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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 5, col. 2.
    aktuḥ m. f. Ved. [aṃj gatau ktu]

    1 Night; darkness, gloom.

    2 Light, ray.

    3 Ointment.

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 4.
    aktuḥ , strī, rātriḥ . anakti pratidinaṃ gacchati
    aktuḥ . añjū dhañi vyaktigatimrakṣaṇe bāhula-
    kāt kuḥ aniditāmiti nalopaḥ . vedapracura-
    prayogo'yaṃ .. (āyudhaṃ . kiraṇaḥ . kāntiḥ .
    nakṣatraṃ . srotaḥ . añjanaghṛtaṃ . ete arthāḥ
    vaidikagranthe prasiddhāḥ .)