neuter · rajana 1 · rajana 2
dye
rajana ( nt. ? = Pali id. ), (the process of) dyeing : vastram apagatakālakaṃ rajanopagataṃ ( gone to be dyed ) raṅgodake prakṣiptaṃ … Divy 617.8 .
coloring; dye; dyeing
Rajana (neuter) [from raj] colouring, dye D I 110 (suddhaṃ vatthaṃ ... sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin I 50 = 53 II 227; Vin I 286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla°, khandha°, taca°, patta°, puppha°, phala°, or made of the root, the trunk, bark, leaf, flower, fruit of trees) Thag 965; S II 101 (here either as feminine or adjective); Ja I 220 (washing?). -kamma (the job of) dyeing Ja I 118; Vism 65; -pacana boiling the dye Vism 389 (cf. rajana-pakka Vinaya Texts II 49); -bhājana dye-vessel Vin I 286; -sālā colouring workshop, dyeing-hall Vism 65.
【中】 塗顔色，染料，染顔色。~kamma。【中】 染。
(nt, nt, from rajati) dye; colour; paint dye [lit.] colouring Construction: √raj + ana
(nt, nt, act, from rajati) dyeing; colouring colouring, dyeing Construction: √raj + ana