[rad ac] 1 Splitting, scratch- ing.

2 A tooth; tusk (of an ele- phant); yātāścenna parāṃcaṃti dviradānāṃ radā iva Bv. 1. 65.

3 A symbolical ex- pression for the number ‘thirty-two’. Comp. khaṃḍanaṃ tooth-bite; janaya radakhaṃḍanaṃ Gīt. 10. chadaḥ A lip.