Alternative spellings of this word include Chiraratra.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Cirarātra (चिररात्र).—a period of many nights, a long time; प्रयाते तु महारण्यं चिररात्राय राघवे (prayāte tu mahāraṇyaṃ cirarātrāya rāghave) Rām.2.4.18; चिररात्राय पित्रेव येनायं परिपालितः (cirarātrāya pitreva yenāyaṃ paripālitaḥ) Śiva. B.15.8. °उषित (uṣita) a. having lodged for a long time.

Derivable forms: cirarātram (चिररात्रम्).

Cirarātra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms cira and rātra (रात्र). See also (synonyms): cirarātrāya.

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

Cirarātra (चिररात्र).—n.

(-traṃ) A period of very many nights, a long time E. cira long, and rātra a night.

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

Cirarātra (चिररात्र).—[substantive] a long time; °—, [accusative] & [dative] [adverb]

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

Cirarātra (चिररात्र):—[=cira-rātra] [from cira] m. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a long time, [Manu-smṛti iii, 266; Mahābhārata xiii, 4240]

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

Cirarātra (चिररात्र):—[cira-rātra] (traṃ) 1. n. A period of very many nights, a long time.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ciraratra in German

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Cirarātra (ಚಿರರಾತ್ರ):—[noun] a considerably long period of time (having large number of nights).

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ratra, Cira.

Starts with: Ciraratram, Ciraratraya.

Full-text: Ciraratraya, Ciraratram, Ciraratrepsita, Ciraratroshita, Ciraratre.

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