P.-śāsti- (Aorist-aśiṣat-), to order off, order to go off, separate from (instrumental case) ; to take anything (accusative) from (ablative) ; to adjudge or present to (dative case)
निशा [नितरां श्यति तनूकरोति व्यापारान् शो-क Tv.] 1 Night या निशा सर्वभूतानां तस्यां जागर्ति संयमी Bg.2.69. -2 Turmeric. -3 A dream. -4 A collective name for the zodiacal signs Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Sagittarius, and Capricorn. -5 A species of plant (Mar. कचरा or उपळसरी). -Comp. -अटः, -अटनः 1 an owl. -2 a demon, ghost, goblin; ईश्वरस्य निशाटानां विलोक्य निखिलां पुरीम् Bk. 8.115; Rām. Ch.1.34 -अटकः bdellium. -अतिक्रमः, -अत्ययः, -अन्तः, -अवसानम् 1 the passing away of night. -2 daybreak; ये मां स्तुवन्त्यनेनाङ्ग प्रतिबुध्य निशात्यये Bhāg.8.4.25. -अदः = Niṣāda q. v. -अन्ध a. blind at night. (-न्धा) the creeper called जतुका. -अधीशः, -ईशः, -नाथः, -पतिः, -मणिः, -रत्नम् 1 the moon. -2 camphor. -अर्धकालः the first part of the night. -आख्या -आह्वा turmeric. -आदिः the evening twilight. -उत्सर्गः end of night, day break. -उषित a. having remained overnight (Mar. शिळे). -एतः a crane. -करः 1 the moon; बहुले$पि गते निशाकरस्तनुतां दुःखमनङ्ग मोक्ष्यति Ku.4.13; द्विजावली बालनिशाकरांशुभिः. -2 a cock. -3 camphor. -4 N. of the numeral 1. -केतुः the moon -गुह a bed-chamber. -क्षयः close of night. -चर a. (-रा, री f.) moving about by night, night stalker. -(रः) 1 a fiend, goblin, an evil spirit; तस्मै निशाचरैश्वर्यं प्रतिशुश्राव राघवः R.12.69. -2 an epithet of Śiva. -3 a jackal. -4 an owl. -5 a snake. -6 the ruddy goose. -7 a thief. ˚पतिः 1 an epithet of (1) Śiva; (2) of Rāvaṇa. (-री) 1 a female fiend. -2 a woman going to meet her lover at night by appointment; राममन्मथशरेण ताडिता दुःसहेन हृदये निशाचरी R.11.2 (where the word is used sense 1 also). -3 a harlot. -चर्मन् m. darkness. -जलम् dew, frost. -दर्शिन् m. an owl. -निशम् ind. every night, always; ऋषेस्तस्योटज- स्थस्य कालो$गच्छन्निशानिशम्. -पुष्पम् 1 the white water-lily (opening at night). -2 hoar-frost, dew. -बलम् see निशा (4). -मुखम् the beginning of night, cf. प्रदोषो रजनीमुखम्. -मृगः a jackal -रत्नम् 1 the moon -2 camphor. -वनः hemp (शण). -विहारः a demon. goblin, a Rākṣasa; प्रचक्रतू रामनिशाविहारौ Bk.2.36. -वेदिन् m. a cock. -हसः the white water-lily (opening at night).
निशारुकः One of the seven Rūpakas in music; दृढः प्रौढो$थ खचरो विभवश्चतुरक्रमः । निशारुकः प्रतीतालः कथिताः सप्त रूपकाः ॥ -कम् An air, a sort of musical compositon played as an accompaniment to dancing.
f. night: -kara, m. (night maker), moon: -kalâ-mauli, m. bearing a crescent on his head, ep. of Siva; -kânta, m. lover of night, moon; -kâla, m. time of night; -kshaya, m. end of night; -½âgama,m. nightfall; -kara, a. wandering at night; m. goblin, Râkshasa: î, f. female goblin; dissolute woman; -½atyaya, m. end of night, day-break; -nâtha, m. lord of night, moon; -½anta, 1. end of night, day-break.
noun (feminine) (Haṭhayoga:) =kumbhaka
a vision (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Curcuma (of 2 species) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dream (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river
night (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turmeric (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (class 3 parasmaipada) to excite (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to prepare or present (food etc.) for strengthening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to sharpen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to strengthen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to whet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Anas Casarca (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a fiend or Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a jackal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of Granthiparna (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a snake (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Yakṣa
an owl (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Soma Frequency rank 1907/72933
noun (feminine) a bat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a female fiend (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Rākṣasī
a woman going to meet her lover at night (where also female fiend) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Ṛṣi (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the number 1 (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the moon (with divā-kara among the sons of Garuḍa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] name of Śiva Frequency rank 5171/72933
noun (neuter) observing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
perceiving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sharpening (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
whetting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a harem (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dwelling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
habitation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
seraglio (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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