Kalaratri, Kala-ratri, Kālarātri, Kālarātrī, Kalarātri: 25 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKālarātri (कालरात्रि):—und rātrī (2. kāla + rā) f.
1) die Nacht der Alles zerstörenden Zeit, die grauenvolle Nacht am Ende der Welt; häufig person. und mit Durgā identificirt [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 48.] kālarātriṃ hi tāṃ viddhi sarvalaṅkānivāsinām [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 47, 26.] kālarātrīva bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ duratikramā [6, 19, 18. 2, 42, 32.] [Mahābhārata 13, 1401. 4454.] [Harivaṃśa 2846.] [Suśruta 1, 285, 4.] saṃdhyā rātriḥ prabhā nidrā kālarātristvameva ca (Durgā) [Harivaṃśa 3269. 9425.] kālarātrikalpā vidyā nāma rākṣasī [Prabodhacandrodaja 11, 2.] Als eine der Śakti der Durgā: sā durgā śaktibhiḥ sārdhaṃ kāśīṃ rakṣati sarvataḥ . tāḥ prayatnena saṃpūjyāḥ kālarātrimukhā naraiḥ .. [KĀŚĪKHAṆḌA im Śabdakalpadruma] Die Schreckensnacht für das einzelne Individuum (vgl. u. 2. kāla [3.]), die 7te Nacht im 7ten Monat des 77sten Lebensjahres (vgl. bhīmarathī) [Hārāvalī 221.] Nach [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] auch eine schwarze (1. kāla) Nacht. —
2) Nomen proprium einer zauberkundigen Brahmanin [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 104.]
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Kālarātri (कालरात्रि):—
1) [Kathāsaritsāgara 109,70. 89. fgg. 110,49.] [Oxforder Handschriften 110,b, No. 174.] rātricaṇḍikā [100,a,13.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKālarātri (कालरात्रि):—und trī f. —
1) die Schreckensnacht am Ende der Welt. Häufig personificirt und mit Durgā identifcirt oder als eine ihrer Śakti betrachtet. caṇḍikā. —
2) die Schreckensnacht eines Individuums , der bevorstehende Todestag [Pañcadaṇḍacchattrabandha] —
3) *die 7te Nacht im 7ten Monat des 77ten Lebensjahres. —
4) Nomen proprium einer zauberkundigen Brahmanin.
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Starts with: Kalaratricandikavidhana, Kalaratrikalpe, Kalaratrimahakalpa.
Ends with: Vikalaratri.
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Yoga Vasistha [English], Volume 1-4 (by Vihari-Lala Mitra)
Chapter LXXXI - Description of the last night of death or general doom < [Book VII - Nirvana prakarana part 2 (nirvana prakarana)]
Chapter lxxviii < [Book III - Utpatti khanda (utpatti khanda)]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XX < [Book III - Lāvānaka]
The motif of overhearing conversations < [Notes]
Chapter CIX < [Book XV - Mahābhiṣeka]
The Devi Bhagavata Purana (by Swami Vijñanananda)
Chapter 11 - On the killing of Madhu Kaiṭabha < [Book 10]
Chapter 10 - On the anecdote of the King Suratha < [Book 10]
Chapter 24 - On the worship of the Devī < [Book 8]
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 71 - Exploits of Durgā < [Section 2 - Uttarārdha]
Chapter 15 - Turbulence of the Annihilation (Pralaya) < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Chapter 14 - Kālarātri Annihilates the Universe < [Section 3 - Revā-khaṇḍa]
Harivamsha Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)
Chapter 108 - Shamvara’s Death < [Book 2 - Vishnu Parva]
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