tviṣ

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[apte] 1 U. (tveṣati-te) To shine, glitter, sparkle, blaze.

[apte] f. 1 Light, lustre, splen- dour, brilliance; cayastviṣāmityavadhā- ritaṃ purā Śi. 1. 3, 9. 13; R. 4. 75; Ratn. 1. 18. --2 Beauty. --3 Authority, weight. --4 Wish, desire. --5 Custom, practice. --6 Violence, vehemence. --7 Speech. --Comp. --īśaḥ, the sun; also tviṣāṃpātaḥ or tviṣāmīśaḥ

[mw] (cl.1. tveṣati, te Dha1tup.; aor. atvikṣat [ cf. Pa1n2. 7-2, 10 Ka1r. ] Vop.; pl. /atviṣur, ṣanta, /atitviṣanta; pf. titviṣ/e, p. ṣāṇ/a) A1. to be violently agitated or moved or excited or troubled RV.; (P.) Bhat2t2.; P. A1. to excite, instigate RV. i, x; to... m. light-lord, the sun Gal. 057546 464,2 89142 f. violent agitation, vehemence, violence, fury, perplexity RV. iv f., viii, x; VS. 464,2 89143 f. light,...

Root

Appears in 33 texts

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1 U. (tveṣati-te) To shine, glitter, sparkle, blaze.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

68

Texts Appeared In

26

DCS: the worship of Durgā (a ceremony performed at the great Durgā festival) | Monier-Williams: 1. tviz ( cl. 1. tvezati , ˚te , Dhātup. ; aor. atvikzat [ cf. P

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 17 25.0%
2. Kirātārjunīya 8 11.8%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 5 7.4%
4. Harṣacarita 4 5.9%
5. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 3 4.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Skandapurāṇa surface: _

  tasya koṭītraye vyāsa samāpte jvalanatviṣaḥ

• Skandapurāṇa surface: _

  tāmrāṇāmatha divyānāṃ sahasramanalatviṣām

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: tviṣā

  ekaṃ veṇupalāśapeśalarucā māyūrakaṇṭhatviṣā mārjārekṣaṇapiṅgalacchavijuṣā jñeyaṃ