niśitha

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[mw] m. (mc.) = next 561,1 110569 m. N. of one of the 3 sons of Dosha1 doṣā (night) BhP. (v.l. śītha). 071034 561,1 110570

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m. (mc.) = next 561,1 110569 m. N. of one of the 3 sons of Dosha1 doṣā (night) BhP. (v.l. śītha). 071034 561,1 110570

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

44

Texts Appeared In

15

Monier-Williams: ni-SITa m. rarely n. (√ SI ) midnight, night, MBh.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 20 45.5%
2. Bhāgavatapurāṇa 4 9.1%
3. Daśakumāracarita 3 6.8%
4. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 3 6.8%
5. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 2 4.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: niśīthaṃ

  nirgacchantī praviśatī niśīthaṃ samapadyata

• Ṛtusaṃhāra surface: niśīthe

  sutantrigītaṃ madanasya dīpanaṃ śucau niśīthe'nubhavanti kāminaḥ

• Mahābhārata surface: niśīthe

  rātrau niśīthe svābhīle gate 'rdhasamaye nṛpa