Ratrihindaka, Rātrihiṇḍaka, Ratri-hindaka, Rātrīhiṇḍaka: 7 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rātrihiṇḍaka (रात्रिहिण्डक) or Rātrīhiṇḍaka (रात्रीहिण्डक).—

1) a guard of the women's apartments.

2) a night-stalker.

Derivable forms: rātrihiṇḍakaḥ (रात्रिहिण्डकः), rātrīhiṇḍakaḥ (रात्रीहिण्डकः).

Rātrihiṇḍaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rātri and hiṇḍaka (हिण्डक).

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

Rātrihiṇḍaka (रात्रिहिण्डक).—m.

(-kaḥ) A guard of the interior or women’s apartments. E. rātri, hiḍi to go, kkun aff.

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

Rātrihiṇḍaka (रात्रिहिण्डक).—[rātri-hiṇḍ + aka], m. A guard of the women’s apartment.

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

Rātrihiṇḍaka (रात्रिहिण्डक):—[=rātri-hiṇḍaka] [from rātri] m. ‘moving about at n°’, a guard of the women’s apartments, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Rātrihiṇḍaka (रात्रिहिण्डक):—[rātri-hiṇḍaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. A guard of the women’s apartments.

[Sanskrit to German]

Ratrihindaka 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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