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[द्युत्-इसुन् आदेर्दस्य जः. ज्युत्-इसुन् वा]

1. Light, lustre, brightness, flash; ज्योतिरेकं जगाम Ś.5.3; R.2. 75; Me.5.
2. Light of Brahman, light regarded as the Supreme spirit; Bg.5.24;13.17; अथ यदतः परो दिवो ज्योतिर्दीप्यते Ch. Up.3.13.7; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.18.
3. Lightning.
4. A heavenly body.
5. A heavenly body, a luminary (planet, star etc.); ज्योतिर्भिरुद्यद्भिरिव त्रियामा Ku.7.21; Bg.1.21; H.1.21; Ku.2.19; Ś.7.6.
6. Brightness of the sky, day-light (Opposite of तमस्).
7. The sun and moon (dual).
8. Light as the divine principle of life, intelligence.
9. The science of the course of heavenly bodies; astronomy. See ज्योतिष.
10. The faculty of seeing.
11. The celestial world.
12. A Cow; ŚB. on MS.1.3.49. -Masculine
13. The sun.
14. Fire; ज्योति- ष्कल्पोरुकेशरः (मारुतिः) Bk.9.6.
15. An epithet of Viṣṇu.

1. neuter gender light (of the sun, dawn, fire, lightning, etc.; also plural), brightness (of the sky) fg-veda etc. (त्र्/ईणि ज्य्/ओतींषि, light appearing in the 3 worlds, viz. on earth, in the intermediate region, and in the sky or heaven [the last being called उत्तम्/अ VS. xx AV. xviii; or /उत्तर, i, 9, l; or तृत्/ईय fg-veda x, 56, 1] VS. viii, 36 AV. ix, 5, 8 MBh. iii; also personified as "fire" on earth, "ether or air" in the intermediate region, and "sun" in the sky S3Br. xi, 5, 8, 2 S3a1n3khS3r. xvi, 21, 2, etc.; "fire, sun and moon" Bhag. xv, 12)
2. neuter gender fire, flash of lightning Megh. S3ak.
3. neuter gender moonlight fg-veda iii, 34, 4 AV. iv, 18, 1
4. neuter gender (plural) S3Br. x and R. i, 35, 16
5. neuter gender eye-light fg-veda i, 117, 17
6. neuter gender the eye MBh. i, 6853 Ragh. BhP. ix
7. neuter gender dual number sun and moon Gobh. iii, 3, 18 S3atr. i, 28
8. neuter gender plural the heavenly bodies, planets and stars Mn. Bhag. etc. (that the rest of a word is to be suppliedतिषाम् अयन neuter gender course or movements of the heavenly bodies, science of those movements ([Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedतिष]) La1t2y. iv, 8, 1 S3iksh.)
9. neuter gender sg. the light of heaven, celestial world fg-veda VS. AV. S3Br. xiv, 7, 2
10. neuter gender light as the divine principle of life or source of intelligence, intelligence fg-veda vi, 9, 6 VS. xxiv, 3 AV. xvi Bhag.
11. neuter gender (पौरुषज्that the rest of a word is to be supplied "human intelligence") Sarvad.
12. neuter gender (पर ज्that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयोतिस्, "highest light or truth") Ra1matUp. and Sarvad.
13. neuter gender light as the type of freedom or bliss or victory (confer, compare φάος, φῶς and Latin lux) fg-veda AV. VS. S3Br. xiv Sus3r.
14. neuter gender Name of several Eka7has एका*ह s TS. vii S3Br. xii feminine etc.
15. neuter gender of certain formularies containing the word ज्यो*तिस् La1t2y. i, 8, 13
16. neuter gender a metre of 32 short and 16 long syllables
17. neuter gender Equivalent to that the rest of a word is to be suppliedतिष, science of the movements of the heavenly bodies Lexicographers
18. neuter gender a mystical Name for the letter र् Ra1matUp.
19. masculine gender fire Lexicographers
20. masculine gender the sun Lexicographers
21. masculine gender Trigonella foenum graecum Lexicographers
22. masculine gender Name of a Marut मरुत् Hariv. 11545
23. masculine gender of a son of Manu मनु Sva1rocisha स्वारोचिष, 429
24. masculine gender of a Praja1-pati प्रजा-पति VP.
25. masculine gender confer, compare द्/अक्षिणा-, शुक्र्/अ-, स-, ह्/इरण्य-, etc.

1. neuter gender the light of the soul or supreme spirit MBh. xii, 6509
2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective receiving light from one's self S3Br. xiv MBh. xii, 783.