1. rätri-
rätri- f. Nacht (RV +; seit AV auch rätri-, AiGr III 185f., VedVar IH 79f.); ati-rätrd- nächtlich (RV [7,103,7] +), aho-rätröTag und Nacht (RV +), u.a. (AiGr H 1,90, II 1? Nachtr 28, Schulze, KS [Nachtr} 785f.). - Mi., nu., dard., ni., pä. rattif. Nacht, a$. ratri-, läti- u.a. dss., amg. räo nachts (< Lokög ala. rätrau), bi. rär(i) Nacht, rataüdhi Nachtblindheit (
2. rātri
rātri f(i or ī). or (older) rātrī ( prob. ‘bestower’, fr. √ rā; or ‘season of rest’, fr. √ ram) night, the darkness or stillness of night (often personified), RV. &c. &c. (trau ind. or tryām ind. at n˚ , by n˚ ; rātrauśayanam, a festival on the 11th day of the first half of the month Āṣāḍha , regarded as the night of the gods, beginning with the summer solstice, when Viṣṇu reposes for four months on the serpent Śeṣa )
3. rātri
(only rātri) one of the 4 bodies of Brahmā , VP.
4. rātri
(with the patr. bhāradvājī) N. of the authoress of RV. x, 127 ; Anukr.
In the wild
- rātriṃ Bhagavad Gita 8.17
- rātrim Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.14
- rātriṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.14
- rātriṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.15
- rātriṃ Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,5.15
- rātrim Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_6,2.16
6 of 9 attestations shown.
Where it came from
- Treated in Mayrhofer, Etymologisches Worterbuch des Altindoarischen (EWAia) s.v. ratri (vol. 3, scan p. 652; entry #7947).
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