ratiH f. [ ram-ktin ] 1 Pleasure, delight, satisfaction, joy; Ś. 2. 1. 2 Fondness for, devotion or attachment to, pleasure in (with loc. ); pApe ratiM mA kfTAH Bh. 2. 77 ; svayoziti ratiH 2. 62 ; R. 1. 23 ; Ku. 5. 65. 3 Love, affection; S. D. thus defines it: - ratirmanonukUle'rTe manasaH pravaRAyitaM 207 ; cf. 206 also; (it is the Sthāyibhāva of the rasa called SfMgAra q. v. ). 4 Sexual pleasure; dAkziRyodakavAhinI vigalitA yAtA svadeSaM ratiH Mk. 8. 38 ; so ratisarvasvaM q. v. below. 5 Sexual union, coition, copulation. 6 The goddess of love, the wife of Kāma or Cupid; sAkzAtkAmaM navamiva ratirmAlatI mADavaM yat Māl. 1. 15 ; Ku. 3. 23 ; 4. 45 ; R. 6. 2. 7 The pudenda. 8 N. of the sixth digit ( kalA ) of the moon. 9 Ved. Rest, cessation. Comp. — aMgaM -kuharaM pudendum muliebre. — kara a. giving pleasure. — karman n. sexual union. — gfhaM, -BavanaM, -maMdiraM 1 a pleasurehouse. 2 a brothel. 3 pudendum muliebre. — taskaraH a seducer, ravisher. — dUtiH -tI f. a love-messenger; Ku. 4. 16. — patiH, -priyaH, -ramaRaH the god of love; api nAma manAgavatIrRo'si ratiramaRabARagocaram Māl. 1 ; daDati sPuwaM ratipaterizabaH SitatAM yadutpalapalASadfSaH Śi. 9. 66. — rasaH sexual pleasure. — lakzaM sexual union. — laMpawa a. lustful, libidinous. — SaktiH f. manly or virile power. — SUraH a man of great procreative power. — sarvasvaM the all-in-all or highest essence of sexual pleasure; karaM vyADunvatyAH pibasi ratisarvasvamaDaraM Ś. 1. 24.