rajatá mfn. (cf. 2. ṛjra) whitish, silver-coloured, silvery (○táṃ híraṇyam, 'whitish gold', i.e. silver) RV. TS. VS.

• silver, made of silver Br. ĀśvŚr. ChUp.

• n. (m., g. ardharcôdi) silver AV. &c. &c

• (only L.) gold

• a pearl ornament

• ivory

• blood

• an asterism

• N. of a mountain and of a lake