f. night: (â)-kara, -krit, m. moon; -kara, m. night-walker, Râkshasa; nocturnal beast or bird; -gala, m. night dew; -½atyaya, m. end of night, day-break; -½apa ha, m. sun; -ramana, m.moon: -sekhara, m. ep. of Siva; -½ardha, n. (?) midnight; -½ava sâna, n. end of night: lc. on the morrow; -½aha, m. (?) day and night.
‘protector of the earth,’ is an epithet of a king, or denotes a king in the Rigveda. The word is significant, as showing the function of the king as the protector of the tribal territory.
noun (feminine) a measure of time equivalent to a whole day of twenty-four hours (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
night (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turmeric (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a Rakṣas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Yakṣa
any animal that goes out for prey in the night (as owls) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
goblin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a partisan (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adherent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adopting a side or argument (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flying (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
partiality or inclination for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
siding with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
soaring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the moulting of birds (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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