rAtri
rA/tri f( i or I ). or (older) rA/trI ( prob. ‘bestower’, fr. √ rA ; or ‘season of rest’, fr. √ ram ) night, the darkness or stillness of night (often personified), RV. &c. &c. ( °trO ind. or °tryAm ind. at n° , by n° ; rAtrO Sayanam , a festival on the 11th day of the first half of the month Āṣāḍha , regarded as the night of the gods, beginning with the summer solstice, when Viṣṇu reposes for four months on the serpent Śeṣa )