kingship, royalty, kingdom, empire; reign, throne; (fig.) sovereignty AN.iii.300 (˚ṃ kāreti); Snp.114, Snp.553 (˚ṃ kāreti to reign); Ja.i.57; Ja.i.64 (ekarattena tīṇi rajjāni atikkamma; 3 kingdoms), Ja.iii.170 (˚ṃ amaccānaṃ niyyādetvā), Ja.i.199 (dukkhaseyyaṃ api rajjaṃ pi kāraye); Ja.iv.96, Ja.iv.105, Ja.iv.393 (nava rajja new kingship, newly (or lately) crowned king); Ja.vi.4 (rajjato me sussitvā maraṇam eva seyyo: death by withering is better than kingship); Vv-a.314 (= Ja.i.64 as above); Pv-a.73 sq.; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.52 (rājā rajjaṃ akārayi)
■ cakkavatti˚; rule of a universal king Dhp-a.iii.191; deva˚; reign amongst gods Kp-a.227; padesa˚ local sovereignty Iti.15; Kp.viii.12 (cp. Kp-a.227).

• -siri-dāyikā (devatā) (goddess) giving success to the empire Dhp-a.ii.17
• -sīma border of the empire Vism.121

Sk. rājya, fr. rāj