Rajana (nt.) [fr. raj] colouring, dye D i.110 (suddhaŋ vatthaŋ . . . sammadeva rajanaŋ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin i.50=53 ii.227; Vin i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚, khandha˚, taca˚, patta˚, puppha˚, phala˚, or made of the root, the trunk, bark, leaf, flower, fruit of trees) Th 1, 965; S ii.101 (here either as f. or adj.); J i.220 (washing?).

 -- kamma (the job of) dyeing J i.118; Vism 65. -- pacana boiling the dye Vism 389 (cp. rajana -- pakka Vin. Texts ii.49). -- bhājana dye -- vessel Vini.286. -- sālā colouringworkshop, dyeing -- hall Vism 65.