Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

khadyota खद्योत – firefly

substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive masculine
Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

khadyota ·m. a glowing flying insect.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

—Kha-dyota, as, m. a shining flying insect, a fire-fly, the sun; (ā), f., scil. dvār, the door which shines like a shining insect, an eye.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

khadyota (kha + dyota) 1〉 m. a〉 ein leuchtendes fliegendes Insect AK. 2,5,28. TRIK. 2,5,35. H. 1213. HĀR. 75. aṅgāraḥ khadyotamātraḥ CHĀND. UP. 6,7,3. MBH. 3,10336. MBH. 3,15827. MBH. 4,2048. MBH. 14,485. R. 6,19,28. SUŚR. 2,315,9. SUŚR. 2,316,21. vikīryamāṇānkhadyotairvṛkṣāṃstejobhireva ca SUŚR. 317,13. MEGH. 79. PRAB. 81,4. BHĀG. P. 6,16,46. — b〉 die Sonne JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. — 2〉 f. ā (sc. dvār) das wie ein leuchtendes Insect glänzende Thor, Bez. des einen Auges: khadyotāvirmukhī ca prāgdvārāvekatra nirmite BHĀG. P. 4,25,47. khadyotāvirmukhī cātra netre ekatra nirmite BHĀG. P. 29,10.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

khadyota 1〉a〉 VARĀH. BṚH. S. 11,3. Spr. 4111. KATHĀS. 60,206. fg. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 122,b,26. Bildlich: nyāyopārjiteṣu viṣayeṣu kiyantaḥ sukhakhadyotāḥ kiyanti duḥkhadurdināni SARVADARŚANAS. 118,20.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

khadyota — 1〉 m. — a〉 ein leuchtendes fliegendes Insect (Elater noctilucus MOLESW.). sukhakhadyotāḥ so v. a. die flüchtigen Lichtfunken der Freude im Gegensatz zu duḥkhadurdināni die langen bösen Tage des Leids. — b〉 *die Sonne. — 2〉 f. ā (sc. dvār) — a〉 Bez. des linke Auges. — b〉 N. pr. einer buddh. Göttin.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

khadyota m. ein leuchtendes, fliegendes Insekt.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

khadyota khadyota m. (dyu) le Soleil. La fulgore ou le ver luisant (?), insectes. khadyotana m. le Soleil.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 2.11: Harbingers of the Inner Light 1 occurrence

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