Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

tejas तेजस् – light; fire; brilliance

substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

light; fire; brilliance

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

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téjas ·n. sharpness, edge, (pungent) heat, fire, light, radiance, lustre, beauty, vigour, strength, energy, esp. male energy, concr. semen virile; violence, fierceness; power, authority, dignity.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

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Tejas, as, n. sharpness; the sharp edge (of a knife &c.); the point or top of a flame or of a ray &c.; glow, glare, fierce or scorching heat, radiance, splendor, brilliance, lustre, light, fire; clearness of the eyes; the clear or bright appearance of the human body (in health), beauty; the heating and strengthening faculty of the human frame seated in the pitta; the bile; bilious humor &c.; fiery energy, ardour, power, might, spirit, strength, efficacy, male energy, semen virile, vital power; the brain; marrow; the essential nature or value of anything, essence; violence, mettle, fierceness, severity, energetic opposition; impatience, inability to bear or put up with; spiritual or moral or magical power; virtue; influence, effect, consequence, ma- jesty, fame, dignity, glory, authority; a brave man; a venerable or dignified person, a splendid object, a renowned person, a person of consequence; fresh butter; gold; [cf. a-tejas, agni-t˚, ugra-t˚, tigma- t˚, &c.; cf. also Hib. teas, ‘warmth, fervour.’]

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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téjas (von tij) n. 1〉 Schärfe, Schneide (des Messers u. s. w.); Spitze der Flamme, des Strahls u. s. w.; daher das Funkeln, Leuchten, Brennen und geradezu Glanz, Licht, Feuer. NAIGH. 1,17. AK. 3,4,31,236. H. 101. H. an. 2,582. MED. s. 24. kṣuratejaḥ ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,17. śiśī̀ta̱ tejo 'yàso̱ na dhārā̀m ṚV. 6,3,5. nī̱cā ni vṛ̀śca va̱nina̱ṃ na tejàsā ṚV. 6,8,5. ti̱gmenà na̱stejàsā̱ saṃ śìśādhi ṚV. 6,15,19. VS. 10,30. indràsya bā̱huràsi̱ dakṣìṇaḥ sa̱hasràbhṛṣṭiḥ śa̱tatèjāḥ VS. 1,24. trīṇi̱ vā ā̀di̱tyasya̱ tejā̀ṃsi va̱santā̀ prā̱targrī̱ṣme madhya̱ṃdinè śa̱radyàparā̱hṇe TS. 2,1,2,5. u̱bhe hi tejàsī (der Sonne und des Feuers) sa̱ṃpadyète TBR. 2,1,2,9. AV. 10,3,17. AV. 9,2,15. AV. 13,1,30. nakṣatrāṇām AV. 7,13,1. ŚAT. BR. 11,6,2,3. ŚAT. BR. 14,6,2,27. ŚAT. BR. 14,6,9,15. tejobhirāpūrya jagatsamagraṃ bhāsastavogrāḥ pratapanti viṣṇo BHAG. 10,30. tejaścāsi vibhāvasau BHAG. 7,9. yathaidhastejasā vahniḥ prāptaṃ nirdahati kṣaṇāt M. 11,246. ādityastejasāṃ mukham MBH. 2,1395. dinānte nihitaṃ tejaḥ savitreva hutāśanaḥ (pratipadyate) RAGH. 4,1. ariṣṭaśayyāṃ parito visāriṇā sujanmanastasya nijena tejasā . niśīthadīpāḥ sahasā hatatviṣo babhūvuḥ RAGH. 3,15. acirabhāsāṃ tejaḥ ŚĀK. 166. dvādaśadhāsthitaṃ tejaḥ die Sonne ŚĀK. 186. tejodvaya Sonne und Mond 77. tejaḥparihāṇimukhāt (Sch.: = dīptinivṛtterārabhya) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,21 (22). mūlyaṃ tejoguṇasya (muktāphalasya) VARĀH. BṚH. S. 82 (80,b),9. kham, anilaḥ, paraṃ tejaḥ, āpaḥ, gauḥ M. 12,120. pṛthivyaptejovāyvākāśānīti mahābhūtāni TATTVAS. 15. TARKASAM̃GR. 8. SUŚR. 1,149,16. SUŚR. 1,169,17. PRAB. 27,19. H. 21. vom Glanz, Feuer und der Schärfe der Augen: tejo̱ na cakṣùra̱kṣyòḥ (dadhuḥ) VS. 21,48. tejo vā etadakṣyoryadāñjanam AIT. BR. 1,3. tasyākṣibhyāmeva tejo 'sravat ŚAT. BR. 12,7,1,2. DAŚ. 1,35. rūpaṃ cakṣustathā pākastrividhaṃ teja ucyate MBH. 12,7075. vom Glanz von Flüssigkeiten: a̱pāṃ tejo̱ jyoti̱rojo̱ balàṃ ca AV. 1,34,3. yadāpomayaṃ teja āsīt ŚAT. BR. 13,4,4,7. tejò 'si śu̱kramàsya̱mṛtàm VS. 1,31. vom glänzenden, gesunden Aussehen des menschlichen Körpers, Ansehnlichkeit, Schönheit SUŚR. 1,51,18 (viell. auch SUŚR. 48,5). akṣipantīmiva prabhāṃ śaśinaḥ svena tejasā N. 3,13. āśliṣṭastatkāntitejasā VID. 10. von der feurigen daher auch farbegebenden Kraft im menschlichen Organismus, welche im pitta ihren Sitz hat: rañjitāstejasā tvāpaḥ śarīrasthena dehinām SUŚR. 1,43,14. āhārasya yastejobhūtaḥ sāraḥ paramasūkṣmaḥ sa rasa ityucyate SUŚR. 4. SUŚR. 99,6. — 2〉 Feuer so v. a. Kraft, Wirksamkeit, Energie, Lebenskraft; das Wirksame —, der wesentliche Gehalt einer Sache (Blüthe, Zierde u. s. w.), = bala AK. H. an. adhā̀ vi̱ṣasya̱ yattejò 'rvā̱cīna̱ṃ tadètu te AV. 10,4,25. uddhṛtatejāṃsi na bhuñjīta ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,11. e̱tadvā a̱gnestejo̱ yadghṛ̱tameta̱tsomàsya̱ yatpayàḥ TS. 2,5,2,7. tejo vā etatpaśūnāṃ yadghṛtam AIT. BR. 8,20. VS. 19,95. i̱maṃ bàdhnāmi te ma̱ṇiṃ dī̀rghāyu̱tvāya̱ tejàse AV. 19,28,1. AV. 12,3,2. AV. 13,3,5. tejò rā̱ṣṭrasya̱ nirhànti AV. 5,19,4. ā yadi̱ṣe nṛ̱pati̱ṃ teja̱ ānàṭ ṚV. 1,71,8. punarmāmautvindriyaṃ punastejaḥ punarbhagaḥ ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,5. ŚAT. BR. 14,9,4,6. śata˚ ŚAT. BR. 5,5,4,27. ŚAT. BR. 5,4,1,13. ŚAT. BR. 4,3,4,3. agneḥ, kṣatrasya, lohasya M. 9,321. prajñā tejo balaṃ cakṣurāyuścaiva prahīyate M. 4,41. M. 4,42. M. 4,189. M. 4,218. tejasvī saṃkṣobhātprāyaḥ pratipadyate tejaḥ ŚĀK. 158, v. l. tejobalasamāyuktān (aśvān) N. 19,13. N. 19,20. tadyuddhamabhavadghoramaśastraṃ bāhutejasā MBH. 4,354. na khalu vayastejaso hetuḥ BHARTṚ. 2,31. rasādīnāṃ śukrāntānāṃ dhātūnāṃ yatparaṃ tejastatkhalvojastadeva balamityucyate die höchste Energie der sieben körperlichen Elemente nennt man Lebenskraft oder auch Kraft SUŚR. 1,50,15. SUŚR. 1,114,16. SUŚR. 1,180,11. — 3〉 heftiges Wesen, energische Abwehr jedes Angriffes auf die Persönlichkeit, = parākrama MED. Im Gegens. zu kṣamā ergebenes Ertragen MBH. 3,1031. MBH. 3,1034. MBH. 3,1062. adhikṣepāpamānādeḥ prayuktasya pareṇa yat . prāṇātyaye 'pyasahanaṃ tattejaḥ samudāhṛtam .. SĀH. D. 95. SĀH. D. 89. tejo'tisāhasayuta VARĀH. BṚH. 20 (19), 8. Daher im Sāṃkhya so v. a. rajas COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 249; vgl. taijasa. — 4〉 geistige und moralische, auch magische Kraft, — Wirkung; Einfluss, Ansehen, Hoheit, Würde, imponirendes Wesen, = prabhāva AK. H. 740. H. an. MED. sa̱ṃva̱tsa̱rasya̱ tejàsā̱ tenà badhnāmi tvā maṇe AV. 3,5,8. AV. 5,28,13. AV. 10,6,30. AV. 13,4,49. audùmbarasya (maṇeḥ) AV. 19,31,3. AV. 19,36,1. KAUŚ. 22. ŚAT. BR. 12,2,1,8. brahmà kṣa̱traṃ pàvate̱ tejà indri̱yam VS. 19,5. VS. 19,6. AV. 13,1,14. varca̱stejo̱ bala̱mojàḥ AV. 9,1,17. AV. 10,5,36. (kālāt) nānyatparàmasti̱ tejàḥ AV. 19,53,4. tejo brahmavarcasam AIT. BR. 1,5. ŚAT. BR. 2,4,2,6. KĀTY. ŚR. 13,2,19. KĀTY. ŚR. 22,5,11. indrasyaujasā, brahmaṇastejasā ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,6. indrasyārkasya vāyośca yamasya varuṇasya ca . candrasyāgneḥ pṛthivyāśca tejovṛttaṃ nṛpaścaret .. M. 9,303. daṇḍo hi mahattejaḥ M. 7,28. tapasaḥ R. 1,60,14. nāsya (viśvāmitrasya) sādayitavyāni tejāṃsi ca tapāṃsi ca R. GORR. 1,66,4. praviśantaṃ ca māṃ tatra na kaściddṛṣṭavānnaraḥ . ṛte tāṃ pārthivasutāṃ bhavatāmeva tejasā .. N. 4,26. R. 1,60,7. R. 2,31,19. abhibhavatyeṣa (nṛpaḥ) sarvabhūtāni tejasā M. 7,5. brāhmaṃ tejaḥ praśāmyati M. 4,186. RAGH. 2,7. tejo na tadyatpriyasāhasatvam VARĀH. BṚH. S. 74,8. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 80 (79), 3. tejoyuta Achtung gebietend, würdevoll VARĀH. BṚH. S. 15,11. muniṃ jvalitatejasam R. 1,59,10. — 5〉 eine glanzvolle, würdevolle Erscheinung, eine bedeutende Persönlichkeit (in concretem Sinne): trīṇi tejāṃsi nocchiṣṭa ālabheta kadā ca na . agniṃ gāṃ brāhmaṇaṃ caiva MBH. 13,5017. trīṇi tejāṃsi nocchiṣṭa udīkṣeta kadā ca na . sūryācandramasau caiva nakṣatrāṇi ca sarvaśaḥ (könnte, wenn es sich nicht enge an das Vorangehende anschlösse, zu 1. gestellt werden) MBH. 13,5018. tatremaṃ (sic) śṛṇu me pārtha caturṇāṃ tejasāṃ matam . pṛthivyāṃ (lies: pṛthivyāḥ) kāśyapasyāgnermārkaṇḍeyasya caiva hi .. MBH. 13,1540. na tadā jātavānbhīṣmaḥ kṣatriyo vāpi madvidhaḥ . paścājjātāni tejāṃsi tṛṇeṣu jvalitaṃ tvayā .. MBH. 5,7089. mahatastejaso vījaṃ bālo 'yaṃ pratibhāti me ŚĀK. 174. — 6〉 der männliche Same AK. 2,6,2,13. AK. 3,4,31,236. H. an. MED. tejo māheśvaraṃ skannamagnau prapatitaṃ purā MBH. 9,2455. MBH. 13,4002. MBH. 13,4008. R. 1,37,11. fgg. RAGH. 2,75. duṣyantenāhitaṃ tejo dadhānām — avehi tanayām ŚĀK. 79. — 7〉 Mark. — 8〉 Galle (vgl. Ind. St. 1,450, N. 6) RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 9〉 frische Butter H. an. — 10〉 Gold RĀJAN. — Vgl. a˚, agni˚, ugra˚, tigma˚, nistejas, nṛ˚, bhūri˚, mahā˚, māṃsa˚, medastejas, rakta˚, rasa˚, su˚, sūrya˚, taijasa.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

tejas 3〉 yopakartṝṃśca hantṝṃśca tejasaivopagacchati MBH. 3,1049. adhikṣepādyasahanaṃ tejaḥ prāṇātyayeṣvapi DAŚAR. 2,12. — 11〉 mystische Bez. des Buchstabens ra WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 317.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

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téjas n. — 1〉 Schärfe, Schneide. — 2〉 Sg. und Pl. Feuer, Glanz, Licht, Glut, Hitze. tejodvaya n. Sonne und Mond. — 3〉 das glänzende, gesunde Aussehen des menschlichen Körpers, Glanz, Schönheit. — 4〉 die feurige und Farbe erzeugende Kraft im menschlichen Organismus, welche in der Galle ihren Sitz hat. — 5〉 Kraft, Wirksamkeit, Energie, Lebenskraft, das Wirksame —, der wesentliche Gehalt einer Sache, Blüthe, Zierde. — 6〉 heftiges Wesen, energische Abwehr jedes Angriffes auf die Persönlichkeit. — 7〉 geistige und moralische, auch magische [Page3-042-b] Kraft, — Wirkung; Einfluss, Ansehen, Hoheit, Würde, imponirendes Wesen. — 8〉 eine glanzvolle, würdevolle Erscheinung, eine bedeutende Persönlichkeit. — 9〉 der männliche Same. — 10〉 in der Philosophie = rajas die den Geist verdüsternde Leidenschaftlichkeit; vgl. taijasa 1〉d〉. — 11〉 *Mark. — 12〉 *Galle RĀJAN. 21,5. — 13〉 *frische Butter. — 14〉 *Gold RĀJAN. 13,9. — 15〉 mystische Bez. des lautes ra. — 16〉 téjase Dat. Inf. zu tij ṚV. 1,55,1. 3,2,10.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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tejas n. [tij-bhāve karuṇādau asun] 1 Sharpness. 2 The sharp edge (of a knife &c.). 3 The point or top of a flame. 4 Heat, glow, glare. 5 Lustre, light, brilliance, splendour; R. 4. 1; Bg. 7. 9, Bg. 10. 30. 6 Heat or light considered as the third of the five elements of creation (the other four being pṛthivī, ap, vāyu, and ākāśa). 7 The bright appearance of the human body, beauty; R. 3. 15. 8 Fire of energy; Ś. 2. 7, U. 6. 14. 9 Might, prowess, strength, courage, valour, martial or heroic lustre; tejastejasi śāmyatu U. 5. 7; Ś. 7. 15. 10 One possessed of heroic lustre; tejasāṃ hi na vayaḥ sasīkṣyate R. 11. 1; Pt. 1. 328, Pt. 3. 33. 11 Spirit, energy. 12 Strength of character, not bearing insult or ill-treatment with impunity. 13 Majestic lustre, majesty, dignity, authority, consequence; tejoviśeṣānumitāṃ ( rājalakṣmīṃ) dadhānaḥ R. 2. 7. 14 Semen, seed, semen virile; syādrakṣaṇīyaṃ yadi me na tejaḥ R. 14. 65; R. 2. 75; duṣyaṃtenāhitaṃ tejo dadhānāṃ bhūtaye bhuvaḥ Ś. 4. 3. 15 The essential nature of any thing. 16 Essence, quint-essence. 17 Spiritual, moral, or magical power. 18 Fire. 19 Marrow. 20 Bile. 21 The speed of a horse. 22 Fresh butter. 23 Gold. 24 Clearness of the eyes. 25 A shining or luminous body, light; Ku. 1. 51, Ś. 4. 2. 26 The heating and ([Page 0546-b]) strengthening faculty of the human frame seated in the bile (pitta). 27 The brain. 28 Violence, fierceness. 29 Impatience. Comp. — kara a. 1 illuminating. 2 granting vital power or strength. — bījaṃ marrow. — bhaṃgaḥ 1 disgrace, destruction of dignity. 2 depression, discouragement. — maṃḍalaṃ a halo of light. — mūrtiḥ the sun. — rūpaṃ 1 the Supreme Spirit, Brahman. 2 the nature of light. — vṛttaṃ 1 noble behaviour. 2 superior power or lustre.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

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téjas n. Schärfe, Schneide, stechende Hitze, Feuer, Glanz (auch übertr. = Schönheit), Glut, Heftigkeit, Kraft, Manneskraft, der männliche Same, Energie, Einfluss, Ansehen, Hoheit, Würde.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

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tejas tejas n. (tij; sfx. as) acuité; vertu pénétrante. Chaleur; faculté de brûler, de consumer. Eclat, splendeur; or; bile; beurre frais; au fig. gloire, lustre, dignité, honneurs. Force; force virile; semence génératrice; moelle, cervelle. — S. m. Agni. [Page300-1] tejasvin a. (sfx. vin) doué d'éclat, de force, etc. — S. f. cardiospermum halicacabum, esp. de pois.

Derived words

  • taijasa तैजस adjective · substantive masculine made of light; luminous

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SiSa 4.1-4.8: Yonimudrā-Kreislauf 1 occurrence

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SVU 2.14-2.16: Self-Luminous and Unbound 1 occurrence

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