adjective

1. fierce, terrible; cruel, gruesome SN.i.143; AN.ii.174 (pāpa, l., kibbisa); AN.v.149; Pp.56; Vv.84#5 (= dāruṇā pisāc’-ādino Vv-a.335); Ja.v.243 (ṭhānaṃ niraya); Sdhp.286. The spelling ludra occurs at Ja.iv.46 = Ja.vi.306, which is ludda at Ja.v.146.
2. a hunter, sportsman Snp.247 (dussīla˚; Snp-a.289: luddā ca kurūra-kammantā lohita-pāṇitāya, macchaghātakamigabandhaka-sākuṇik’ādayo idha adhippetā); Vv.63#1 Ja.ii.154 (˚putta = luddaka); Ja.iii.432 (Bharata by name) Pp.56 (māgavika, sākuṇika, l., macchaghātaka etc. explained by dāruṇa kakkhaḷa at Pp-a.233); Vism.245 Vb-a.259; Vb-a.228.

the usual P. form of rudda, corresponding to Sk. raudra