Ratrika, Rātrika, Rātrikā: 8 definitions
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Ratrika means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Rātrikā (रात्रिका) refers to a type of “sickle” and represents one of the items held in the left hand of Heruka: one of the main deities of the Herukamaṇḍala described in the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Heruka is positioned in the Lotus (padma) at the center; He is the origin of all heroes; He has 17 faces (with three eyes on each) and 76 arms [holding, for example, rātrikā]; He is half black and half green in color; He is dancing on a flaming sun placed on Bhairava and Kālarātrī.
Note: This is a “short club” (daṇḍikā) and a “dātrikā sickle” in the Ḍākārṇava (10.47 c) and (29.4 c).
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Rātrika (रात्रिक).—a. (At the end of comp.) Lasting or sufficient for a certain number of nights, as पञ्चरात्रिक उत्सवः (pañcarātrika utsavaḥ).
-kā Night.
Rātrikā (रात्रिका).—[rātri + kā], f. Night, [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 482.
Rātrika (रात्रिक).—[adjective] nocturnal, nightly; —° after a [numeral] lasting or sufficient for so and so many nights or days.
1) Rātrika (रात्रिक):—[from rātri] mfn. nocturnal, nightly, [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]
2) [v.s. ...] (ifc. after a numeral) lasting or sufficient for or completed in a certain number of nights or days (cf. eka-, dvai-, pañca-r)
3) Rātrikā (रात्रिका):—[from rātrika > rātri] f. night, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Rātrika (रात्रिक):—adj. am Ende eines comp. nach einem Zahlwort so und so viele Nächte (Tage) verweilend: nagare pañcarātrikā grāme caikarātrikāḥ [Mahābhārata 12, 7005.] grāmaikarātrikaḥ [14, 1284] könnte eine unregelmässige Contraction von grāma (d. i. grāme) eka sein. Auch für so und so viele Nächte (Tage) ausreichend; vgl. eka. dvai in zwei Nächten (Tagen) vollbracht u.s.w. [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 1, 87,] [Scholiast] — Vgl. pañca .
Rātrika (रात्रिक):—Adj. nächtlich [Pañcadaṇḍacchattrabandha] Am Ende eines Comp. nach einem Zahlwort so und so viele Nächte ( Tage ) verweilend , für so und so viele Nächte ( Tage ) ausreichend.
Rātrika (रात्रिक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Rāia.
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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+0): Ratrikala, Ratrikalina, Ratrikalinabhoga, Ratrikara, Ratrikarana.
Full-text (+2): Pancaratrika, Aratrika, Ekaratrika, Dvairatrika, Ardharatrika, Dasharatrika, Sarvaratrika, Saukharatrika, Shataratrika, Dirgharatrika, Dairgharatrika, Sukharatrika, Saptaratrika, Ratraka, Saptaratraka, Pancarattirikan, Ahoratrika, Datrika, Aratrivivasam, Sukharatri.
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