Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[kṣapayati ceṣṭāṃ; kṣi-ṇic ac] 1 A night; vigamayatyunnidra eva kṣapāḥ Ś. 6. 4; R. 2. 20; Me. 110.
2 Turmeric. Comp. aṭaḥ 1. night-stalker.
2. a demon, goblin; tataḥ kṣapāṭaiḥ pṛthupiṃ- galākṣaiḥ Bk. 2. 30. āṃdhyaṃ night-blind- ness. karaḥ, nāthaḥ 1. the moon.
2. camphor. ghanaḥ a dark cloud. caraḥ a demon, goblin.