Rāsi
Rāsi,[Vedic rāśi] 1.heap,quantity,mass It.17; usually --°,e.g.aṅgāra° heap of cinders J.I,107; kaṇikārapuppha° of k.flowers VvA.65; kahāpaṇa° of money PvA.162,tila° of seeds VvA.54; dhañña° of corn A.IV,163,170; etc.--rāsiṁ karoti to make a heap,to pile up Mhvs 29,28; VvA.157.-- 2.(store of) wealth,riches; in °agga-dāna gift of the best treasures (of one’s property),one of the 5 “donations of the best,” viz.khett°,rās°,koṭṭh°,kumbhi°,bhojan°:SnA 270.See also °vaḍḍhaka -- 3.a sign of the Zodiac (the 12,as given at Abhp 61 are:mesa,usabha,methuna,kakkata,sīha,kaññā,tulā,vicchikā,dhanu,makara,kumbha,mīna; or the ram,bull,twins,crab,lion,virgin,balance,scorpion bow,capricorn,waterpot,fish) PvA.198.-- 4.(fig.) at t.t.in logic:group,aggregate,category,congery; freq.in Abhidhamma-literature,where 3 “accumulations” are spoken of,viz.micchatta-niyato rāsi,sammatta-niyato r.,anivato r.or “wrong doing entailing immutable evil results,that of well-doing entailing immutable good results,and that of everything not so determined” (Dialogues III,210); D.III,217; Kvu 611; Nett 96; cp.Kvu trsl.356 Dhs.trsl.26,253.In the 5 factors of individuality (body and mind) khandhā are explained as meaning rāsi,e.g.Asl.141; B.Psy.42.In other connections:S.V,146 (kusala°,akusala°),186; A.III,65 (akusala°); Tikp 45.-- Note.In BSk.we find only 2 of the 3 categories mentioned at MVastu I.175,viz.mithyātvaniyato & aniyato rāśih.
--vaḍḍhaka one who increases wealth,i.e.a treasurer D.I,61 (trsln:“increases the king’s wealth”; DA.I,170 simply defines “dhañña-rāsiñ ca dhana-rāsiñ ca vaḍḍhetī ti r.v.”); J.I,2; Mhbv 78.(Page 570)