Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

rātraka रात्रक – as, ikā, am, nocturnal, nightly, lasting a night [cf. pañca-r˚]

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

rātraka ·f. °trikā nocturnal, nightly.

Monier-Williams 1872 Word type unspecified

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Rātraka, as, ikā, am, nocturnal, nightly, lasting a night [cf. pañca-r˚]; (as), m. a man who takes up his abode in a harlot's house for one year; (am), n. = pañca-rātra, a general term for the sacred books of various Vaiṣṇava sects; (according to others) a period of five nights collectively.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

rātraka 1〉 adj. f. rātrikā a〉 nächtlich RĀJA-TAR. 5,482, wo ˚tā rātrikā śrīḥ zu trennen ist. pañcarātraka fünf Nächte (Tage) während PAÑCAT. ed. orn. 4,17. — b〉 ein Jahr lang im Hause einer Buhldirne wohnend H. an. 3,87. fg. MED. k. 145. — 2〉 n. = 2. pañcarātra 3〉 H. an. MED. ein Zeitraum von fünf Nächten WILSON.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive neuter

rātraka — 1〉 Adj. (f. rātrikā) — a〉 nächtlich. — b〉 *ein Jahr lang im Hause einer Buhldirne wohnend. — 2〉 *n. = 2. pañcarātra 2〉a〉.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

rātraka a. Nocturnal, nightly. — kaḥ A man who takes up his abode in a harlot's house for one year. — kaṃ A period of five nights taken collectively (?).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

rātraka, f. ˚trikā nächtlich.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

rātraka n. période de 5 nuits. — M. Homme qui prend logement pour un an dans la maison d'une prostituée.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SiSa 1 occurrence
SiSa 3.21-3.31: Nāḍī-Reinigung 1 occurrence

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