Alternative spellings of this word include Rajanichara.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

rajanīcara (रजनीचर).—a S That moves at night;--applied to owls, bats, thieves, Rakshas &c. Ex. avaghē matavādī ra0 || śaṅkara tyāvari raghuvīra ||.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Rajanicara (रजनिचर) or Rajanīcara (रजनीचर).—

1) a nightstalker, demon, goblin.

2) a thief.

3) a night-watcher.

4) Name of the moon.

Derivable forms: rajanicaraḥ (रजनिचरः), rajanīcaraḥ (रजनीचरः).

Rajanicara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms rajani and cara (चर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajanīcara (रजनीचर).—m.

(-raḥ) 1. A Rakshasa a fiend, a goblin, a ghost. 2. A watchman. 3. A thief. E. rajanī night, cara who goes.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajanicara (रजनिचर).—rajanī cara, I. adj. Wandering at night, Böhtl. Ind. Spr. 2583 (nī). Ii. m. 1. A Rākṣasa, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 53, 61 (nī). 2. A thief.

Rajanicara can also be spelled as Rajanīcara (रजनीचर).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Rajanicara (रजनिचर).—[masculine] a Rākṣasa (night-rover).

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Rajanīcara (रजनीचर).—[masculine] night-walker, the moon or a Rākṣasa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rajanicara (रजनिचर):—[=rajani-cara] [from rajani > raj] m. ‘night-rover’, a Rākṣasa, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a night-watcher, [Viddhaśālabhañjikā]

3) Rajanīcara (रजनीचर):—[=rajanī-cara] [from rajanī > raj] mfn. wandering in the night (as the moon), [Harivaṃśa]

4) [v.s. ...] m. a n°-rover (-nātha m. ‘lord of the n°-r°’, the moon; [wrong reading] rajanī-caran), [Hitopadeśa]

5) [v.s. ...] m. a Rākṣasa, [Rāmāyaṇa]

6) [v.s. ...] a n°-watcher, [Horace H. Wilson]

7) [v.s. ...] a thief, [ib.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Rajanicara (रजनिचर):—[rajani-cara] (raḥ) 1. m. A goblin; theif.

2) Rajanīcara (रजनीचर):—[rajanī-cara] (raḥ) 1. m. A Rākshasa; a ghost; a watchman; a thief.

[Sanskrit to German]

Rajanicara in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), 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

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Rajanicara (ರಜನಿಚರ):—[noun] = ರಜನೀಚರ [rajanicara].

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Rajanīcara (ರಜನೀಚರ):—

1) [noun] a man who wanders (only) during night, as a demon, thief, night-watchman.

2) [noun] the moon.

3) [noun] any of nocturnal birds as owl, bat, etc.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Rajani, Cara.

Starts with: Rajanicaranatha.

Full-text: Rajanicaranatha, Rajanikaranatha, Rajanikara, Rajanicayanatha, Rajanicari, Abhijnata, Atanem.

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