ravaRa
? ravaṇa , nt. or adj. ( JM. id. , subst. nt. ; Skt. Gr. , Lex. , and artificial lit. , as adj. or n. ag. , crying ), ( 1 ) cry , perh. to be read in Mv i.154.9 ( vs ), Senart saśoka-ravitāni (… bāṣpāṇi), mss. corruptly (one syllable short) saśokabalāni or -vanāni, read -ravaṇāni?; ( 2 ) crying, resonant , in LV 162.9 ( vs ) Lefm. (with ms. A only) tūryair ghoṣā jinaruta-ravanā (so, n); but read prob. -ravitā(ḥ) with v.l. ; Calc. and v.l. -racitā(ḥ); see ravita ; ( 3 ) f. °ravaṇī, at end of a ( Bhvr. ?) cpd. , either adj. , speaking, proclaiming ; or (having …) speech : LV 286.20—21 , see s.v. rutā .
Ravaṇa (adjective-neuter) [from ravati] roaring, howling, singing, only in compound °ghaṭa a certain kind of pitcher, where meaning of ravaṇa is uncertain. Only at identical passages (in illustration) Vism 264 = 362 = Pj I 68 (reading peḷā-ghaṭa, but see Appendix page 870 ravaṇa°) = Vibh-a 68 (where v.l. yavana°, with?).