rahas 1 · rahas 2
Rahas and Raho (neuter) [Vedic rahas. The Pāli word is restricted to the forms raho and rahā° (= *rahaḥ); a locative rahasi is mentioned by Childers, but not found in the canon. — To rahati] lonely place, solitude, loneliness; secrecy, privacy. 1. raho: occurring only as adverb "secretly, lonely, in secret," either absolutely, e.g. S I 46; Snp 388; Pv II 7 16 (opposite āvi openly); IV 140 (raho nisinna); Vism 201 (na raho karoti pāpāni: arahaṃ tena vuccati); or in compounds e.g. °gata being in private, being alone D I 134 (+ paṭisallīna); Snp page 60. See also under paṭisallīna; °gama "secret convention, secret intercourse," figurative a secret adviser Ja VI 397; °vāda secret talk M III 230. See also anu°. 2. rahā°, only in compound rahā-bhāva secrecy, in definition of Arahant at Sv I 146 = Vism 201 (rahābhāvena ten'esa arahan ti). See also derivation rāha-seyyaka. Note: Hardy's reading yathā rahaṃ at Pv II 9 23 and Pv-a 78 is not correct, it should be yathārahaṃ (cf. similarly pūj-āraha). In the same sense we would preferably read aggāsanādi-arahānaṃ "of those who merit the first seat etc." at Ja I 217, although all mss have aggāsanādi-rahānaṃ, thus postulating a form raha = araha. {509}
rahas n. [ rah-asun ] 1 Solitude, privacy, loneliness, retirement, secrecy; rahasi ramate Māl. 2. 2 ; ( pb ) R. 3. 3 , 15. 92 ; Pt. 1. 138. 2 A deserted or lonely place, hiding-place. 3 A secret, mystery. 4 Copulation, coition. 5 Truth. 6 Swiftness. 7 A privity. — ind. Secretly, clandestinely, privately, in private or secret; ataH parIkzya kartavyaM viSezAtsaMgataM rahaH Ś. 5. 24 ; oft. in comp. ; vfttaM rahaHpraRayamapratipadyamAne 5. 23.
(masc, masc, mano group) private place; secret location Construction: √rah + as
(masc, masc, mano group) privacy; seclusion; solitude Construction: √rah + as