sOptika mfn. ( fr. supta ) connected with or relating to sleep, nocturnal, Mṛcch.
sOptika a. ( kI f. ) 1 Connected with or relating to sleep. 2 Somniferous. — kaM A night-attack, an attack on sleeping men. Comp. — parvan n. N. of the tenth parvan or book of the Mahābhārata which relates how Aśvatthāman, Kṛtavarman and Kṛpa-the only surviving Kuru warriors-attacked by night the Pāṇḍava camp and slaughtered thousands of warriors while asleep. — vaDaH the great nocturnal slaughter of Pāṇḍava camp (above referred to); mArgo hyeza nareMdrasOptikavaDe pUrvaM kfto drORinA Mk. 3. 11.