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He was governor of Upper Radha (rädhä). [Skt., 'succe , ble ing."] In Sanskrit mythology: ( a ) The foster-mother of Karna. Her husband, Adhiratha, the charioteer of King Shura, found Karna, the illegitimate son of Pritha or Kunti by the Sun, exposed on the Jumna by his mother, and reared him as his own son. See Karna. (b) A cow herd or Gopi, the favorite mistre of Krishna when at Vrindavana among the cowherds, and a a principal character in Jayadeva's "Gitagovinda." She is sometimes held to typify the human soul attracted toward Krishna as the divine goodne , sometimes the divine love to which Krishna returns after other affections. She is also regarded as an avatar of Lakshmi as Krishna is of Vishnu. Radhanpur (rad-han-pör'), or Rahdunpur (rädun-pör'). 1. A native state in India, under British protection, situated about lat. 23° 40′ N., long. 71° 40′ E. Area, 1,150 square miles. Population (1881), 98,129.-2. The capital of the state of Radhanpur. Population (1891), Radnor (rad'nor). A county of South Wales. It is bounded by Montgomery on the north, Shropshire on the northeast, Here ford on the east, Brecknock on the south, and Brecknock and Cardigan on the west. The sur IMG:content-0830.png:[blocks in formation] Radolfzell (rä'dolf-tsel), or Zell (tsel). Atown in the circle of Con stance, Baden, situated on the Untersee arm of Lake Con stance, 11 miles northwest of Con stance. Radom (rä'dom). 1. A government of Ru ian Poland, surrounded by the governments of Kielce, Piotrkow, Warsaw, Siedlce, and Lublin, and by Galicia. Area, 4,769 square miles. Population (1890), 782,274.-2. The capital of the government of Radom, situated on the Mleczna 59 miles south of Warsaw. Population (1890), 16,065. Radowitz (rä'dō-vits), Joseph Maria von. Born at Blankenburg, Germany, Feb. 6, 1797: died Dec. 25, 1853. A Pru ian general and politician, of Hungarian descent. He was a deputy to the Frankfort parliament in 1848, and to the Erfurt parliament in 1850. He was a friend and confidential adviser of Frederick William IV., and was a leader of the anti-revolutionary party. Radstadt (räd'stät). A town in Salzburg, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Enns 31 miles south by east of Salzburg. It was formerly of importance. Rae (ra), John. Born in the Orkney Islands, 1813: died at London, July 24, 1893. A British arctic explorer. He studied medicine at Edinburgh, and was for a time a ship's surgeon in the employment of the Hudson Bay Company. He made explorations in 1845 and 1846-47. In he went with in search of Franklin. He proved King William's Land to be an island and discovered traces of Sir John Franklin 18531854. In 1864 he made a telegraphic survey acro the Rocky Mountains. Raeburn (ra bern), Sir Henry. Born at Stock bridge, near Edinburgh, March 4, 1756: died there, July 8, 1823. A Scottish portrait-painter. He was educated at Heriot's Hospital, and at 15 appren ticed to a goldsmith at Edinburgh. From this he pa ed to miniature-painting and to oil-painting, entirely self taught. He visited Sir Joshua Reynolds in London, and later (1778) went to Italy, returning to Edinburgh in 1780, where he remained. He painted portraits of Scott, Blair, Robertson, Dugald Stewart, etc. În 1814 he was made a ociate royal academician; and in 1815 royal academician. Rædwald (rad' wald), or Redwald (red' wâld). A powerful king of East Anglia (died about 617): included among the Bretwaldas. Ra-en-ka (rä'en-kä'). A remarkable work of early Egyptian art, in the museum at Gizeh, Egypt. It is a figure of wood, of over half natural size, representing a middle-aged man standing in the attitude of a person directing workmen. The eyes are inlaid. The Raffaello, or Raffaelle. See Raphael . Raffles (raf'lz), Sir Thomas Stamford. Born lish colonial governor and administrator in of Java" (1817). Java and Sumatra. He published a "History Rafinesque (ra-fe-nesk'), Const an tine Smaltz, Born at Galatz, Constantinople, 1784: died at Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1842. A French-American botanist. He published several works on botany and miscellaneous subjects. Rafn (räfn), Karl Christian. Born at Brahesborg, Fünen, Denmark, Jan. 16, 1795: died at Copenhagen, Oct. 20, 1864. A noted Danish antiquary. He published various works on Northern antiquities, and is best known from his "Anti quit ates Americane" (1837), on the medieval (10th-century) discoveries and the settlements from the 11th to the 14th century of the Scand in avians in America. Raft of the Medusa. A painting by Géricault, in the Louvre, Paris. The raft bears the dying survi. vors of the lost frigate. It is a dramatic presentation of suffering and despair. The picture created a sensation, when exhibited in 1819, as one of the earliest strongly defining the tendencies of the new Romantic school. Ragatz, or Ragaz (rä'gäts). A watering-place in the canton of St.-Gall, Switzerland, situated on the Tamina in lat. 47° N., long. 9° 30′ E. It is noted for its hot springs, and has about 50,000 visitors annually. A victory was gained here by the Swi Confederates over the Austrians, 1446, by which the independence of the former was materially strengthened. Rama. of Dubrovnik , Turk. Paprovnik .] A seaport of Dal. matia, Austria-Hungary, situated on the Adriatic in lat. 42° 38′ N., long. 18° 9′ E. It exports oil. The chief buildings are the cathedral and the medieval palace. It is strongly fortified. It was settled in the 7th century; was recruited largely by fugitives from Old Ragusa and by Slavs; became a republic governed by rectors; came under the protection of Hungary, Turkey, etc.; was a flourishing maritime state in the 15th century; was nearly destroyed by an earthquake in 1667; became the seat of a flourishing literature; was occupied by the French in 1806; and was given to Austria in 1814. Population (1890), commune, 11,177. Ragusa. A city in the province of Syracuse, Sicily, situated on the river Ragusa 30 miles west-southwest of Syracuse. It is sometimes identified with the ancient Hybla Heræa. Population (1881), 24,341; with the lower town, 30,721. u small town 9 miles southeast of Ra Ragusa Vecchia (rä-gö ́sä vek'kē-ä). ['Old Ra gus a in Dalmatia: the ancient Epidaurus. Raguse, Duc de (Duke of Ragusa). See Mar mont. Rahab (ra'hab). In Old Testament history, a woman of Jericho who protected two spies sent by Joshua to view the land. She concealed them in her house, put their pursuers on a false scent, and let them down by a cord from a window (Josh. ii.). She was the mother of Boaz, and David was her descendant. Rahel. See Varnhagen von Ense . Rahl (räl), Karl. Born at Vienna, Aug. 13, 1812: died there, July 9, 1865. An Austrian historical painter. Rahmaniyeh (räh-mä-në'ye), or Ramanieh (rä-mä-nē'e). A place in the Delta of Egypt, 40 miles east by south of Alexandria. It was a scene of military operations in the French campaigns in Egypt 1798-1801. Ra-Hotep. See Nefert and Ra - Hotep . Rahu (rä hö). [Skt., 'the seizer'; from rabh = grah , seize.] In Sanskrit, the demon who seizes the sun and moon, and thereby occasions their eclipse. In astronomical treatises, the ascending node, the eclipse itself, and especially the moment at which the obscuration begins. Raghava (rä'gha-va). [Skt., 'descendant Raghu.'] In Sanskrit mythology, a name Raghu (ra'g-hö). In Hindu mythology, an ancient king, ancestor of Rama (whence the latter is called Raghava, 'descendant of Raghu'). Raghuvansha (ra-g-hö-van's ha). [Skt., 'the Raghu race.'] A Sanskrit poem, ascribed to Kalidasa, on the history of Ramachandra, the Raghava. Its date cannot, according to Jacobi, be earlier than the 4th century A. D. It has been translated into Latin by Stenzler, and into English by Griffiths. Raglan, Lord. See Somerset, Fitzroy James Henry. Ragman Roll. 1. A collection of parchments containing the record of the fealty of Scottish barons, clergy, and gentry to Edward I. of England when in Scotland in 1296. In the Chronicle of Lanercost (edited by Stevens on, page 261) we read that an instrument or charter of subjection and homage to the Kings of England is called by the Scots ragman , because of the many seals hanging from it. "Unum instrumentum sive cart am subjection is et homagii faciend i regibus Angliæ a Scott is propter multa sigilla dependent i a ragman vocatur." That is the sense in which Lang land uses the word. Afterwards in Wyntoun's Chronicle, Douglas and Dunbar, "ragman" and "ragment"