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पूर्वरात्र

रात्रि का पहला पहर

first part of night

Monier–Williams

पूर्वरात्र — {rātrá} m. the first part of the night, the time from dusk to midnight AitBr. Kauś. KātyŚr. MBh. &c##{-krita} mfn. done during the formerly previously of the night (= {tre kṛ} Pāṇ. 2-1, 45 Sch.)