Raṭṭha (nt.) [Vedic rāṣṭra] reign, kingdom, empire; country, realm Sn 46 (expld at Nd2 536 as "raṭṭhañ ca janapadañ ca koṭṭhāgārañ ca . . . nagarañ ca"), 287, 444, 619; J iv 389 (˚ŋ araṭṭhaŋ karoti); PvA 19 (˚ŋ kāreti to reign, govern). Pabbata˚ mountain -- kingdom SnA 26; Magadha˚ the kingdom of Magadha PvA 67.

 -- piṇḍa the country's alms -- food (˚ŋ bhuñjati) Dh 308 (saddhāya dinnaŋ); A i.10; S ii.221; M iii.127; Th 2, 110; It 43, 90. -- vāsin inhabitant of the realm, subject DhA iii.481