Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“inauspicious”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 316 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 459 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 108 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“inauspicious”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दीप्त · adj
प्रज्वलित । जलता हुआ · प्रकाशित । जगमगाता हुआ । चमकता हुआ — Śabdasāgara
दीप्त · noun · masculine
स्वर्ण । सोना · हींग · नीबू — Śabdasāgara
दीप्त · dīpta · adj.
Blazing, flaming, in flames; flashing, radiant, luminous, bright, glowing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 555
दीप्त
luminous, radiant, shining; bright, glowing
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi दीप्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दीप्त (dīpta).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dīpta mfn. blazing, flaming, hot, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid, MuṇḍUp. ii, 1, 1; MBh.; R. &c.
excited, agitated (krodha-, MBh. v, 7207)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
blazing, flaming, hot, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid, &c.
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Dictionary citations
dīpta mfn. blazing, flaming, hot, shining, bright, brilliant, splendid, MuṇḍUp. ii, 1, 1; MBh.; R. &c.
excited, agitated (krodha-, MBh. v, 7207)
(in augury) exposed to the sun (also āditya-, MBh. iii, 15669)
being on the wrong side, inauspicious (opp. to śānta), Hariv.; Suśr.; VarBṛS.
clear, shrill (? applied to the inauspicious voice of an animal and opp. to pūrṇa), VarBṛS. lxxxviii, 11
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