andha rātrī

 In Sanskrit, andha rātrī means “dark night”, formed from andha (“dark, blind”) and rātrī (“night”).

✅ Breakdown of the term

• Andha (अन्ध) — means “dark, blind”

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• Rātrī (रात्रि / रात्री) — means “night”

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✅ Dictionary evidence

The compound appears in Sanskrit lexicons as andharātrī (अन्धरात्री), explicitly glossed as “dark night” and attested in the Atharva‑Veda

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Wisdom Library notes:

• Andharātrī (अन्धरात्री) — dark night (Ved)

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• It is a compound of andha + rātrī

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✅ Meaning in simple terms

So andha rātrī (or andharātrī) literally means:
“a night of darkness,” “pitch‑dark night,” or simply “dark night.”