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Borrowed from Sanskrit रजनीचर (rajanīcara).
रजनीचर (rajanīcara)
- night-wanderer; demon, rakshasa
c. 1500s CE,
Tulsīdās,
Saṅkaṭmocan Hanumān Aṣṭak :
- ताहि समय हनुमान महाप्रभु जाय महा रजनीचर मारो ।
- tāhi samaya hanumāna mahāprabhu jāya mahā rajanīcara māro.
- Just then, the Great Lord Hanuman went and killed great demons.
