# रति (rati)

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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 — E. rama to sport, aff. ktin
- **SLP1:** `rati`  **IAST:** rati  **Devanagari:** रति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/rati/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** राति (rāti), राटि (rāṭi), रती (ratī)

## Meanings by context

### Proper Name of Concepts, Objects, or Epithets (7 definitions)
- pleasure-house  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = रति - गृह (rati-gṛha), pleasure-house, VarBṛS. [ ID=174978 ]
- Name of the sixth Kala of the Moon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of the sixth Kala of the Moon, Cat. [ ID=174979 ]
- a magical incantation recited over weapons  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a magical incantation recited over weapons, R. [ ID=174982 ]
- of the letter n  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the letter न् (n), Up. [ ID=174983 ]
- of a metre  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a metre, Col. [ ID=174984 ]
- Shiva  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Rati 3 = Śiva (1000 names 2 ). [ ID=9022 ]
- a digit of the moon  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Rati (III) — a kalā of the moon. Br. IV. 35. 92. [ ID=11423 ]

### General Pleasure or Enjoyment (6 definitions)
- pleasure, enjoyment, or fondness for  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Pleasure, enjoyment, or satisfaction. 2. Sexual enjoyment or union. 3. Rati, personified as a wife of Kama.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Pleasure, joy, love, or the goddess of love. 2. Passion. 3. Sexual intercourse or love. 4. A private part.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रति (rati) [Printed book page 0757-a ] 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 ]
- 1. Rest, repose, or pleasure. 2. Sexual intercourse.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > 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 ]
- 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.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > 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, Page0833-c+ 81 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 ]

### Sexual Love, Passion, and Goddess Rati (6 definitions)
- sexual passion or amorous enjoyment  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > 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 ]
- 1. Passion or desire. 2. Copulation. 3. A private part. 4. The wife of Kamadeva.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रति (rati) [Printed book page 695 ] 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 ]
- 1. The wife of Kamadeva. 2. Passion. 3. Sexual intercourse. 4. A genital organ.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रति (rati) [Printed book page 621-b ] रति (rati) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. The wife of Kāmade- va; passion; coition; a privity. [ ID=31420 ]
- 1. Passion or desire. 2. Copulation. 3. A private part. 4. The wife of Kamadeva.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > रति (rati) [Printed book page 596-b ] 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 ]
- a goddess of delight and lust, and wife of Kama  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > रति (rati) [Printed book page 595-1 ] Rati 1 (“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 ]
- the consort of Kama  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]

### Proper Name of Various Individuals (5 definitions)
- an Apsaras  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of an Apsaras, MBh. [ ID=174980 ]
- the wife of Vibhu and mother of Prithushena  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of the wife of Vibhu (mother of Pṛthu-ṣeṇa), BhP. [ ID=174981 ]
- an Apsaras  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > Rati 2, an Apsaras. § 731 b (Aṣṭāvakra-Diksaṃv.): XIII, 19 β, 1425 (danced in the palace of Kubera). [ ID=9021 ]
- a name of Shatarupa, wife of Svayambhuva Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > 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 ]
- a son of Shatarupa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Rati (IV) — a son of Śatarūpā. M. 4. 25. [ ID=11424 ]

### Rest or Repose (2 definitions)
- rest, repose  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 867,3] रति (rati) f. rest, repose, VS.; ŚāṅkhGṛ. [ ID=174974 ]
- 1. Rest or quiet. 2. Comfort or pleasure.  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > रति (rati) [Printed book page 228-a ] ráti, f. —1. rest, quiet; —2. comfort, pleasure. [ √ram, 1157, cf. 954d.] [ ID=3493 ]

### Pudenda / Female Genitalia (1 definition)
- the pudenda  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the pudenda, L. [ ID=174977 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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