===> [ ruci ]2[ r'uci ] f. ([ ruc'i ] cf. MaitrS.) light, lustre, splendour, beauty cf. AV. &c. &c. (1) colour cf. Kāv (2) liking, taste, relish, pleasure, appetite, zest cf. AV. &c. &c. (ifc. taking pleasure in, desirous of. longing for (3) with loc., [ prati ] inf. or comp. (4) [ ruciM-√ dA ] or [ rucaye-√ bhU ], to please (5) [ rucim A-√ vah ], with dat., to excite a desire for (6) [ rucyA ] or [ sva-rucyA ], at pleasure, at will) (7) a kind of coitus cf. L. (8) a kind of pigment (= [ rocanA ]) cf. L. (9) N. of an Apsaras cf. MBh. (10) of the wife of Devaśarman cf. ib. (11) m. N. of a Prajā-pati (the husband of Ākūti and father of Yajña or Su-yajña and of Manu Raucya) cf. Pur. (12) of a son of Viśvāmitra cf. MBh. (13) of a king cf. VP. (14) mfn. pleasant, agreeable (= [ rucira ]) cf. R.