Alternative spellings of this word include Ratrichara.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rātricara (रात्रिचर) or Rātrīcara (रात्रीचर).—(also -rātriṃcara

-rī f.)

Derivable forms: rātricaraḥ (रात्रिचरः), rātrīcaraḥ (रात्रीचरः).

Rātricara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rātri and cara (चर).

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

Rātricara (रात्रिचर).—mfn.

(-raḥ-rā-raṃ) Going or moving at night. m.

(-raḥ) 1. A goblin, a fiend, a ghost or evil spirit. 2. A thief, a robber. 3. A guard, a patrole. E. rātri night, (by night,) and cara who goes.

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

Rātricara (रात्रिचर).—[rātri-cara], and rātriṃtrara rātriṃcara, i. e. rātri + m-cara, m. A Rākṣasa. rātricarī, f. A female Rākṣasa.

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

1) Rātricara (रात्रिचर):—[=rātri-cara] [from rātri] m. ‘n°-wandering’, a thief, robber, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a n°-watcher, watchman, [Horace H. Wilson]

3) [v.s. ...] a Rākṣasa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (f(ī). , [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya])

4) Rātricāra (रात्रिचार):—[=rātri-cāra] [from rātri] m. n° -roving, [Śṛṅgāra-tilaka]

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

Rātricara (रात्रिचर):—[rātri-cara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Night going. m. A goblin; thief; patrole.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ratricara 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

Rātricara (ರಾತ್ರಿಚರ):—[noun] = ರಾತ್ರಿಂಚರ [ratrimcara].

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Rātrīcara (ರಾತ್ರೀಚರ):—

1) [noun] = ರಾತ್ರಿಂಚರ [ratrimcara].

2) [noun] Niřti, the lord of giants and the Regent of South-West direction.

context information

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

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Rātricara (रात्रिचर):—adj. walking or moving in the night;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ratri, Cara.

Full-text: Ratrincara, Ratrimcara.

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