सौप्तिक

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A dictionary, Marathi and English

sauptika a S Belonging or relating to sound sleep or sleep, somnolent, somniferous &c.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

वि.  सुंप्तावस्थेसंबंधी . [ सं .]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

सौप्तिक  mfn.  mfn. ( fr. सुप्त) connected with or relating to sleep, nocturnal, [Mṛcch.]
सौप्तिक  n.  n. an attack on sleeping men, nocturnal combat, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Kām.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

सौप्तिक [sauptika] a.  a. (-की f.)
Connected with or relating to sleep.
Somniferous.
-कम्   A night-attack, an attack on sleeping men; कृते प्रतिकृतं पश्य हतपुत्रा हि पाण्डवाः । सौप्तिके शिबिरं तेषां हतं सनरवाहनम् ॥ [Mb.1.9.51.] -Comp.
-पर्वन्  n. n. N. of the tenth parvan or book of the Mahābhārata which relates how Aśvatthāman, Kṛitavarman and Kṛipathe only surviving Kuru warriors-attacked by night the Pāṇḍava-camp and slaughtered thousands of warriors while asleep.
-वधः   the great nocturnal slaughter of Pāṇḍava-camp (above referred to); मार्गो ह्येष नरेन्द्रसौप्तिकवधे पूर्वं कृतो द्रौणिना [Mk.3.11.]

Shabda-Sagara

सौप्तिक  mfn.  ( -कः-की-कं) Connected with or relating to sleep, somnolent, somniferous, &c.
 n.  ( -कं) Nocturnal combat, an attack on sleeping men.
E. सुप्त sleep, (or the hour of sleep,) and ठक् aff.

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सुप्त ठक्