rājan | राजन् | rAjan

1. rājan | राजन् | m. (ifc. mostly m(-rāja | -राज |) , esp. in Tat-puruṣas; f(-rājan | -राजन् |, ˚jā | ˚जा | or ˚jẏī | ˚ज्य़ी |). ; cf. Pāṇ. iv, 1, 28, Sch.) a king, sovereign, prince, chief (often applied to gods, e.g. to Varuṇa and the other Ādityas, to Indra, Yama &c., but esp. to Soma [also the plant and juice] and the Moon), RV. &c. &c.
a man of the royal tribe or the military caste, a Kṣatriya, ĀśvŚr.; ChUp.; Mn. &c. (cf. rājanya | राजन्य |)
a Yakṣa, L.
N. of one of the 18 attendants on Sūrya (identified with a form of Guha), L.
of Yudhiṣṭhira, MBh. (rājẏām indra-mahotsavaḥ | राज्य़ाम् इन्द्र-महोत्सवः | and rājẏām pratiboḍaḥ | राज्य़ाम् प्रतिबोडः |, N. of wks.); ; (rā/jẏī | रा/ज्य़ी |) f. See s.v.
rājan | राजन् | [cf. Lat. rex; Kelt. rîg, fr. which Old Germ. rîk; Goth. reiks; Angl.-Sax. rîce; Eng. rich.]
2. rāja/n | राज/न् | (only in loc. rāja/ni | राज/नि |) government, guidance, RV. x, 49, 4.

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