रण्

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Pronunciation

Root

रण् (raṇ)

  1. to rejoice, be pleased, take pleasure in (loc., rarely acc.) RV.
  2. to gladden, delight, gratify ib.
  3. Caus. रण्ड्यति, °ते, to cheer, gladden, exhilarate with (instr. or loc.) RV.
  4. to be at ease, be pleased or satisfied with, delight in (loc.) ib. TS. AV.

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References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रण्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 863, column 3.
  • William Dwight Whitney, 1885, The Roots, Verb-forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language, Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, page 135
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “ran”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 427-428