Yaksharatri, Yakṣarātri, Yaksha-ratri: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Yakṣarātri can be transliterated into English as Yaksaratri or Yaksharatri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryYakṣarātri (यक्षरात्रि).—f. the festival called Dīpāli, q. v.
Derivable forms: yakṣarātriḥ (यक्षरात्रिः).
Yakṣarātri is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms yakṣa and rātri (रात्रि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣarātri (यक्षरात्रि).—f.
(-triḥ) The night of the day of full moon in the month of Kartika: see dīpālī. E. yakṣa the demi-god, rātri night; these spirits being supposed to be then abroad.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣarātri (यक्षरात्रि):—[=yakṣa-rātri] [from yakṣa > yakṣ] f. ‘night of the Y°s’, Name of a festival (= dīpālī q.v.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYakṣarātri (यक्षरात्रि):—[yakṣa-rātri] (triḥ) 2. f. The night of a full moon in the month Kārtik.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Yakṣarātri (यक्षरात्रि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Jakkhāratti.
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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 corpusYakṣarātri (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: Yaksha, Ratri.
Full-text: Jakkharatti, Kalaratri, Sukhasuptika.
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