As a deity name
Name 167 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
द्युति · noun · feminine
दीप्ति । कांति । चमक · शोभा । छवि · लावण्य — Śabdasāgara
द्युति · noun · masculine
एक ऋषि का नाम जो चतुर्थ मनु के समय में थे । (हरिवंश) — Śabdasāgara
द्युति · dyutī · s.f.
Light, radiance, splendour, brightness, brilliancy, lustre; beauty; inajesty, dignity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 556
द्युति · feminine
light, brightness, radiance, lustre; beauty; splendour, majesty
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi द्युति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit द्युति (dyuti).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dyuti f. splendour (as a goddess, Hariv. 14035), brightness, lustre, majesty, dignity, Mn.; MBh.; Var.; Kāv. &c.
(dram.) a threatening attitude, Daśar.; Sāh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
splendour (as a goddess, ), brightness, lustre, majesty, dignity, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dyuti" is the locative of "dyut" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dyuti f. splendour (as a goddess, Hariv. 14035), brightness, lustre, majesty, dignity, Mn.; MBh.; Var.; Kāv. &c.
(dram.) a threatening attitude, Daśar.; Sāh.
dyuti m. N. of a Ṛṣi under Manu Merusāvarṇa, Hariv.
of a son of Manu Tāmasa, ib.
dyuti f. (-tiḥ) 1 Light. 2 Beauty or splendour. 3 A ray of light. 4 Stimulating, exciting. E. dyuta to shine, affix ki.
1. dyut mfn. advancing against, (ifc.), ib.
2. dyut cl. 1. Ā. dyotate, AV.; MBh. (also ˚ti) &c. (pf. didyute, p. ˚tāna, RV. [cf. Pāṇ. vii, 4, 67], didyota, AV.; ˚dyutur, TS.; aor. adyutat and adidyutat, Br.; adyaut, RV.; Br., adyotiṣṭa, Pāṇ. i, 3, 91; iii, 1, 55, Kāś. p. P. dyutat Ā. ˚tāna or dyutāna, RV.; fut. dyotiṣyati, Br.; ind.p. dyutitvā or dyot˚, Pāṇ. i, 2, 26, Kāś.; -dyutya, AitBr.) to shine, be bright or brilliant: Caus. dyotayati (˚te, Bhaṭṭ.) to make bright, illuminate, irradiate, MBh.; Kāv.; to cause to appear, make clear or manifest, express, mean, ṢaḍvBr.; Lāṭy.; Śaṃk.; Sāh. : Desid. didyutiṣate or didyot˚, Pāṇ. i, 2, 26, Kāś. : Intens. davidyot, 3. pl. ˚dyutati, RV.; AV.; Br.; dedyutyate, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 67, Kāś., to shine, glitter, be bright or brilliant
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