As a deity name
Name 51 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp. for ˚tis.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M2 · same meaning "jyotiḥ" is "jyotis" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationM2 · same meaning "jyotiḥ" is "jyotir" with final visarga (ḥ) — regular end-of-word sandhi (Aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15, cited from the engine's own derivation). Same word.
visarga sandhi · aṣṭādhyāyī 8.3.15 — cited from the derivationRelated forms
Dictionary citations
jyotiḥ in comp. for ˚tis.
jyotis n. light (of the sun, dawn, fire, lightning, &c.; also pl.), brightness (of the sky), RV. &c. (trīṇi jyotīṃṣi, light appearing in the 3 worlds, viz. on earth, in the intermediate region, and in the sky or heaven [the last being called uttama, VS. xx; AV. xviii; or uttara, i, 9, l; or tṛtīya, RV. x, 56, 1] VS. viii, 36; AV. ix, 5, 8; MBh. iii; also personified as ‘fire’ on earth, ‘ether or air’ in the intermediate region, and ‘sun’ in the sky, ŚBr. xi, 5, 8, 2; ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 21, 2, &c.; ‘fire, sun and moon’, Bhag. xv, 12)
fire, flash of lightning, Megh.; Śak.
jyotir in comp. for ˚tis.
Alternative readings
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