As a deity name
Name 237 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 970 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
As a Hindi name
रक्त · noun · masculine
वह प्रसिद्ध तरल पदार्थ जो प्रायः लाल रंग का होता और शरीर की नसों आदि में से होकर वहा करता है । लहू । रुधिर । खून · कुंकुम । केसर · ताँबा — Śabdasāgara
रक्त · adj
चाह या प्रेम में लीन । अनुरक्त · रँगा हुआ · लाल । सुर्ख — Śabdasāgara
रक्त · masculine
blood
रक्त
red
Platts (p. 596) also records: Coloured, dyed, painted, tinged, stained; red, crimson
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रक्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit रक्त (rákta), from the root रञ्ज् (rañj, “to redden”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
rakta mf(ā)n. coloured, dyed, painted, Br.; GṛŚrS.; Mn. &c. (cf. Pāṇ. iv, 2, 1)
reddened, red, crimson, ŚāṅkhGṛ.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (said of 5 or 7 parts of the body which ought to be red, MBh. iv, 253; VarBṛS. lxviii, 84)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
coloured, dyed, painted, &c. (cf. )
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rakta" is the vocative of "raktā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "raktā" is derived from "rak" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
rak cl. 10. P. rākayati, to taste, relish; to obtain, get, Dhātup. xxxiii, 63 (v.l. rag, ragh).
rak 10 U. (rākayati-te) 1 To taste. 2 To get, obtain.
raktā (ā), f. lac (= lākṣā), Suśr.
Abrus Precatorius (or its seeds as a measure or weight, = raktikā), Car.
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Dictionary citations
rakta mf(ā)n. coloured, dyed, painted, Br.; GṛŚrS.; Mn. &c. (cf. Pāṇ. iv, 2, 1)
reddened, red, crimson, ŚāṅkhGṛ.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (said of 5 or 7 parts of the body which ought to be red, MBh. iv, 253; VarBṛS. lxviii, 84)
‘coloured or modified by nasalization’, nasalized (said of a vowel), RPrāt. (cf. raṅga)
excited, affected with passion or love, impassioned, enamoured, charmed with (instr.), attached or devoted to, fond of (loc. gen. or comp.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
beloved, dear, lovely, pleasant, sweet, Kāv.
raktā (ā), f. lac (= lākṣā), Suśr.
Abrus Precatorius (or its seeds as a measure or weight, = raktikā), Car.
rak cl. 10. P. rākayati, to taste, relish; to obtain, get, Dhātup. xxxiii, 63 (v.l. rag, ragh).
rak 10 U. (rākayati-te) 1 To taste. 2 To get, obtain.
Alternative readings
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