a. [rudh-kirac] Red, red coloured. raṃ 1 Blood.

2 Saffron. raḥ 1 The red colour.

2 The planet Mars. Comp. aśanaḥ ‘a blood-eater’, a demon, an evil spirit. ākhyaḥ a kind of precious stone. ānanaṃ one of the five retrograding motions of Mars. āmayaḥ hemor- rhage, piles. udgārin a. emitting blood. pāyin m. a demon.