Naktamcara, Naktaṃcara, Naktam-cara: 6 definitions
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Alternative spellings of this word include Naktamchara.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryNaktaṃcara (नक्तंचर).—
1) any animal that goes about at night.
2) a fiend, demon, goblin. सासितूणधनुर्बाणपाणिं नक्तंचरान्तकम् (sāsitūṇadhanurbāṇapāṇiṃ naktaṃcarāntakam) Rāmarakṣā 3.
3) a thief.
Derivable forms: naktaṃcaraḥ (नक्तंचरः).
Naktaṃcara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms naktam and cara (चर).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryNaktaṃcara (नक्तंचर).—i. e. nakta + m-cara, m., f. rī, A goblin, a demon, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 11, 9; [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 25, 104.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryNaktaṃcara (नक्तंचर).—[adjective] walking about at night (also cārin); [masculine] a night-animal or nocturnal demon ([feminine] ī).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Naktaṃcara (नक्तंचर):—[=naktaṃ-cara] [from naktaṃ > nakta] mf(ī)n. walking about at n°
2) [v.s. ...] m. any n°-animal or creature, [Gṛhya-sūtra; Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Mahābhārata] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] m. nocturnal demon, Rakṣas, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira] etc. (reśvara m. the lord of the rovers or fiends, [Mahābhārata])
4) [v.s. ...] m. the bdellium tree, [Horace H. Wilson]
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Partial matches: Naktam, Cara.
Starts with: Naktancara.
Ends with: Naktancara.
Full-text: Naktamcari, Naktamcareshvara, Naktancara.
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