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महारात्र (mahArAtra)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
महारात्र
m.
(-त्रः) Midnight.
E.
महा great, and रात्र for रात्रि night.
Capeller Eng
English
महारात्र
n.
°त्रि
f.
dead or close of night.
Yates
English
महा-रात्र (त्रः) 1.
m.
Midnight.
Spoken Sanskrit
English
महारात्र mahArAtra
n.
time after midnight or near the close of night
महारात्र mahArAtra
n.
midnight
Wilson
English
महारात्र
m.
(-त्रः) Midnight.
E.
भहा great, and रात्र for रात्रि night.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
महा—रात्र
n.
the time after midnight or near the close of night, (accord. to some also) midn°,
ŚāṅkhBr.
ŚrS.
BhP.
Vedic Reference
English
Mahā-rātra, ‘advanced night, is a phrase found in the
Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa^1 and the Sūtras^2 to denote the latter part
of the night, after midnight and before dawn.
1) ii. 9
xi. 8.
2) Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, vi. 2, 1
xvii. 7, 1, etc.
Capeller
German
महारात्र
n.
,
°त्रि
f.
die tiefe (letzte) Nacht.