nákta n. night, [RV.]; [AV.] (f(na/ktA). only in naktayā́, q.v., and as du. with uṣā́sā; cf. °sá-naktā and naktoṣāsā)
eating only at night (as a sort of penance), [Yājñ.]; [Hcat.]
nákta m. N. of a son of Pṛthu, [VP.]
of a son of Pṛthu-ṣeṇa and Ākūti, [BhP.]
[cf. nak and nakti; Zd. nakht-uru, nakht-ru; Gk. νύξ; Lat. nox; Lith. naktis; Slav. nošti; Goth. nahts; Angl.Sax. neaht, niht, Engl. night, Germ. Nacht.]
or nakla (?) n. (in astron.) N. of the fifth Yoga (= نقل).