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vidyut विद्युत् – flashes of lightning; lightning

adjective · verbal root · substantive feminine · substantive masculine · Word type unspecified · verb

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine

flashes of lightning; lightning

Cappeller 1891 adjective

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vidyút ·a. gleaming, glittering; f. lightning or a shining weapon.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified · verb

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2. vi-dyut, t, f. lightning; a thunderbolt (a weapon of the Maruts); a species of the Atijagatī metre; (t), m., N. of an Asura.

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3. vi-dyut, t, t, t, devoid of splendor, lustreless.

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vidyut 1 . vi-dyut, cl. 1. A. -dyotate (ep. also P. -dyotati; Perf. -didyute), -dyotitum, to shine forth, radiate, flash, be brilliant or radiant, sparkle; to light, lighten; to illuminate: Caus. -dyotayati, -yitum, to illuminate, irradiate, enlighten, make brilliant.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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1. vidyút (1. dyut mit vi) P. 3,2,177. 1〉 adj. blinkend, blitzend: varṣma vidyutāmiva sūryaḥ ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,24,8. ṚV. 1,23,12. ṚV. 1,105,1. die Marut ṚV. 168,8. ṚV. 5,52,6. blitzende Waffe ṚV. 5,54,11. Wasser und Regen: gau̱revà vi̱dyutàṃ tṛṣā̱ṇā sava̱nopà yātam ṚV. 7,69,6. dhārā̀ ṚV. 9,84,3. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 2,4,14. yattè a̱bhrasyà vi̱dyutò di̱vo varṣànti vṛ̱ṣṭayàḥ ṚV. 5,84,3. varṣa ṚV. 10,91,5. puruṣa VS. 32,2. — 2〉 f. AK. 3,6,1,3. a〉 Blitz AK. 1,1,2,11. TRIK. 1,1,84. H. 1104. MED. t. 156. HALĀY. 1,60. ṚV. 1,32,13. ṚV. 1,38,8. ṚV. 2,35,9. ṚV. 3,1,14. ṚV. 5,10,5. pa̱tayànti vi̱dyutàḥ ṚV. 5,83,4. vi̱dyunna dàvidyot ṚV. 6,3,8. ṚV. 10,95,10. ˚to̱ jyotìḥ ṚV. 7,33,10. di̱vo na vi̱dyutsta̱nayàntya̱bhraiḥ ṚV. 9,87,8. ṚV. 10,99,2. AV. 9,2,14. fg. AV. 10,1,23. fg. AV. 7,59,1. mā nò vadhīrvi̱dyutā̀ śa̱syam AV. 7,11,1. vidyudvā aśaniḥ ŚAT. BR. 6,1,3,14. apāṃ jyotiḥ ŚAT. BR. 7,5,2,49. ŚAT. BR. 11,4,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 4,5,1,4. vidyutstanayitnuvarṣāḥ ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 4,7. CHĀND. UP. 5,22,2. AV. PARIŚ._in_Verz. d. B. H. 93 (59). M. 1,38. M. 4,103. M. 4,106. M. 5,95. MBH. 1,1134. MBH. 3,1717. MBH. 3,2083. MBH. 3,2584. R. 1,63,5. SUŚR. 1,7,17. SUŚR. 1,17,3. SUŚR. 1,22,17. SUŚR. 1,89,20. RAGH. 1,36. MEGH. 39. MEGH. 79. MEGH. 113. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 3,33. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,93. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 22,5. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 28,12. vidyut — taṭataṭasvanā sahasā . kuṭilaviśālā nipatati VARĀH. BṚH. S. 33,5. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 51,b,1. BHĀG. P. 2,6,5. tatra vidyotanta sma vidyutaḥ BHĀG. P. 9,14,31. vidyujjyotis VET. in LA. (III) 1,12. vidyutkampa MEGH. 96. vidyuddāman MEGH. 28. vidyudvallī Spr. (II) 1098. vidyullatā KATHĀS. 25,41. KATHĀS. 34,223. meghasaṃghāḥ savidyutaḥ MBH. 1,1128. BHĀG. P. 3,19,19. Auch n. MBH. 7,9569. Schol. zu ṢAḌV. BR. 1,2. — b〉 Morgenröthe MED. — c〉 pl. Bez. der Töchter des Prajāpati Bahuputra: bahuputrasya viduṣaścatasro vidyutaḥ smṛtāḥ (sutāḥ die neuere Ausg.) HARIV. 179. — d〉 ein best. Metrum: 4 Mal ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ ⏑ –, – – ⏑ – – ⏑ – COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 161 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. VIII, 10). — 3〉 m. N. pr. eines Asura Verz. d. Oxf. H. 57,b,41. — Vgl. ṛṣṭi˚, su˚.

Original text · German · adjective

2. vidyut (2. vi + 2. dyut) adj. glanzlos MED. t. 156.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive feminine · substantive masculine

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1. vidyút — 1〉 Adj. blinkend, blitzend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 ein best. Samādhi KĀRAṆḌ. 52,12. — b〉 N. pr. — α〉 eines Asura. — β〉 eines Rākṣasa VP. 22,285. — 3〉 f. — a〉 eine blitzende Waffe. — b〉 Blitz. Ausnahmsweise n. — c〉 *Morgenröthe. — d〉 Pl. Bez. der vier Töchter des Prajāpati Bahuputra. — e〉 ein best. Metrum.

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2. *vidyut Adj. glanzlos.

Apte 1890 verbal root · substantive feminine

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vidyut 1 A. 1 To shine, sparkle, be bright; vyadyotiṣṭa sabhāvedyāmasau naraśikhitrayī Śi. 2. 3; Śi. 1. 20. 2 To light, illuminate (usually caus. in this sense).

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vidyut f. 1 Lightning; vātāya kapilā vidyut Mbh.; Me. 38, Me. 115. 2 A thunderbolt. Comp. — unmeṣaḥ a flash of lightning. — jihvaḥ a ([Page 0976-a]) kind of demon or Rākṣasa. — jvālā, — dyotaḥ a flash or lustre of lightning. — dāman n. a flash of zigzag or forked lightning. — pātaḥ falling or stroke of lightning. — priyaṃ bellmetal. — latā, -lekhā (vidyullatā, vidyullekhā) 1 a streak of lightning. 2 forked or zigzag lightning.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

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vidyút blinkend, glänzend; f. eine glänzende Waffe, Blitz.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

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vidyut vidyut f. (dyut, div) éclair. vidyutvat a. (sfx. vat) où il y a, ou qui lance des éclairs. vidyutpriya n. métal de cloches.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 74–80: Through the Three Knots 1 occurrence

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SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 2.21-2.24: Ādhāra und Kuṇḍalī 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.48-5.71: Innere Meditation 1 occurrence

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SVU 2 occurrences
SVU 2.11: Harbingers of the Inner Light 1 occurrence

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SVU 6.14–6.17: Light and Immortality 1 occurrence

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