रात्रि f. [रा-त्रिप् वा ङीप्]
1 Night; रात्रिर्गता मतिमतां वर मुंच शय्यां R. 5. 66; दिवा काकरवाद्भीता रात्रौ त- रति नर्मदाम्.
2 The darkness of night.
3 Turmeric.
4 One of the four forms or bodies of Brahmā.
−Comp.
−अटः 1. a goblin, demon, ghost. −2. a thief
−अंध a. nightblind.
−करः 1. the moon. −2. camphor.
−चरः (also रात्रिंचर) (री f.) 1. ‘a night-rover’, robber. thief. −2. a watchman, patrol, guard. −3. a demon, ghost, evil spirit; (तं) यांतं वने रात्रिचरी डुढौके Bk. 2. 23.
−चर्या 1. night-roving. −2. a nightly act or ceremony.
−जं a star, constellation.
−जलं dew.
−जागरः 1. night-watching, wakefulness or sitting up at night; R. 19. 34. −2. a dog. ºदुः a gnat.
−तरा the dead of night.
−तिथिः f. a lunar night.
−नाशनः the sun.
−पुष्पं a lotusflower opening at night.
−बलः a demon.
−मणिः 1. the moon. −2. camphor.
−योगः night-fall. −रक्षः,
−रक्षकः a watchman, guard.
−रागः darkness, obscurity.
−वासस् n. 1. night-dress. −2. darkness.
−विरामः ‘end of night’, break of day, dawn, day-light.
−विश्लेषगामिन् m. the ruddy goose. −वेदः, −वेदिन् m. a cock.
−हासः the white lotus.
−हिंडकः 1. a guard of the women's apartments. −2. a night-stalker.