raṅga
Raṅga1
colour, paint Mil.11 (˚palibodha)
fr. raj1, rajati, to be coloured or to have colour
Raṅga2
a stage, theatre, dancing place, playhouse Vv.33#1; Ja.ii.252
■ raṅgaṃ karoti to play theatre Dhp-a.iv.62
■ raṅgamajjha the stage, the theatre usually in loc. -majjhe, on the stage, SN.iv.306; Ja.iv.495; Dhp-a.iii.79; same with -maṇḍale Ja.ii.253
fr. raj2, irajyati, to straighten, order, direct etc.: see uju. The Dhtp (27) only gives one raj in meaning “gamana”