jyotsnā

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[apte] [jyotirastyasyāṃ jyotiṣa upa- dhālopo naśca pratyayaḥ P. V. 2. 114 Sk.] 1 Moonlight; sphuratsphārajyotsnādhava- litatale kvāpi puline Bh. 3. 42; jyotsnā- vato nirviśati pradoṣān R. 6. 34. --2 Light (in general). --3 An epithet of Durgā. --4 A moonlight-night. --Comp. --īśaḥ the moon. --priyaḥ the [Page0520-b+ 34] Cakora bird. --vṛkṣaḥ a lamp-stand, a candle-stick.

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[jyotirastyasyāṃ jyotiṣa upa- dhālopo naśca pratyayaḥ P. V. 2. 114 Sk.] 1 Moonlight; sphuratsphārajyotsnādhava- litatale kvāpi puline Bh. 3. 42; jyotsnā- vato nirviśati pradoṣān...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

68

Texts Appeared In

27

DCS: assimilation of quantities by fractional decrease; reduction of quantities to uniformity by the subtraction of a fraction

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 7 10.3%
2. Liṅgapurāṇa 7 10.3%
3. Viṣṇupurāṇa 7 10.3%
4. Mahābhārata 5 7.4%
5. Kāvyādarśa 4 5.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: jyotsnām

  nājahāt pitur ādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnām ivoditaḥ

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: jyotsnā

  jyotsnāprāvaraṇaś candro dṛśyate 'bhyudito 'mbare

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: jyotsnā

  jyotsnā tuṣāramalinā paurṇamāsyāṃ na rājate