रात्रि [ rātri ] [ rā́tri ] f. . or (older) [ rā́trī ] (prob. " bestower " , fr. √ [ rā ] ; or " season of rest " , fr. √ [ ram ] ) night , the darkness or stillness of night (often personified) Lit. RV. ( [ °trau ] ind. or [ °tryām ] ind. at night , by night ; [ rātrau śayanam ] , a festival on the 11th day of the first half of the month Āshāḍha , regarded as the night of the gods , beginning with the summer solstice , when Vishṇu reposes for four months on the serpent Śesha)

= [ ati-rātra ] Lit. ŚBr.

= [ rātri-paryāya ] Lit. ib.

= [ rātri-sāman ] Lit. Lāṭy.

( only [ rātri ] ) one of the 4 bodies of Brahmā Lit. VP.

= [ haridrā ] , turmeric Lit. MBh. Lit. Suśr.

( with the patr. [ bhāradvājī ] ) N. of the authoress of Lit. RV. x , 127 Lit. Anukr.

[ rātrau ] ind. , see [ rātri ] , at night , by night ; [ rātrau śayanam ] , a festival on the 11th day of the first half of the month Āshāḍha , regarded as the night of the gods , beginning with the summer solstice , when Vishṇu reposes for four months on the serpent Śesha

[ rātryām ] ind. , see [ rātri ] , at night , by night