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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. रात्रिrātriत्री [trī], त्री f. [राति सुखं भयं वा रा-त्रिप् वा ङीप् Uṇ.4.69]
    1. त्री trī, त्री Feminine राति सुखं भयं वा रा-त्रिप् वा ङीप् Uṇ.4.69
    2. Night; रात्रिर्गता मतिमतां वर मुञ्च शशथ्याम् R.5.66; दिवा काकरवाद् भीता रात्रौ तरति नर्मदाम्.
    3. The darkness of night.
    4. Turmeric; Mb.13.136.25.
    5. One of the four forms or bodies of Brahmā.
    6. Day and night; अहःशब्दोऽपि अहोरात्रवचनः । रात्रिशब्दोऽपि ŚB. on MS.8.1.16; यां रात्रिं जायते जीवो यां रात्रिं च विनश्यति Mb.13.9.4.
    7. Compound अटः a goblin, demon, ghost.
    8. a thief.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अन्धः Adjective night-blind.

    • -आगमः, -उपायः the approach of night.

    • -करः

      1. the moon.
      2. camphor.

    • -चरः

      1. (also -रात्रिंचर) (-री Feminine)
      2. 'a night rover', robber, thief.
      3. a watchman, patrol, guard.
      4. a demon, ghost, evil spirit; (तं) यान्तं वने रात्रिचरी डुढौके Bk.2.23.

    • -चर्या

      1. night-roving.
      2. a nightly act or ceremony.

    • -जम् a star, constellation.

    • -जलम् dew.

    • -जागरः

      1. night-watching, wakefulness or sitting up at night; आरुरोह कुमुदा- करोपमां रात्रिजागरपरो दिवाशयः R.19.34.
      2. a dog. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedदः a gnat.

    • -तरा the dead of night.

    • -तिथिः Feminine a lunar night.

    • -द्विष् the sun.

    • -नाथः the moon.

    • -नाशनः the sun.

    • -पर्युषित Adjective stale.

    • -पुष्पम् a lotus-flower opening at night.

    • -बलः a demon.

    • -भुजङ्गः the moon.

    • -मणिः

      1. the moon.
      2. camphor.

    • -योगः night-fall.

    • -रक्षः, -रक्षकः a watchman, guard.

    • -रागः darkness, obscurity.

    • -वासस्

      1. Neuter
      2. night-dress.
      3. darkness.

    • -विगमः 'end of night', break of day, dawn, daylight.

    • -विश्लेषगामिन् Masculine the ruddy goose.

    • -वेदः, -वेदिन् Masculine a cock.

    • -सत्रन्यायः the rule according to which an act, for which no fruit is stated directly in the injunctive text, should be held as yielding the result spoken of in the अर्थवाद text connected with it. This rule is discussed and established by Jaimini and Śabara in MS.4.3.17-19.

    • -हासः the white lotus.

    • -हिण्डकः

      1. a guard of the women's apartments.
      2. a night-stalker.

    In the Gita8·25

    धूमो रात्रिस्तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ।

    dhūmo rātristathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam, — By the second i.e. Smoke or mist, the night, the dark fortnight of lunar month and the southern solstice, the Yogin reaches the “lunar light” and… 8·25
    • रात्रिःrātriḥnominative singular of the feminine noun rātri (the night).
    Source: ApteApte entry
  2. आरात्रिकम्ārātrikamWaving a light (or the vessel containing it) at night before an idol (Mar. आरती ओंवाळणें); सर्वेषु चाङ्गेषु च…

    [अरात्रावपि निर्वृत्तं ठञ्]

    1. Waving a light (or the vessel containing it) at night before an idol (Marâthî आरती ओंवाळणें); सर्वेषु चाङ्गेषु च सप्तवारान् आरात्रिकं भक्त- जनस्तु कुर्यात्.
    2. The light so waved; शिरसि निहितभारं पात्रमारात्रिकस्य भ्रमयति मयि भूयस्ते कृपार्द्रः कटाक्षः Śaṅkara.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. रात्रिrātri[rấ-tr-i] f. (only î in RV., which later became shortened), night; abbreviation for râtri-paryâya: -ka, a.…

    [rấ-tr-i] feminine; also equal for (only î in Rig-veda, which later became shortened), night; abbreviation for râtri-paryâya: -ka, adjective nocturnal: --˚ after a numeral, staying or lasting (so and so many) nights; -kara, masculine (night-maker), moon; -ka ra, masculine (night-walker), watchman; Râkshasa; -karyâ, feminine; also equal for night-wandering; nocturnal cere mony; -gâgara, masculine wakefulness at night; -devata, adjective having the night as a deity; -nâtha, masculine lord of night, moon; -m-diva, neuter night and day: -m, â, adverb, -ial, -ially by night and by day; -paryâya, masculine the three ritual turns in the Atirâtra ceremony; -bhugamga, masculine moon; -m-ata, masculine (night-rover), demon; -maya, adjective nocturnal; -rakshaka, masculine watch man; -vâsas, neuter night-dress; -sesha, masculine re mainder or last part of the night; -sûkta, neuter hymn to night (designation of the hymn in terpolated after Rig-veda X, 127).

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. रात्रिrātrif(इ or ई). or (older) र्/आत्री (prob. "bestower", fr. √रा; or "season of rest", fr. √रम्) night, the darkness…
    1. f(इ or ई). or (older) र्/आत्री (probably "bestower", from √रा; or "season of rest", from √रम्) night, the darkness or stillness of night (often personified) fg-veda etc. (677050 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्रौ indeclinable or 677050.1 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedत्र्याम् indeclinable at n night, by n night; रात्रौ शयनम्, a festival on the 11th day of the first half of the month A1sha1d2ha आषाढ, regarded as the night of the gods, beginning with the summer solstice, when Vishn2u विष्णु reposes for four months on the serpent S3esha शेष)
    2. f(इ or ई). Equivalent to अति-रात्र S3Br.
    3. f(इ or ई). Equivalent to रात्रि-पर्याय ibidem
    4. f(इ or ई). Equivalent to रात्रि-सामन् La1t2y.
    5. f(इ or ई). (only रात्रि) one of the 4 bodies of Brahma1 ब्रह्मा VP.
    6. f(इ or ई). Equivalent to हरिद्रा, turmeric MBh. Sus3r.
    7. f(इ or ई). (with the patronymic भारद्वाजी) Name of the authoress of fg-veda x, 127 Anukr.
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  2. अपररात्रिapararātrif. the second half of the night, TS., Sch.

    feminine the second half of the night, TS., Scholiast or Commentator

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  3. आरात्रिकārātrikan. the light (or the vessel containing it) which is waved at night before an idol
    1. neuter gender the light (or the vessel containing it) which is waved at night before an idol
    2. neuter gender Name of this ceremony.
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  4. आरात्रिविवासम्ārātrivivāsamind. "till night's departure", till daybreak L.

    indeclinable "till night's departure", till daybreak Lexicographers

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  5. आर्धरात्रिकārdharātrikamfn. (fr. अर्ध-रात्र), happening at midnight, midnight Su1ryas.
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from अर्ध-रात्र), happening at midnight, midnight Su1ryas.
    2. masculine gender plural Name of an astronomical school who reckoned the beginning of the motions of the planets from midnight.
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  6. उरुरात्रिururātrif. the latter portion of the night, late at night Comm. on Gobh.

    feminine the latter portion of the night, late at night commentator or commentary on Gobh.

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  7. ऊनरात्रिūnarātrif. "defective by a night", a N. applied to a particular lunar day (which is omitted if two lunar days end in…

    feminine "defective by a night", a Name applied to a particular lunar day (which is omitted if two lunar days end in one solar day) Su1ryas. i, 40; 50 VarBr2S.

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