Rudda (adj.) [cp. Sk. raudra & Vedic rudra (a fierce demon or storm -- deity; "the red one," with Pischel from rud to be ruddy. See Macdonell, Vedic Mythology 74 -- 77). The usual Pāli form is ludda. At Dhtp 473 & Dhtm 135 a root ruṭh (or luṭh) is given in meaning "upaghāte" i. e. killing, which may represent this rud: see luṭhati] fierce, awful, terrible J iv.416 (so luddako rudda -- rūpo; v. l. ludda˚); v.425, 431 (su -- ruddho, spelling for su -- ruddo, very fierce, expld as su -- luddo supharuso); Mhvs 12, 45 (rudda -- rakkhasī, prob. with ref. to the demon Rudra; trsln "fearsome female demon"; vv. ll. ruda˚, ruddha˚, dudda˚).