raṅga

Raṅga1

colour, paint Mil.11 (˚palibodha)

  • -kāra dyer Mil.331.
  • -jāta colour MN.i.385; Vb-a.331.
  • -ratta dyed crimson Vin.i.185 = Vin.i.306

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”