Sanskrit

Noun

क्षप् • ‎(kṣáp) f

1. night
   • RV 1.79.6

     कषपो राजन्नुत तमनाग्ने वस्तोरुतोषसः |

     स तिग्मजम्भ रक्षसो दह परति ||

     kṣapo rājannuta tmanāghne vastorutoṣasaḥ |

     sa tighmajambha rakṣaso daha prati ||

     O Agni, shining of thyself by night and when the morning breaks,

     Burn, thou whose teeth are sharp, against the Rākṣasas.

2. a measure of time equivalent to a whole day of twenty-four hours
3. darkness
   • RV 1.64.8

     सिंहा इव नानदति परचेतसः पिशा इव सुपिशो विश्ववेदसः |

     कषपो जिन्वन्तः पर्षतीभिर रष्टिभिः समित सबाधः शवसाहिमन्यवः ||

     siṃhā iva nānadati pracetasaḥ piśā iva supiśo viśvavedasaḥ |

     kṣapo jinvantaḥ pṛṣatībhir ṛṣṭibhiḥ samit sabādhaḥ śavasāhimanyavaḥ ||

     Exceeding wise they roar like lions mightily, they, all-possessing, are beauteous as antelopes;

     Stirring the darkness with lances and spotted deer, combined as priests, with serpents' fury through their might.

4. water

See also

• नक्ति ‎(nakti)
• रात्रि ‎(rātri)