Rahas
Rahas，& Raho （nt．） [Vedic rahas．The Pāli word is restricted to the forms raho and rahā° （=*rahaḥ）； a Loc．rahasi is mentioned by Childers，but not found in the Canon．-- To rahati] lonely place，solitude，loneliness； secrecy，privacy．-- 1．raho： occurring only as adv．“secretly，lonely，in secret，” either absolutely，e．g．S．I，46； Sn．388； Pv．II，716 （opp．āvi openly）； IV，140 （raho nisinna）； Vism．201 （na raho karoti pāpāni：arahaṁ tena vuccati）； or in cpds．e．g．°gata being in private，being alone D．I，134 （+paṭisallīna）； Sn．p．60．See also under paṭisallīna； °gama “secret convention，secret intercourse，” fig．a secret adviser J．VI，369 （after Kern，not found!）； °vāda secret talk M．III，230．See also anu°．-- 2．rahā°，only in cpd．rahā-bhāva secrecy，in defn of arahant at DA．I，146=Vism．201 （rahābhāvena ten’esa arahan ti）．See also der．rāha-seyyaka．Note．Hardy’s reading yathā rahaṁ at Pv．II，923 & PvA．78 is not correct，it should be yath’ârahaṁ （cp．similarly pūj-âraha）．In the same sense we would preferably read agg’āsan’ādi-arahānaṁ “of those who merit the first seat etc．” at J．I，217，although all MSS．have aggāsanādi-rahānaṁ，thus postulating a form raha=araha．（Page 567）