Ratrihasa, Rātrihāsa, Ratri-hasa, Rātrīhāsa: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rātrihāsa (रात्रिहास) or Rātrīhāsa (रात्रीहास).—the white lotus.

Derivable forms: rātrihāsaḥ (रात्रिहासः), rātrīhāsaḥ (रात्रीहासः).

Rātrihāsa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rātri and hāsa (हास).

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

Rātrihāsa (रात्रिहास).—m.

(-saḥ) The white lotus. E. rātri night, and hāsa what smiles, blossoming at night. “śvetotpale” .

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

Rātrihāsa (रात्रिहास):—[=rātri-hāsa] [from rātri] m. ‘laughing id est. opening at n°’, the white lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Rātrihāsa (रात्रिहास):—[rātri-hāsa] (saḥ) 1. m. The white lotus.

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Ratrihasa in German

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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.

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