Sanskrit rakta (54)
According to Monier-Williams’ A Sanskrit-English Dictionary, rakta refers to “coloured, dyed, painted; reddened, red, crimson; red colour; safflower; of the planet Mars; name of one of the 7 tongues of fire; blood; the menstrual fluid; the fruit of Flacourtia cataphracta.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root ar through the transformation of ar > ra > rañj > rakta. The following words, related to Sanskrit rakta, also originate from Tamil ar.
rakta-kaṅgu, Panicum italicum. rakta-kaṇṭa, a species of Celastrus. rakta-kadamba, a red flowering Kadamba. rakta-kadalī, a species of Musa or plantain. rakta-kanda, coral; Dioscorea purpurea; a kind of bulbous Plant. rakta-kandala, coral. rakta-kamala, a red lotus flower; a group of red lotus. rakta-kāṇḍā, a red-flowering Punarnavā. rakta-kṛimijā, red lac. rakta-kṛishṇa, dark red. rakta-khadira, a red-flowering Khadira. rakta-gaura, reddish yellow or white. rakta-grīva, red-necked, a kind of pigeon. rakta-candana, red sandal; Caesalpina sappan; saffron. rakta-cchada, red-leaved. rakta-ja, produced from blood. rakta-jihva, red-tongued; a lion. rakta-tara, more red or attached. rakta-tā, redness; the nature of blood. rakta-tuṇḍa, red-beaked, a parrot. rakta-tva, redness. rakta-dat or rakta-dant, having red or discoloured teeth. rakta-dūshaṇa, corrupting or vitīating the blood. rakta-dṛiṡ or rakta-dṛishṭi, red-eyed, a pigeon. rakta-dhātu, red chalk or opiment, earth, ruddle; copper. rakta-nayana, red-eyed; Perdix rufa. rakta-netra, red-eyed; the state of having red or blood-shot eyes. rakta-pa, blood-drinking, blood sucking. rakta-paṭa, wearing red garments, a kind of mendicant; made of red cloth; a Buddhist nun. rakta-padma, name of a red lotus flower. rakta-pāda, red-footed; a bird with red feet; a parrot; an elephant; a war-chariot. rakta-pucchaka, red-tailed; a kind of lizard. rakta-pushpa, a red flower; red-flowered; bearing red flowers; Bauhinia variegate; Purpurescens; Nerium odorum; the pomegranate tree; Rottleria tinctoria; Pentapetes Phoenicea; Andersonia rohitaka; Bombax heptaphyllus; Grislea tomentosa; Bignonia suaveolens; Hibiscus rosa Sinensis; the senna plant; Artemisia vulgaris or Alpinia nutans; Echinops echinatus. rakta-phala, having or bearing red fruit; the Indian fig-tree; Momordica mouadelpha. rakta-varṇa, red colour or the colour of blood; red coloured; the cochineal insect; gold. rakta-ṡāli, red rice, Oryza sativa. rakta-sāra, whose essence is blood, having a sanguinary nature, a species of plant. rakta-vetasa or rakta-kadhira, red sandal or Caesalpina sappan. rakta-hīna, bloodless, cold-blooded. raktâṅṡuka, a red ray of light; a red garment. raktâkta, dyed red; sprinkled or besmeared with blood; red sandal or Caesalpina sappan. raktâksha, red-eyed, having red or blood-shot eyes; a buffalo; Perdix rufa; a pigeon; the Indian crane, Name of a sorcerer; name of the minister of an owl-king; name of the fifty eighth year in a Jupiter’s cycle of sixty years; name of a yoginī. raktâṅga, red-bodied; a species of bird; a bug; the red pollen on the capsules of the Rottleria tinctoria; the planet Mars; the disk of the sun and moon; name of a serpent demon; a species of plant; Rubia munjista; coral; saffron; the red pollen on the capsules of the Rottleria tinctoria. raktâbha, red-looking, having a red appearance. raktâmbara, a red garment; clad in red garments; any vagrant religious mendicant wearing red garments. raktâṡaya, blood receptacle; any organ containing or secreting blood (as the heart, liver, spleen) the breast. raktaka, bloody; a red garment; Pentapetes phoenicea; a red flowering Moringa; red Ricinus; Caesalpina sappan; Abrus precatorius. raktiman, redness, red colour, kuval. raktṛi, a dyer, painter. nāga-rakta, red lead.