Rudda
Rudda,(adj.) [cp.Sk.raudra & Vedic rudra (a fierce demon or storm-deity; “the red one,” with Pischel from rud to be ruddy.See Macdonell,Vedic Mythology 74--77).The usual Pāli form is ludda.At Dhtp 473 & Dhtm 135 a root ruṭh (or luṭh) is given in meaning “upaghāte” i.e.killing,which may represent this rud:see luṭhati] fierce,awful,terrible J.IV,416 (so luddako rudda-rūpo; v.l.ludda°); V,425,431 (su-ruddho,spelling for su-ruddo,very fierce,expld as su-luddo supharuso); Mhvs 12,45 (rudda-rakkhasī,prob.with ref.to the demon Rudra; trsln “fearsome female demon”; vv.ll.ruda°,ruddha°,dudda°).(Page 573)