rucCa
ruccha , adj. ( MIndic for Skt. rūkṣa, but this form seems not recorded in MIndic , tho AMg. has rukkha and lukkha; see s.v. lūkha ), (1) harsh, severe (of forest asceticʼs life); (2) cruel, savage : ( 1 ) ruccha-vṛtti or °vṛttika (= AMg. lūha-vitti, see Ratnach. ), the harsh life (of a forest ascetic), or as Bhvr. one who leads that life : °vṛttikā, pl. , Bhvr. , Mv iii.182.16 ; in Mv ii.30.10 ruccha-vṛttiḥ, Bhvr. , and 33.13 ( Senart ) rucchāṃ vṛttiṃ (but corrupt mss. point to cpd. in -a- before vṛtti, possibly Bhvr. ; in 30.10 mss. are also corrupt but em. seems sound); ( 2 ) śastra-ruccha Mv i.73.14 , cruel as a knife (of desire; separate this from the following cpd. , and construe as n. pl. ).