Rahas & Raho (nt.) [Vedic rahas. The Pāli word is restricted to the forms raho and rahā˚ (=*rahaḥ); a loc. rahasi is mentioned by Childers, but not found in the Canon. -- To rahati] lonely place, solitude, loneliness; secrecy, privacy. -- 1. raho: occurring only as adv. "secretly, lonely, in secret," either absolutely, e. g. S i.46; Sn 388; Pv ii.716 (opp. āvi openly); iv.140 (raho nisinna); Vism 201 (na raho karoti pāpāni: arahaŋ tena vuccati); or in cpds. e. g. ˚gata being in private, being alone D i.134 (+paṭisallīna); Sn p. 60. See also under paṭisallīna; ˚gama "secret convention, secret intercourse," fig. a secret adviser J vi.369 (after Kern, not found!); ˚vāda secret talk M iii.230. See also anu˚. -- 2. rahā˚, only in cpd. rahā -- bhāva secrecy, in defn of arahant at DA i.146=Vism 201 (rahābhāvena ten' esa arahan ti). See also der. rāha -- seyyaka. Note. Hardy's reading yathā rahaŋ at Pv ii.923 & PvA 78 is not correct, it should be yath' ârahaŋ (cp. similarly pūj -- âraha). In the same sense we would preferably read agg' āsan' ādi -- arahānaŋ "of those who merit the first seat etc." at J i.217, although all MSS. have aggāsanādi -- rahānaŋ, thus postulating a form raha=araha.