rátha m. (√4. ṛ) 'goer', a chariot, car, esp. a two-wheeled war-chariot (lighter and swifter than the anas, q.v.), any vehicle or equipage or carriage (applied also to the vehicles of the gods), waggon, cart RV. &c. &c. (ifc. f. ā)

• a warrior, hero, champion MBh. Kathās. BhP.

• the body L.

• a limb, member, part L.

• Calamus Rotang L.

• Dalbergia Ougeinensis L.

• = pauruṣa L.

• (ī), f. a small carriage or waggon, cart Śiś.