rātri

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[mw] f (i or I). or (older) r/ātrī (prob. bestower, fr. rā; or season of rest, fr. ram) night, the darkness or stillness of night (often personified) RV. &c (177050.7 trau ind. or 177050.8 tryām ind. at n night, by n night; rātrau śayanam, a festival on the 11th... f (i or I). = ati-rātra S3Br. 876,1 177050.1 f (i or I). = rātri-paryāya ib. 876,1 177050.2 f (i or I). = rātri-sāman La1t2y. 876,1 177050.3

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f (i or I). or (older) r/ātrī (prob. bestower, fr. rā; or season of rest, fr. ram) night, the darkness or stillness of night (often personified) RV. &c (177050.7 trau ind. or...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

1,334

Texts Appeared In

129

DCS: a master in the art of acting | Monier-Williams: (with the patr. BAradvAjI ) N. of the authoress of RV. x, 127 ; Anukr.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 217 16.3%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 68 5.1%
3. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 43 3.2%
4. Skandapurāṇa (Revākhaṇḍa) 43 3.2%
5. Kāṭhakasaṃhitā 42 3.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Manusmṛti surface: rātryā

  ahnā caikena rātryā ca trirātrair eva ca tribhiḥ

• Manusmṛti surface: rātribhir

  rātribhir māsatulyābhir garbhasrāve viśudhyati

• Manusmṛti surface: rātriṃ

  mātule pakṣiṇīṃ rātriṃ śiṣyaṛtvigbāndhaveṣu ca