Rajja (nt.) [Sk. rājya, fr. rāj] kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty A iii.300 (˚ŋ kāreti); Sn 114, 553 (˚ŋ kāreti to reign); J i.57; 64 (ekarattena tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms); iii.170 (˚ŋ amaccānaŋ niyyādetvā), 199 (dukkhaseyyaŋ api rajjaŋ pi kāraye); iv.96, 105, 393 (nava rajja new kingship, newly (or lately) crowned king); vi.4 (rajjato me sussitvā maraṇam eva seyyo: death by withering is better than kingship); VvA 314 (=J i.64 as above); PvA 73 sq.; Mhvs 10, 52 (rājā rajjaŋ akārayi). -- cakkavatti˚ rule of a universal king DhA iii.191; deva˚ reign amongst gods KhA 227; padesa˚ local sovereignty It 15; Kh viii.12 (cp. KhA 227).

 -- siri -- dāyikā (devatā) (goddess) giving success to the empire DhA ii.17. -- sīma border of the empire Vism 121.