निशाचर mfn. (
-रः-रा-री-रं) Nocturnal, night walking, what goes or moves about by night.
m. (
-रः)
1. A Rākshasa, a fiend, an imp or goblin.
2. A Jackal.
3. An owl.
4. A snake.
5. The ruddy goose. 6. A ghost, an evil spirit.
7. A thief.
f. (
-री)
1. A woman who goes to an assignation, a harlot, a whore.
2. A she devil, a [Page401-a+ 60] female fiend.
3. A sort of perfume: see
केशिनी.
E. निशा night, and
चर who goes.