ruci—tA, f. (Mn.; MBh. &c.) or ruci—tva, n. (R.) ¦ the having a taste or liking or desire for, taking pleasure in (ifc.; e.g. AramBa-ruci-tA, ‘fondness or taste for new enterprises’; cf. -samAna-, hiMsA-ruci-tva; aDarma-ruci-tA, MBh. xiii, 5628 [w.r. aDarme ]).
