the period from sunset to sunrise; night.

the period of actual darkness after sunset and before sunrise; night.

darkness; lack of light.

the plant Curcuma longa of Zingiberaceae family; turmeric.

the powder of its rhizome used in medicine and also for seasoning the food; turmeric powder.

ರಾತ್ರಿ ಕಂಡ ಭಾವಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಗಲು ಬೀಳು rātri kaṇḍa bhāviyalli hagalu bīḷu (prov.) to wilfully court a known devil and be destroyed; to engage in something the evil effects of which is obvious; ರಾತ್ರಿಯೆಲ್ಲಾ ರಾಮಾಯಣ ಕೇಳಿ ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ರಾಮನಿಗೆ ಸೀತೆ ಏನಾಗಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕೇಳು rātriyellā rāmāyaṇa kēḷi beḷigge rāmanige sIte ēnāgabēkendu kēḷu (prov.) asking about the subject after hearing the lecture for the whole day; ರಾತ್ರಿ ಹಗಲಿನಷ್ಟು ಅಂತರ rātri hagalinaṣṭu antara an irreconcilable diference (between two parties).

= ರಾತ್ರಿ - 1.

dreadful; terrible; awesome; frightful.

a dreadful, terrible man.

Śiva, in his terrible form.

the Regent of the North-East direction.

a class of eleven gods.

any of this class.

name of a Kannaḍa poet (12th century A.D.)who wrote Jagannathavijaya.

a portion of Yajurvēda, containing several hymns addressed to Rudra.

(math.) a symbol for the number eleven.

(pros.) a set of four syllables (some times the initial long one is substituted by two short ones making it five) which can be put in sixteen combinations.

(pros.) a symbol (-) for a long syllable.

red; blood-red; bloody.

the colour of blood; red colour.

blood.

(astrol.) the astrological planet Mars.

the plant Lawsonia intermis ( = L. alba) of Lythraceae family, from the leaves of which a dye is extracted; henna; (?).

the tree Symplocos laurina of Symplocaceae family.

another tree Symplocos racemosa of the same family; lodh tree.

transgression of a divine law, ethical code, etc.; a sin.

relating or belonging to or coming from Rudra, the formidable form of Śiva.

causing intense fear; terrifying; frightful; terrible.

the quality or fact of being terrifying, terrible.

anger; wrath; ire.

the hot sunlight.

a terrible goddess, a form of Pārvati.

the fifty fourth year in the Hindu cycle of sixty years.

(rhet.) the sentiment of wrath or fury.

(jain.) a particular kind of meditation.

= ರೌದ್ರ2 - 5.

Durge, in her fierce form.

a kind of creeper.

= ರೌದ್ರಿ - 2.

a terrifying woman.