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Rh Ragět, all together, with one accord; anything done by united effort; general consent. Kumaha ragĕm na bai, however the general consent (or united will) may be. Hadé ragĕm na, they all turned out and assisted. Ragét, an eruption of the skin; pustules on the body. Scabby. Ragi, a native preparation made of rice flour, onions, sugar and some other trifles of spicery, which acts as a yeast or ferment in preparing Tapai, which see, used only on occasions of native festivities. Raga, C. 589, lust, passion, affection, mental affection in general. Perhaps Ragi is the fiminine of Raga and expresses what gives lust or passion, causing fermentation. Rãgi, C. 590, a lover, a gallant. Ragrag, to fall, to tumble down. To fall from a height. Buah na ragrag, the fruit has fallen, Ragrag ti luhur kayu, to fall from a tree. Rahayat, people, the common people, the multitude. Rahayu, safely, without misfortune; prosperity. Di gawé rahayu, our work went well. Raya, C. 586, to go, speed, velocity. In Malay Gargahayu, prosperity, good fortune, CRAWFURD. Probably derived from Gharghara, C. 189, laughter, mirth, — Haya, C. 786, to go; a horse; going or proceeding with mirths. Rachĕuk, chattering, crying aloud, holloaing out. Making an uproar with voice. Ra, C. 589, sound, noise.

Rahĕut, a wound in the flesh; wounded. Rahĕutan, having got a wound. Rahim, Arabic, compassionate. Mercy, compassion. Rahman, Arabic, merciful, compassionate. Rahmat, Arabic, mercy, clemency. Rahong, a slope or gentle fall in the bed of a river, where the water runs over a broken ledge of rocks, or rought bottom. Rahu, the Demon who attempts to swallow the sun or moon, whereby eclipses are caused. Both the word and the idea are Indian, and the following quotation from Clough's Singhalese Dictionary, page 594, will explain the nature of the fable. According to the mythology of the Buddhists, Rahu was a noted Asura, or Demon inhabiting Patala or the Nagaloka; and when the gods assembled to churn the sea, and produce the Nectar or water of life, Rahu secretly conveyed himself to the spot and surreptitiously obtained a draught, by which he became immortal. The sun and the moon, who were present on the occasion, as overlookers and guards of the nectar, reported this to Vishnu, who severed his body in two; but Rahu having become immortal by the draught of nectar his head and trunk retained their separate existence, and being transferred, the head to the North, and the tail, Kélu to the South, they became the ascending and descending nodes; but retaining their feelings of revenge towards the sun and moon for the discovery they made to Vishnu, they attempt, especially Rahu, at certain seasons to destray them, and the seizure of them in his mouth is the cause of eclipses.

Rai, the human form in a vision.