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[nitarāṃ śyati tanūkaroti vyāpārā- n śo-ka Tv.] 1 Night; yāniśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī Bg. 2. 69. --2 Tur- meric. --3 A dream. --4 A collective name for the zodiacal...

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[apte] [nitarāṃ śyati tanūkaroti vyāpārā- n śo-ka Tv.] 1 Night; yāniśā sarvabhūtānāṃ tasyāṃ jāgarti saṃyamī Bg. 2. 69. --2 Tur- meric. --3 A dream. --4 A collective name for the zodiacal signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagit- tarius, and Capricorn. --Comp. --aṭaḥ, --aṭanaḥ 1. an owl. --2. a demon, ghost, goblin. --aṭakaḥ bdellium. --atikramaḥ, --atyayaḥ, --aṃtaḥ, --avasānaṃ 1. the passing away of night. --2. daybreak....

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Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 857
Texts: 84

DCS: name of a particular fabulous being

Occurrences

Appears in 102 texts.

Abhidhanacintamani Abhinavacintamani Agnipurana Amarakosa Amarusataka Anandakanda Apastambadharmasutra Apastambagrhyasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Astanganighantu Atharvaprayascittani Avadanasataka Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanagrhyasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Chandogyopanisad Dasakumaracarita Dhanvantarinighantu Divyavadana Garudapurana Gautamadharmasutra Gitagovinda Gobhilagrhyasutra Gokarnapuranasarah Hamsasamdesa Haribhaktivilasa Harsacarita Hathayogapradipika Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Jaiminiya-Upanisad-Brahmana Kathakagrhyasutra Kathasaritsagara Kathopanisad Katyayanasmrti Kausikasutra Kavyalamkara Khadiragrhyasutra Kiratarjuniya Krsiparasara Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lingapurana Madanapalanighantu Manavagrhyasutra Manusmrti Matsyapurana Mundakopanisad Natyasastra Nighantusesa Parasaradharmasamhita Paraskaragrhyasutra Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasakamadhenu Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rasasamketakalika Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Rasendrasarasamgraha Ratnadipika Ratnatika Rgvedakhilani Rtusamhara Sankhayanagrhyasutra Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satakatraya Saundarananda Sivapurana Skandapurana Sukasaptati Susrutasamhita Syainikasastra Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Tantrasara Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vetalapancavimsatika Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti Yogaratnakara mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda

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Mahābhārata 426 · 49.7%Rāmāyaṇa 96 · 11.2%Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 73 · 8.5%Suśrutasaṃhitā 17 · 2.0%Rasaratnākara 13 · 1.5%

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Rāmāyaṇasurface: niśitaiḥ

hantāro niśitaiḥ śastrair balād bāhubalair api

Rāmāyaṇasurface: niśāyāṃ

niśāyāṃ suprabhātāyāṃ viśvāmitro 'bhyabhāṣata

Rāmāyaṇasurface: niśā

suprabhātā niśā rāma pūrvā saṃdhyā pravartate