nakta

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [naj-kta] Ashamed. --ktaṃ 1 Night. --2 Eating only at night, as a sort of religious vow or pen- ance. --Comp. --aṃdha a. blind at night. --caryā wandering at night. --cārin m. 1. an owl. --2. a cat. --3. a thief. --4. a demon, goblin, evil spirit. --bhojanaṃ supper. --mālaḥ N. of a tree; R. 5. 42. --mukhā evening. --vrataṃ 1. fasting by day and eating at night. --2. any penance or religi- ous rite observed at...

[mw] n. night RV.; AV. (f (n/aktA). only in naktay/ā q.v., and as du. with uṣ/āsā; cf. s/a-naktā and naktoṣāsā) 524,1 102768 n. eating only at n night (as a sort of penance) Ya1jn5.; Hcat. 524,1 102769 ind. by night (often opp. to divā) RV. &c 524,1 102770 m. N. of a son of Pr2ithu pṛthu VP. 524,1 102771

[mw] or nakla (?) n. (in astron.) N. of the fifth Yoga yoga (= $). 066383 524,1 102809

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a. [naj-kta] Ashamed. --ktaṃ 1 Night. --2 Eating only at night, as a sort of religious vow or pen- ance. --Comp. --aṃdha a. blind at night. --caryā wandering at night. --cārin m....

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

210

Texts Appeared In

59

DCS: name of a particular fabulous being | Monier-Williams: 2. nakta or nakla (?) n. (in astron. ) N. of the fifth Yoga (= ن

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Maitrāyaṇīsaṃhitā 20 9.5%
2. Mahābhārata 15 7.1%
3. Kāṭhakasaṃhitā 13 6.2%
4. Garuḍapurāṇa 12 5.7%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 12 5.7%

Concordance (Sample)

• Matsyapurāṇa surface: naktam

  dānaśīlā tṛtīyāyāṃ pārvaṇyaṃ naktamācaret

• Kāvyālaṃkāra surface: naktam

  cāṇakyo naktam upayān nandakrīḍāgṛhaṃ yathā

• Kāvyālaṃkāra surface: naktam

  tiṣṭhadguprabhṛtau vācyau naktaṃdivasagocarau