ra_s.t.ra, nation

From: S.Kalyanaraman
Message: 9042
Date: 2001-09-04

5506.A title: ra_t.h a title given to ja_t.s, gujjars and d.ogas
(P.lex.)

5490.Petty chieftains; name of a people: a_rat.t.a name of a people
and country in the Panjab (Ka.)(Ka.lex.) arat.t.an- ruler of a small
territory, chief; arat.t.u petty chieftains (Tiv. Periyati. 3,4,10)
(Ta.lex.) aracu an ancient title of ve_l.a_l.a chieftains (Tol. Po.
30, Urai.); king (Maturaik. 128); ira_cara_can- Kube_ra, the god of
wealth(Ta.)(Ta.lex.) Name of a people: vara_t.a, vara_l.a name of a
country and its people (Ka.)(Ka.lex.) cf. varut.a, varud.a name of a
class of mlechchas (Skt.)(Skt.lex.) vira_t.am a country of central
India, probably modern Berar (Ta.)(Ta.lex.) irat.t.i, ret.t.i name of
a Telugu caste of cultivators (Ta.); rad.d.i, red.d.i Reddi, a petty
baron, title of a caste of Telugu cultivators (Ka.); red.(d.)i, rad.
(d.)i name of a certain caste, headman of a village (Te.);
rat.t.ad.i, rad.d.i (Te.inscr.)(DEDR App.54). Cultivators: irat.t.i
name of a Telugu caste of cultivators (Ta.); red.d.i id. (Te.);
irat.t.ar Ra_s.t.ra-ku_t.a kings (Co_r..avami. Pak. 91)(Ta.lex.)
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