atirātraati-rātra, as, ā, am, Ved. pre- pared or performed over-night; (as), m. an optional part of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice; commencement and conclusion of certain sacrificial acts; concluding Vedic verse chanted on such occasions; N. of a son of Cākṣuṣa the sixth Manu. —Atirātra-savanīya-paśu, us, m. the victim sacrificed at the Atirātra.
atirātraa. Ved. [atikrāṃto rātriṃ] Prepared over-night. —traḥ [ atiśayitā rātriḥ, tataḥ astyarthe ac] 1 An optional part of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice (ekarātrasādhyagavāmayane prathamasaṃsthaḥyāgabhedaḥ). 2 Dead of night.
atirātraa. Ved. [atikrānto rātrim] Prepared over night. brāhmaṇāso atirātre na some saro na pūrṇamabhito vadantaḥ Rv.7.103.7, -traḥ [atiśayitā rātriḥ, tataḥ astyarthe ac] 1 An optional part of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice (ekarātrasādhya- gavāmayane prathamasaṃsthaḥ yāgabhedaḥ). -2 Dead of night.
1) adj. übernächtig VOP. 6, 51. brā̀hmàṇāsô atirā̀tre na somè sarò na pū̀rṇamàbhitò vadântaḥ ṚV. 7, 103, 7. (im ṚV. nur in diesem Liede, das zu den jüngsten zu zählen ist).
— 2) m.
a) der übernächtige Opferdienst, so heisst ein Abschnitt in der Liturgie des Jyotiṣṭoma, welcher AIT. BR. 4, 5 - 11. und ĀŚV. ŚR. 6, 4. fgg. abgehandelt wird. AV. 9, 9, 4. ŚAT. BR. 3, 9, 3, 33. 4, 6, 3, 3. u.s.w. KĀTY. ŚR. 9, 3, 20. 8, 5. 10, 9, 27. 12, 1, 7. u.s.w. AIT. BR. 4, 23. 24. ĀŚV. ŚR. 5, 11. 6, 11. R. 1, 13, 44. 45. VP. 42. sā̀hnā̀tìrā̀trau AV. 11, 9, 12. atirātrapaśu KĀTY. ŚR. 14, 2, 11.
— b) N. pr. ein Sohn des Manu Cākṣuṣa HARIV. 72. VP. 98.
ATIRĀTRA . He was one of the ten children born to Manu by Naḍvalā. (See MANU VAṂŚA). Kuru, Pūru, Śatadyumna, Tapasvī, Satyavān, Śuci, Agniṣṭoma, Atirātra, Sudyumna and Atimanyu were the names of the ten brilliant sons of Naḍvalā. (Viṣṇu Purāṇa, Part I, Chapter 13).