The corpus record — Pali
Rajaka
a dyer (& “washerman” in the same function), more correctly “bleacher.” See remarks of Kern’s at Toevoegselen ii.45 on distinction of washerman dyer ■ DN.i.51 (in list of occupations); Vin.iii.45 ; SN.ii.101 = SN.iii.152 (in simile; combined with cittakāra, here perhaps “painter”?); SN.iii.131 ; Ja.
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1. Rَجَكَ
a dyer (& “washerman” in the same function), more correctly “bleacher.” See remarks of Kern’s at Toevoegselen ii.45 on distinction of washerman dyer
■ DN.i.51 (in list of occupations); Vin.iii.45; SN.ii.101 = SN.iii.152 (in simile; combined with cittakāra, here perhaps “painter”?); SN.iii.131; Ja.v.186; Vb-a.331 (in simile)
fr. rajati
2. Rājaka
adjective (-˚) characteristic of the king, king-; in cpds arājaka without a king Ja.vi.39 (raṭṭhe); sarājaka including the king Tikp.26; f. sarājikā Vin.i.209 (parisā) Also in phrase anikkhanta-rājake (loc. abs.) when the king has not gone out Vin.iv.160.
rāja + ka, the ending belonging to the whole cpd.
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