f. [ruh ktin] 1 Growth, germination.

2 Birth, production.

3 Increase, development, growth, spread.

4 Rise, ascent.

5 Fame, celebrity, notoriety; Śi. 15. 26.

6 A tradition, custom, customary or traditional usage; śāstrād rūḍhirbalīya- sī ‘custom prevails over precept’.

7 General prevalence, common cur- rency.

8 Popular meaning, con- ventional acceptation of a word; mukhya rthabādhe tadyoge rūḍhito'tha...