vidyut
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[apte] 1 A. 1 To shine, sparkle, be bright; vyadyotiṣṭa sabhāvedyāmasau naraśikhitrayī Śi. 2. 3; 1. 20. --2 To light, illuminate (usually caus. in this sense).
[apte] f. 1 Lightning; vātāya ka- pilā vidyut Mbh.; Me. 38, 115. --2 A thunderbolt. --Comp. --u- nmeṣaḥ a flash of lightning. --jihvaḥ a [Page0976-a+ 55] kind of demon or Rākṣasa. --jvālā, --dyotaḥ a flash or lustre of lightning. --dāman n. a flash of zigzag or fork- ed lightning. --pātaḥ falling or stroke of lightning. --priyaṃ bell- metal. --latā, --lekhā (vidyullatā, vidyullekhā) 1. a streak of lightning. --2. forked or...
[mw] A1. -dyotate (Ved. also P.), to flash forth, lighten, shine forth (as the rising sun) RV. &c (v/i-dyotate, it lightens; vi-dy/otamāne, when it lightens); to hurl away by a stroke of lightning RV.; to illuminate MBh.: Caus. -dyotayati, to illuminate,... in comp. for 2. vidyut. 124653 966,3 196284 (for śatru) m. N. of a Ra1kshasa rākṣasa BhP. 124654 966,3 196285 f. (for śikhā) a kind of plant with a poisonous root...
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1 A. 1 To shine, sparkle, be bright; vyadyotiṣṭa sabhāvedyāmasau naraśikhitrayī Śi. 2. 3; 1. 20. --2 To light, illuminate (usually caus. in this sense).
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- Part of Speech
- NOUN
- Total Occurrences
- 426
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- 82
DCS: bearing no fruit; fruitless; barren; resultless; successless; useless; vain; seedless; impotent | Monier-Williams: 1. vi-√ dyut Ā. -dyotate ( Ved. also P. ), to flash forth, lighten,
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ḍimbhāhavahatānāṃ ca vidyutā pārthivena ca
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vidyudbhir iva vikṣiptair ākāśam abhavat tadā
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rūpeṇāpratimāṃ tatra vidyutaṃ jalade yathā