Ragin, Rāgin: 10 definitions

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Rāgin, (-°) (fr. rāga) one who shows passion for, possessed of lust, affected with passion Sn. 795 (cp. Nd1 100); S. I, 136; Vism. 193, 194 (with var. characterisations). (Page 568)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rāgin (रागिन्).—a. [rāga-ini]

1) Coloured, dyed.

2) Colouring. painting.

3) Red.

4) Full of passion or feeling, impassioned; रागिणापि विहिता तव भक्त्या (rāgiṇāpi vihitā tava bhaktyā) Kirātārjunīya 18.27.

5) Full of love, subject to love.

6) Passionately fond of, devotedly attached to, desirous of, yearning after (at the end of comp.); रागी कर्मफलप्रेप्सुः (rāgī karmaphalaprepsuḥ) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 18.27.

7) Delighting, rejoicing. -m.

1) A painter.

2) A lover; एको रागिषु राजते प्रियतमादेहार्धहारी हरः (eko rāgiṣu rājate priyatamādehārdhahārī haraḥ) Bhartṛhari 3.121.

3) A libertine, sensualist.

-ṇī 1 A modification of a musical mode (rāga), of which 3 or 36 kinds are enumerated.

2) A wanton and intriguing woman, a lustful woman.

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

Rāgin (रागिन्).—mfn. (-gī-giṇī-gi) 1. Passionate, impassioned. 2. Colouring, painting. 3. Coloured, dyed. m. (-gī) 1. A dyer, a painter. 2. A libertine, a lover. f. (-ṇī) 1. A shrewd and intriguing woman. 2. A modification of a musical mode of which five are assigned to each mode; in mythology, personified as a female, and the wife of the Raga. E. rāga passion, ini aff., or rañj to colour, &c., ghinuṇ aff.

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

Rāgin (रागिन्).—i. e. rāga + in, I. adj., f. iṇī. 1. Coloured. 2. Red, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 225. 3. Impassioned, agitated by affections, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 18, 27; given to passions, [Hitopadeśa] iv. [distich] 83. 4. Loving, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 38; being in love, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 180, 23. Ii. m. 1. A painter. 2. A lover. Iii. f. giṇī. 1. A shrewd and intriguing woman. 2. A modification of a musical mode, personified as the wife of the Rāga, [Lassen, Anthologia Sanskritica.] 39, 10.

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

Rāgin (रागिन्).—[adjective] coloured, red; impassioned, loving, affectionate; attached to, fond of, delighting in ([locative] or —°). [feminine] ṇī a modification of the Rāga (cf. [substantive] v.).

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

1) Rāgin (रागिन्):—[from rāga] mf(iṇī)n. ([from] √rañj, and rāga) coloured, having a [particular] colour (applied to a kind of Amaurosis or blindness when it affects the second membrane of the eye, as opp. to a-rāgin, which affects the first), [Suśruta]

2) [v.s. ...] colouring, dyeing, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] red, of a red colour, [Pañcatantra; Kathāsaritsāgara]

4) [v.s. ...] impassioned, affectionate, enamoured, passionately fond of or attached to or hankering after ([locative case] or [compound]), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

5) [v.s. ...] gladdening, delighting, [Mālatīmādhava]

6) [v.s. ...] m. a painter, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

7) [v.s. ...] a lover, libertine, [ib.]

8) [v.s. ...] a sort of grain, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Rāgin (रागिन्):—[(gī-giṇī-gi) a.] Impassioned; colouring. m. A dyer; a painter, a libertine. f. A Rāginī.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Rāgin (रागिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Rāi, Rāilla.

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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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