Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Atharva-veda];

2) —to succeed (said of persons), be successful with ([instrumental case]), thrive, prosper, [Ṛg-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa; Gṛhya-sūtra and śrauta-sūtra];

2) —to be ready for, submit to ([dative case]), [Atharva-veda];

2) —to be fit for, partake of, attain to ([dative case] or [locative case]), [Āpastamba; Taittirīya-upaniṣad];

2) — (rādhyati) to prophesy to ([dative case]), [Pāṇini 1-4, 39; Kāśikā-vṛtti];

2) —to accomplish, perform, achieve, make ready, prepare, carry out, [Ṛg-veda; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā; Brāhmaṇa];

2) —to hit, get at ([accusative]), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā];

2) —to propitiate, conciliate, gratify, [Ṛg-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa];

2) —to hurt, injure, destroy, exterminate, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] (cf. [Pāṇini 6-4, 123]) :—[Passive voice] rādhyate ([Aorist] arādhi), to be conciliated or satisfied, [Ṛg-veda] (cf. rādhyate above) :—[Causal] rādhayati ([Aorist] arīradhat, [Brāhmaṇa]; [Passive voice] rādhyate, [Mahābhārata]),

2) —to accomplish, perform, prepare, make ready, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc.;

2) —to make favourable, propitiate, satisfy, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa] :—[Desiderative] of [Causal] rirādhayiṣati, [Brāhmaṇa] :—[Desiderative] rirātsati or -ritsati, [Pāṇini 7-4, 54], [vArttika] 1, [Patañjali] :—[Intensive] rārādhyate, rārāddhi [grammar]

3) cf. √iradh; [Gothic] garedan, rathjō; [Slavonic or Slavonian] raditi.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Radh (रध्):—(ya, ḷ, u) rādhyati 4. a. To finish; to hurt; to be correct; to cook.

2) Rādh (राध्):—(ya, au) rādhyati 4. a. (na) rāghnoti 5. a. To bring any thing to completion. With apa to sin or fail; with ā to worship.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with (+137): Radha, Radha Jataka, Radha Samyutta, Radha Sutta, Radha-nakshatra, Radhabhaktimanjusha, Radhabhartar, Radhabhartri, Radhabhedin, Radhacarana, Radhacarana kavindra cakravartin, Radhacarita, Radhachura, Radhadamodara, Radhadasya, Radhadi, Radhagupta, Radhahpati, Radhaimavashi, Radhajanmashtami.

Ends with: Abhiradh, Anuradh, Aparadh, Aradh, Avaradh, Iradh, Niradh, Pratiradh, Samaradh, Samradh, Saradh, Uparadh, Viradh, Vradh.

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Apastamba Dharma-sutra (by Āpastamba)

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

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Triveni Journal

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