Aktu, Aḵtu: 10 definitions

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Introduction:

Aktu means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु).—m. f. (Ved.) [अञ्ज् गतौ-क्तु (añj gatau-ktu)]

1) Night; darkness, gloom.

2) Light, ray.

3) Ointment.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु).—f. (ktuḥ) Night, (on the authority of the Vedas.) E. añja to go, and ktu affix.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु).—m. Night, Chr. 289, 2 = [Rigveda.] 1, 50, 2.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु).—[masculine] ointment; light or night (lit. what is anointed, i.e. tinged bright or dark); [instrumental] [plural] [often] = by night.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aktu (अक्तु):—[from akta] m. tinge, ray, light, [Ṛg-veda]

2) [v.s. ...] dark tinge, darkness, night, [Ṛg-veda]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु):—f.

(-ktuḥ) 1) Ointment.

2) Night. E. añj, kṛt aff. ktu.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु):—(ktuḥ) 2. f. Night.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aktu (अक्तु):—

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Aktu (अक्तु):—m. —

1) Licht , Glanz [2,18.] —

2) Dunkel , Nacht. aktubhis bei Nacht [9,25.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

Aḵtu (அḵது) [aḵtu] pronominal < அ. [a.] That. used before words commencing with a vowel, as in அஃதா வது; அது. [aqtha vathu; athu.] (தொல். எழுத். [thol. ezhuth.] 423, உரை. [urai.])

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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