Yaksharatri, ۲ṣaٰ, Yaksha-ratri: 8 definitions
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Yaksharatri means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term ۲ṣaٰ can be transliterated into English as Yaksaratri or Yaksharatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary۲ṣaٰ (यक्षरात्रि).�f. the festival called Dīpāli, q. v.
Derivable forms: ⲹṣaٰ� (यक्षरात्रि�).
۲ṣaٰ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms ⲹṣa and ٰ (रात्रि).
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary۲ṣaٰ (यक्षरात्रि).—f.
(-ٰ�) The night of the day of full moon in the month of Kartika: see īī. E. ⲹṣa the demi-god, ٰ night; these spirits being supposed to be then abroad.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary۲ṣaٰ (यक्षरात्रि):—[=ⲹṣa-ٰ] [from ⲹṣa > yak�] f. ‘night of the Y°s�, Name of a festival (= īī q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary۲ṣaٰ (यक्षरात्रि):—[ⲹṣa-ٰ] (ٰ�) 2. f. The night of a full moon in the month پ.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)۲ṣaٰ (यक्षरात्रि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: ٳپ.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpus۲ṣaٰ (ಯಕ್ಷರಾತ್ರಿ):—[noun] a festival of lights, observed during Kārtika, the eighth month in Hindu lunar calendar (approx. coinciding with November); diwali.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Ratri, Yaksha.
Full-text: Jakkharatti, Kalaratri, Sukhasuptika.
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