pleasure-house
= रति-गृह (rati-gṛha), pleasure-house, VarBṛS. [ID=174978]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
रतिrati
रति (rati) is a Sanskrit word meaning rest, repose, pleasure, enjoyment, or fondness for, sexual passion or amorous enjoyment, the pudenda, pleasure-house, name of the sixth Kala of the Moon. Its 27 recorded definitions are grouped into 6 contexts, among them Proper Name of Concepts, Objects, or Epithets, General Pleasure or Enjoyment, Sexual Love, Passion, and Goddess Rati.
- Roots
- आप् (āp), रम् (ram)
- Etymology
- E. रम to sport, aff. क्तिन्
- Definitions
- 27
Meanings by context
Proper Name of Concepts, Objects, or Epithets
7 definitions
Name of the sixth Kala of the Moon
N. of the sixth Kala of the Moon, Cat. [ID=174979]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
a magical incantation recited over weapons
of a magical incantation recited over weapons, R. [ID=174982]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of the letter n
of the letter न् (n), Up. [ID=174983]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
of a metre
of a metre, Col. [ID=174984]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
Shiva
Rati3 = Śiva (1000 names2). [ID=9022]
— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a digit of the moon
Rati (III) — a kalā of the moon. Br. IV. 35. 92. [ID=11423]
— The Purana Index
General Pleasure or Enjoyment
6 definitions
pleasure, enjoyment, or fondness for
pleasure, enjoyment, delight in, fondness for (loc. or comp.; रतिम् (ratim) with √आप् (āp), लभ् (labh), उप-लभ् (labh) (upa-labh), अधि-गम् (adhi-gam), विद्कृ (vidkṛ) or बन्ध् (bandh) and loc., ‘to find pleasure in’), Up.; Mn.; MBh. &c. [ID=174975]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Pleasure, enjoyment, or satisfaction.
2. Sexual enjoyment or union.
3. Rati, personified as a wife of Kama.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 250-1]
रति (rati) rá-ti, f. [√ram] rest (V., rare); pleasure,
enjoyment, satisfaction, in (lc., —°);
sexual enjoyment or union; personified as
one of the wives of Kāma, Rati: -ṃ kṛ,
labh, vid, or bandh, find pleasure in (lc.). [ID=15037]
रति (rati) rá-ti, f. [√ram] rest (V., rare); pleasure,
enjoyment, satisfaction, in (lc., —°);
sexual enjoyment or union; personified as
one of the wives of Kāma, Rati: -ṃ kṛ,
labh, vid, or bandh, find pleasure in (lc.). [ID=15037]
— Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Pleasure, delight, or amusement.
2. Love or affection.
3. Fondness for or attachment to.
4. Sexual passion or intercourse.
5. The goddess of love and wife of Kamadeva.
6. The pudenda.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 604-13]
रति (rati) f. 1. Pleasure, delight, amusement; 2. love, affection, (रति (rati)र्मनोनुकूलेऽर्थे मननः प्रवणायितम् (ratirmanonukūle'rthe mananaḥ pravaṇāyitam) S.D. iii.(207); 3. fondness for, attachment to, pleasure in, विद्यायां व्यसनं स्वयोषिति रति (rati)र्लोकापवादाद्भयम् (vidyāyāṃ vyasanaṃ svayoṣiti ratirlokāpavādādbhayam) Bhartr. ii.62, R. i.23; 4. sexual pleasure, sexual passion, करं व्याथुन्वत्याः पिबसि रति (rati)सर्वस्वमधरम् (karaṃ vyāthunvatyāḥ pibasi ratisarvasvamadharam) Sak. i.; 5. coition, sexual intercourse; 6. the goddess of love, wife of Kāmadeva, इत्थं रतेः किमपि भूतमदृश्यरूपम् (itthaṃ rateḥ kimapi bhūtamadṛśyarūpam) K.S. iv.45; 7. the pudenda. [ID=31768]
रति (rati) f. 1. Pleasure, delight, amusement; 2. love, affection, (रति (rati)र्मनोनुकूलेऽर्थे मननः प्रवणायितम् (ratirmanonukūle'rthe mananaḥ pravaṇāyitam) S.D. iii.(207); 3. fondness for, attachment to, pleasure in, विद्यायां व्यसनं स्वयोषिति रति (rati)र्लोकापवादाद्भयम् (vidyāyāṃ vyasanaṃ svayoṣiti ratirlokāpavādādbhayam) Bhartr. ii.62, R. i.23; 4. sexual pleasure, sexual passion, करं व्याथुन्वत्याः पिबसि रति (rati)सर्वस्वमधरम् (karaṃ vyāthunvatyāḥ pibasi ratisarvasvamadharam) Sak. i.; 5. coition, sexual intercourse; 6. the goddess of love, wife of Kāmadeva, इत्थं रतेः किमपि भूतमदृश्यरूपम् (itthaṃ rateḥ kimapi bhūtamadṛśyarūpam) K.S. iv.45; 7. the pudenda. [ID=31768]
— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Pleasure, joy, love, or the goddess of love. 2. Passion. 3. Sexual intercourse or love. 4. A private part.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 0757-a]
रति (rati) rati, i. e. ram + ti, f. 1. Plea-
रति (rati) rati, i. e. ram + ti, f. 1. Plea-
sure, Śāk. d. 34; joy, Pañc. iii. d. 258;
love, Pañc. 226, 1; the goddess of
love, Rām. 3, 52, 27; Kathās. 22, 104.
2. Passion. 3. Coition, Pañc. ii. d.
154; sexual intercourse, Pañc. iii. d.
116; enjoyment of love, Vikr. d. 85.
4. A private part. — Comp. Dharma-,
adj. fond of law or virtue, Ragh. 1, 23.
[ID=11950]— Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Rest, repose, or pleasure. 2. Sexual intercourse.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 441]
रति (rati) f. rest, repose, quiet, comfort, pleasure in (loc. or —°); the pleasure of love, sexual intercourse (person. as the wife of the god of love). [ID=26434]
रति (rati) f. rest, repose, quiet, comfort, pleasure in (loc. or —°); the pleasure of love, sexual intercourse (person. as the wife of the god of love). [ID=26434]
— Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Rest or repose. 2. Pleasure, enjoyment, delight, or joy. 3. Love, affection, or fondness. 4. Attachment or addiction to. 5. Sexual passion or intercourse. 6. The goddess of love personified as the wife of Kamadeva.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 0833-b]
Rati, is, f. rest, repose (Ved.); pleasure, enjoy- ment, delight, joy, amusement; love, affection, fond- ness; fondness for, pleasure in, attachment or addic- tion to (with loc.); the pleasure of love, sexual passion, sexual intercourse; the pudenda; = rati- gṛha, q. v.; the goddess of Love or Sexual Passion personified as the wife of Kāma-deva; N. of the sixth Kalā of the moon; of an Apsaras; of the wife of Vibhu (mother of Pṛthu-ṣeṇa); of a magical incantation recited over weapons; a mystical term for the letter n; N. of a metre, four times ¯˘. —Rati-kara, as, ī, am, pleasure-causing, joy- making, preparing love or happiness; being in love, enamoured, = kāmin; (as), m. epithet of a Samādhi. —Rati-karman, a, n. sexual intercourse. —Rati- kānta-tarka-vāg-īśa, as, m., N. of a commentator on the Mugdha-bodha. —Rati-kuhara, am, n. pu- dendum muliebre. —Rati-kriyā, f. sexual inter- course. —Rati-kheda-supta, as, ā, am, sleeping after the fatigue of sexual enjoyment. —Rati-guṇa, as, m., N. of a Deva-gandharva. —Rati-gṛha, as, m. ‘pleasure-house,’ a brothel; pudendum muliebre. —Rati-caraṇa-samanta-svara, as, m., N. of a king of the Gandharvas. —Rati-janaka, as, m., N. of a king. —Rati-jaha, as, m., N. of a Samādhi. —Rati-jña, as, ā, am, skilled in the art of love. —Rati-taskara, as, m. a ravisher, seducer. —Rati- nāga, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati-pati, is, m. ‘Rati's husband,’ i. e. Kāma-deva, the god of love. —Rati-pāśa, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati-pra- pūrṇa, as, m., N. of a particular Kalpa or age. —Rati-priya, as, m. ‘beloved by Rati,’ i. e. Kāma- deva; (ā), f. a N. of Dākṣāyaṇī, (also read ravi- priyā.) —Rati-bhavana, am, n. ‘pleasure-abode,’ a house for prostitution, brothel. —Rati-mañjarī, f., N. of an erotic work. —Rati-mat, ān, atī, at, having enjoyment or pleasure, gay, cheerful, pleased, gratified. —Rati-madā, f. an Apsaras. —Rati-man- dira, am, n. ‘pleasure-house,’ a pleasure-room, pleasure-temple; Love's dwelling; pudendum muli- ebre. —Rati-mitra, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati- raṇa-dhīra, as, ā, am, bold or energetic in Love's contests. —Rati-ramaṇa, as, m. Rati's lover or husband, i. e. Kāma-deva. —Rati-rasa, as, m. the taste or pleasure of love, sexual enjoyment; (as, ā, am), having the flavour or taste of love, as sweet as love. —Rati-rasa-glāni, is, f. lassitude after sexual enjoyment. —Rati-rahasya, am, n. ‘secrets or mysteries of love,’ N. of an erotic work by Kokkvoka. —Rati-lakṣa, am, n. sexual intercourse. —Rati- lampaṭa, as, ā, am, desirous of sexual enjoyment, lascivious, lustful. —Rati-lola, as, m., N. of a demon. —Rati-vara, as, m. Rati's husband, Kāma-deva; a gift or offering vowed to Rati. —Rati-vardhana,
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as, ī, am, increasing love. —Rati-vallī, f. love regarded as a creeper. —Rati-śakti, is, f. the faculty of sexual enjoyment, virile power. —Rati-śūra, as, m. ‘love-hero,’ a man of great procreative power. —Rati-saṃyoga, as, m. sexual union. —Rati- saṃhita, as, ā, am, accompanied with love, abound- ing in affection. —Rati-satvarā, f. Trigonella Cor- niculata. —Rati-sarvasva, am, n. ‘the whole essence of love,’ N. of a work on erotic subjects. —Rati- sundara, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati-sena, as, m., N. of a king of the Colas. —Raty-aṅga, am, n. pudendum muliebre. [ID=39163]
Rati, is, f. rest, repose (Ved.); pleasure, enjoy- ment, delight, joy, amusement; love, affection, fond- ness; fondness for, pleasure in, attachment or addic- tion to (with loc.); the pleasure of love, sexual passion, sexual intercourse; the pudenda; = rati- gṛha, q. v.; the goddess of Love or Sexual Passion personified as the wife of Kāma-deva; N. of the sixth Kalā of the moon; of an Apsaras; of the wife of Vibhu (mother of Pṛthu-ṣeṇa); of a magical incantation recited over weapons; a mystical term for the letter n; N. of a metre, four times ¯˘. —Rati-kara, as, ī, am, pleasure-causing, joy- making, preparing love or happiness; being in love, enamoured, = kāmin; (as), m. epithet of a Samādhi. —Rati-karman, a, n. sexual intercourse. —Rati- kānta-tarka-vāg-īśa, as, m., N. of a commentator on the Mugdha-bodha. —Rati-kuhara, am, n. pu- dendum muliebre. —Rati-kriyā, f. sexual inter- course. —Rati-kheda-supta, as, ā, am, sleeping after the fatigue of sexual enjoyment. —Rati-guṇa, as, m., N. of a Deva-gandharva. —Rati-gṛha, as, m. ‘pleasure-house,’ a brothel; pudendum muliebre. —Rati-caraṇa-samanta-svara, as, m., N. of a king of the Gandharvas. —Rati-janaka, as, m., N. of a king. —Rati-jaha, as, m., N. of a Samādhi. —Rati-jña, as, ā, am, skilled in the art of love. —Rati-taskara, as, m. a ravisher, seducer. —Rati- nāga, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati-pati, is, m. ‘Rati's husband,’ i. e. Kāma-deva, the god of love. —Rati-pāśa, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati-pra- pūrṇa, as, m., N. of a particular Kalpa or age. —Rati-priya, as, m. ‘beloved by Rati,’ i. e. Kāma- deva; (ā), f. a N. of Dākṣāyaṇī, (also read ravi- priyā.) —Rati-bhavana, am, n. ‘pleasure-abode,’ a house for prostitution, brothel. —Rati-mañjarī, f., N. of an erotic work. —Rati-mat, ān, atī, at, having enjoyment or pleasure, gay, cheerful, pleased, gratified. —Rati-madā, f. an Apsaras. —Rati-man- dira, am, n. ‘pleasure-house,’ a pleasure-room, pleasure-temple; Love's dwelling; pudendum muli- ebre. —Rati-mitra, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati- raṇa-dhīra, as, ā, am, bold or energetic in Love's contests. —Rati-ramaṇa, as, m. Rati's lover or husband, i. e. Kāma-deva. —Rati-rasa, as, m. the taste or pleasure of love, sexual enjoyment; (as, ā, am), having the flavour or taste of love, as sweet as love. —Rati-rasa-glāni, is, f. lassitude after sexual enjoyment. —Rati-rahasya, am, n. ‘secrets or mysteries of love,’ N. of an erotic work by Kokkvoka. —Rati-lakṣa, am, n. sexual intercourse. —Rati- lampaṭa, as, ā, am, desirous of sexual enjoyment, lascivious, lustful. —Rati-lola, as, m., N. of a demon. —Rati-vara, as, m. Rati's husband, Kāma-deva; a gift or offering vowed to Rati. —Rati-vardhana,
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as, ī, am, increasing love. —Rati-vallī, f. love regarded as a creeper. —Rati-śakti, is, f. the faculty of sexual enjoyment, virile power. —Rati-śūra, as, m. ‘love-hero,’ a man of great procreative power. —Rati-saṃyoga, as, m. sexual union. —Rati- saṃhita, as, ā, am, accompanied with love, abound- ing in affection. —Rati-satvarā, f. Trigonella Cor- niculata. —Rati-sarvasva, am, n. ‘the whole essence of love,’ N. of a work on erotic subjects. —Rati- sundara, as, m. a sort of coitus. —Rati-sena, as, m., N. of a king of the Colas. —Raty-aṅga, am, n. pudendum muliebre. [ID=39163]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)
Sexual Love, Passion, and Goddess Rati
6 definitions
sexual passion or amorous enjoyment
the pleasure of love, sexual passion or union, amorous enjoyment (often personified as one of the two wives of Kāma-deva, together with Prīti q.v.), Mn.; MBh. &c. [ID=174976]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Passion or desire. 2. Copulation. 3. A private part. 4. The wife of Kamadeva.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 695]
रति (rati) f. (-तिः (-tiḥ))
रति (rati) f. (-तिः (-tiḥ))
1 Passion, desire.
2 Coition, copulation.
3 A privity, a private part.
4 The wife of KĀMADEVA.
E. रम (rama) to sport, aff. क्तिन् (ktin).
[ID=31854]— Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. The wife of Kamadeva. 2. Passion. 3. Sexual intercourse. 4. A genital organ.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 621-b]
रति (rati) (तिः) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. The wife of Kāmade- va; passion; coition; a privity. [ID=31420]
रति (rati) (तिः) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. The wife of Kāmade- va; passion; coition; a privity. [ID=31420]
— Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1. Passion or desire.
2. Copulation.
3. A private part.
4. The wife of Kamadeva.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 596-b]
रति (rati)
रति (rati)
f. (-तिः (-tiḥ))
1. Passion, desire.
2. Coition, copulation
3. A privity, a private part.
4. The wife of KĀMADEVA.
E. रम् (ram) to sport, aff. क्तिन् । (ktin .)
[ID=33152]— Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a goddess of delight and lust, and wife of Kama
रति (rati) [Printed book page 595-1]
Rati1 (“Delight, Lust,” personif.), a goddess, wife of Kāma.
Rati1 (“Delight, Lust,” personif.), a goddess, wife of Kāma.
§ 117 (Aṃśāvat.): I, 66, 2597 (wife of Kāma).—§ 270
(Brahmasabhāv.): II, 11, 459 (in the palace of Brahmán).—
§ 350 (Nalopākhyānap.): III, 68, 2665 (Manmathasya
R°īm iva).
[ID=9020]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
the consort of Kama
Rati (II) — the consort of Kāma. Hearing that he was burnt by Śiva, she clad herself in sorrowful clothes. Śyā- malā restored him back to life, and in her presence both were married again;1 a śakti;2 mother of Harṣa;3 Prīti became her co-wife; after the burning of Kāma, was Māyā- vatī in Śambara's house and brought up Pradyumna (an incarnation of Kāma);4 Image of, with swan.5
[Footnote: 1) Br. IV. 30. 37-51; M. 7. 13; 100. 32; 154. 219, 272-3;]
[Footnote: 2) Br. IV. 19. 64-71; 44; 72.]
[Footnote: 3) Vā. 10. 38.]
[Footnote: 4) Vi. I. 7. 31; V. 27. 30.]
[Footnote: 5) M. 261. 55.]
[ID=11422]
[Footnote: 1) Br. IV. 30. 37-51; M. 7. 13; 100. 32; 154. 219, 272-3;]
[Footnote: 2) Br. IV. 19. 64-71; 44; 72.]
[Footnote: 3) Vā. 10. 38.]
[Footnote: 4) Vi. I. 7. 31; V. 27. 30.]
[Footnote: 5) M. 261. 55.]
[ID=11422]
— The Purana Index
Proper Name of Various Individuals
5 definitions
an Apsaras
of an Apsaras, MBh. [ID=174980]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
the wife of Vibhu and mother of Prithushena
of the wife of Vibhu (mother of Pṛthu-ṣeṇa), BhP. [ID=174981]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
an Apsaras
Rati2, an Apsaras. § 731b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII,
19β, 1425 (danced in the palace of Kubera).
[ID=9021]— Index to the Names in the Mahabharata
a name of Shatarupa, wife of Svayambhuva Manu
रति (rati) [Printed book page 3-047]
Rati (I) — a name of Śatarūpā; wife of Svāyambhuva Manu. Br. II. 9. 38; Vā. 10. 13. [ID=11421]
Rati (I) — a name of Śatarūpā; wife of Svāyambhuva Manu. Br. II. 9. 38; Vā. 10. 13. [ID=11421]
— The Purana Index
a son of Shatarupa
Rati (IV) — a son of Śatarūpā. M. 4. 25. [ID=11424]
— The Purana Index
Rest or Repose
2 definitions
rest, repose
(H2) [Printed book page 867,3]
रति (rati) f. rest, repose, VS.; ŚāṅkhGṛ. [ID=174974]
रति (rati) f. rest, repose, VS.; ŚāṅkhGṛ. [ID=174974]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
1. Rest or quiet.
2. Comfort or pleasure.
रति (rati) [Printed book page 228-a]
ráti, f.
—1. rest, quiet;
—2. comfort, pleasure. [√ram, 1157, cf. 954d.] [ID=3493]
ráti, f.
—1. rest, quiet;
—2. comfort, pleasure. [√ram, 1157, cf. 954d.] [ID=3493]
— Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary
Pudenda / Female Genitalia
1 definition
the pudenda
the pudenda, L. [ID=174977]
— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)
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