Rathin, Rathī, Rathi: 25 definitions
Introduction:
Rathin means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Rathin (रथिन्) refers to “charioteers” (i.e., drivers of chariots), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.38 (“Description of the dais or maṇḍapa”).—Accordingly, as Himavat prepared the wedding of Menā and Śiva: “[...] Chariots were driven by charioteers (rathin), other vehicles by other drivers. There were foot-soldiers too. All of them were artificial. O sage, Viśvakarman was so delighted that he made all these things to fascinate the visiting dignitaries, the gods and the sages. O sage, the statue of Nandin, at the portals, of crystalline purity and brilliance, was a prototype of the real Nandin. Above that there was the celestial chariot Puṣpaka decorated with sprouts. It shone with gods represented therein. [...]”.
Rathī (रथी).—A military title below mahāratha1 earned by Yayāti and Kārtavīryārjuna.2
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Gandha-Shastra (science of cosmetics, skin care, etc.)
Rāṭhī (राठी) is the name of an ingredient/material used in various aromatic preparations, as recorded in the Marathi commentary on the Gandhavāda: a 16th century Sanskrit text dealing with the Gandhaśāstra (“ancient Indian science of cosmetics and perfumery”).—The manuscript contains two treatises viz. (1) the Gandhasāra and the (2) the Gandhavāda with Bhāṣā commentary in Marathi which is useful linguistically because it gives the vernacular equivalents for some of the Sanskrit terms. This reveals a variety of aromatic materials (e.g., rāṭhī) that were used in Medieval India for the manufacture of perfumery and cosmetics.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Biology (plants and animals)
Rathi in India is the name of a plant defined with Setaria italica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum italicum L. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Essai d’une Nouvelle Agrostographie (1812)
· American Journal of Botany (1915)
· Blumea (1994)
· Gentes Herbarum; occasional papers on the kind of plants (1923)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Rathi, for example diet and recipes, health benefits, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Rathī (रथी).—m (S) The owner of or the rider in a car or chariot. 2 A warrior that fights in a car.
Rathī (रथी).—m A warrior that fights in a car.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Rathin (रथिन्).—a. [ratha-ini]
1) Riding or driving in a carriage.
2) Possessing or owning a carriage. -m.
1) An owner of a carriage.
2) A warrior who fights from a chariot; आत्मानं रथिनं विद्धि शरीरं रथमेव तु । बुद्धिं तु सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च (ātmānaṃ rathinaṃ viddhi śarīraṃ rathameva tu | buddhiṃ tu sārathiṃ viddhi manaḥ pragrahameva ca) || Kaṭha Up.1.3.3; R.7.37.
3) A man of क्षत्रिय (kṣatriya) caste.
4) A driver.
-nī A number of carriages or chariots.
Rathī (रथी).—Ved.
1) Riding in a chariot.
2) Furnished with a carriage.
3) A coachman.
4) A guide, leader.
Rathin (रथिन्).—m. (-thī) 1. A warrior who fights in a car. 2. The owner of or rider in a car. E. ratha, and ini aff.
Rathin (रथिन्).—i. e. ratha + īn, I. adj. Mounted on carriages, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 18. Ii. m. 1. The owner of, or rider in, a car, lord of chariots, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 100. 2. A warrior who fights in a car, [Draupadīpramātha] 2, 12; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 130, 4.
Rathin (रथिन्).—[adjective] having or going in a carriage, carriage or cart-; [masculine] charioteer or = [preceding]
Rathī (रथी).—[adjective] & [masculine] = rathin; as [masculine] also guide, ruler, lord i.[grammar]
1) Rathī (रथी):—[from ratha] a f. a small carriage or waggon, cart, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
2) [from ratha] b mfn. ([nominative case] sg. m. and f. rathīs; [accusative] sg. rathyam [plural] rathyas) going or fighting in a chariot (as [substantive] = a carriage-driver, charioteer, car-fighter, champion, hero, leader, lord), [Ṛg-veda; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] carried on a waggon, forming a cart-load, [Ṛg-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] belonging to a chariot, [ib.]
1) Rathin (रथिन्):—[from ratha] mfn. possessing or going in a chariot or carriage, fighting in a war-c° (superl. thi-tama), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] consisting of c°, [Mahābhārata]
3) [v.s. ...] carried in c° (as goods), [Ṛg-veda]
4) [v.s. ...] accustomed to c° (as horses), [ib.]
5) [v.s. ...] m. an owner of a carriage or c°, charioteer, warrior who fights from a c°, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
6) [v.s. ...] a Kṣatriya, [Mahābhārata]
7) [v.s. ...] a driver, [Hemacandra’s Pariśiṣṭaparvan]
Rathin (रथिन्):—(thī) 5. m. Owner of a car; a warrior who fights in a car.
Rathin (रथिन्):—
Rathī (रथी):—
Rathin (रथिन्):——
1) Adj. — a) einen Wagen besitzend , im W. fahrend ; m. Besitzer eines Wagens , Kämpfer zu Wagen ; Kutscher [Hemacandra's Pariśiṣṭaparvan 1,162.fgg.] Auch so v.a. ein Kṣatriya [Mahābhārata 4.1,146,7.] Superl. rathitama. — b) aus — , in Wagen bestehend. — c) Wagenlasten bildend oder auf Wagen gefahren. — d) zum Wagen gehörig , — geübt (Rosse). —
2) *f. rathinī eine Menge von Wagen.
Rathī (रथी):—Adj. Subst. —
1) zu Wagen fahrend , Wagenlenker , Kämpfer zu Wagen. Compar. tara , Superl. tama. —
2) Lenker , Leiter überh. ; Herr , Gebieter. —
3) Wagenbestand bildend oder auf Wagen gefahren. —
4) zum Wagen gehörig (Rosse).
Rathin (रथिन्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Rahi.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Rathī (रथी):—(a) riding a chariot; (nm) a fighter, warrior.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Rathi (ರಥಿ):—
1) [noun] a warrior who fights standing in a chariot.
2) [noun] he who has a chariot.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
Rathī (रथी):—n. 1. charioteer; 2. lieutenant general; 3. one who fights from a chariot; a great warrior;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Pali-English dictionary
1) rathi (ရထိ) [(thī) (ထီ)]—
[ratha+ika=rathika+ā．ka- khye．rathīkā-saṃ．]
[ရထ+ဣက=ရထိက+အာ။ က-ကို ချေ။ ရထီကာ-သံ။]
2) rathī (ရထီ) [(pu) (ပု)]—
[ratha+ī．ratha+ṇī．ra-saṃ．rahi-prā．]
[ရထ+ဤ။ ရထ+ဏီ။ ရထိန်-သံ။ ရဟိ-ပြာ။]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) rathi—
(Burmese text): မြို့တွင်း ရွာတွင်းလမ်း၊ လမ်းမကြီး။
(Auto-Translation): Intra-city roads, main roads.
2) rathī—
(Burmese text): ရထားစီးသူရဲ။
(Auto-Translation): Train passenger.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches (+0): S, Ika, Ratha, I, Rathin, Rati.
Starts with (+0): Rathina, Rathinara, Rathini, Rathininatha.
Full-text (+46): Rati, Bhimarathi, Dasharathi, Rathitara, Padarathi, Ratharathi, Barhadrathi, Cidrathi, Bhaimarathi, Arathin, Sarathin, Rathika, Ratha, Rathina, Satyarathi, Rathi-badamika, Rathitama, Citrarathi, Rathesabha, Rathiya.
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