रहस्

{ rahas }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

रहस्  n.  1. n. (for 2. See p.871, col. 1) swiftness, speed, velocity, [BhP.]
रहस्  n.  2. n. (for 1. See p. 859, col. 3) a lonely or deserted place, loneliness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, retirement ( ind., °सि ind. and °स्सु ind. privately, in secret), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
   a secret, mystery, mystical truth, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
   sexual intercourse, copulation, [L.]
रहस्  n.  ind., privately, in secret

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

रहस् [rahas]  n. n. [रह्-असुन् [Uṇ.4.222] ]
   Solitude, privacy, loneliness, retirement, secrecy; अथ राजा दशरथः कदाचि- द्रहसि स्थितः [A. Rām.2.2.1;] रहसि रमते [Māl.2.2;] [R.3.] 3;15.92; [Pt.1.138.]
   A deserted or lonely place, hiding-place.
   A secret, mystery; कथ्यतां न रहो यदि [Bhāg.9.9.19.]
   Copulation, coition.
   Truth.
   Swiftness.
   A privity. -ind. Secretly, clandestinely, privately, in private or seret; अतः परीक्ष्य कर्तव्यं विशेषात्सं- गतं रहः [Ś.5.24;] oft. in comp.; वृत्तं रहःप्रणयमप्रतिपद्यमाने 5.23.

Shabda-Sagara

रहस्  n.  Subst. ( -हः)
   1. Solitariness, privacy.
   2. Copulation.
   3. A pri- vity.
   4. A religious or mystic truth. Ind. or an adv. ( -हः) Solitary, private, in private, secretly, privily.
    E. रह् to abandon, (society, &c.) and असुन् aff.; or रम् to sport or play, with the same aff., and अह substituted for the radical final.

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रह् असुन् रम् अह