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Rajati,[raj &rañj to shine,to be coloured or light (-red); to Idg.*areg to be bright,as in Lat.argus,Gr.a)rgήs & a)rgόs light; Sk.arjuna (see ajjuna); to which also rajati silver=Lat.argentum,Gr.a)ρguros; Gallic Argento-ratum (N.of Strassburg); Oir argat.] usually intrs.rajjati (q.v.).As rajitabba (grd.) in meaning “to be bleached” (dhovitabba+) only in meaning “bleach” (as compared with dhovati clean,& vijaṭeti to disentangle,smoothe) Vin.III,235 (ppr.fr.pl.dhovantiyo rajantiyo etc.); J.I,8 (rajitabba,grd.; dhovitabba+).-- Somehow it is difficult to distinguish between the meanings “bleach” and “dye” (cp.rajaka),in some combns with dhovati it clearly means “dye,” as at Vin.I,50 (forms:rajati,rajitabba,rajiyetha 3 sg.Pot.Med.); Vism.65 (forms:rajitvā,rajitabba,rajituṁ).-- Another grd.rajanīya in diff.meaning (see sep.).Caus.rajeti to paint,colour Th.1,1155 (inf.rajetave:(see Geiger,P.Gr.§ 204,1.a).Caus.also rañjeti (see under rañjati).Med.Pass.rajjati (q.v.).-- Caus.II.rajāpeti to cause to be bleached Vin.III,206 (dhovāpeyya rajāpeyya ākoṭāpeyya),235 (dhovapeti r.vijaṭāpeti); J.II,197 (ovaṭṭikaṁ sibbāpetvā rajāpetvā).(Page 561)
PTS Pali-English dictionary - The Pali Text Society's Pali-English dictionary
Rājati,[rāj,cp.rajati & rañjati] to shine VvA.134 (=vijjotati).Cp.vi°.(Page 568)
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera
rajati:[raj + a] dyes.
Concise Pali-English Dictionary by A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera