rajas (n)
Meanings
- (in phil.) the second of the three Guṇas or qualities
- a kind of plant
- a kind of weight
- affection
- air
- any small particle of matter
- arable land
- atmosphere
- autumn
- clouds
- cultivated or ploughed land (as "dusty" or "dirty")
- darkness
- dimness
- dirt
- dust
- emotion
- fields
- firmament (in Veda one of the divisions of the world and distinguished from div or svar)
- gloom
- impurity
- mist
- passion
- region of clouds
- safflower
- sperm
- the "darkening" quality
- the dust or pollen of flowers
- the menstrual discharge of a woman
- the sphere of vapour or mist
- tin
- vapour
= sindūra
Sememes
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