rākā | राका | rAkA
rākā/ | राका/ | f. (Uṇ. iii, 40) the goddess presiding over the actual day of full moon (or regarded as the Full Moon's consort; Anumati is supposed to preside over the previous day), Jyot. (cf. IW. 158)
the day of full moon, full moon, RV. &c. &c.
N. of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Smṛti, Pur.
of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Śraddhā, ib.
of the wife of Dhātṛ and mother of Prātṛ, ib.
of a Rākṣasī (the mother of Khara and Śūrpa-ṇakhā), MBh.
of a daughter of Su-mālin, R.
of a river, BhP.
itch, scab, L.
a girl in whom menstruation has begun, L.
the day of full moon, full moon, RV. &c. &c.
N. of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Smṛti, Pur.
of a daughter of Aṅgiras and Śraddhā, ib.
of the wife of Dhātṛ and mother of Prātṛ, ib.
of a Rākṣasī (the mother of Khara and Śūrpa-ṇakhā), MBh.
of a daughter of Su-mālin, R.
of a river, BhP.
itch, scab, L.
a girl in whom menstruation has begun, L.