As a deity name
Name 371 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 577 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 736 of the Rama Sahasranāma — Padma Purana / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 338 of the Surya Sahasranāma — Bhavishya Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
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
luminous, brilliant, shining, belonging to the world of light, celestial, &c. (˚tītriṣṭubh, ‘the heavenly Triṣṭubh’ of 3 × 12 and 1 × 8 syllables, )
Scripturally attestedWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jyotiṣmate" is the dative of "jyotiṣmat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "jyotiṣmat" is derived from "jyotis" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
jyotiṣ—mat (jyot˚), mfn. luminous, brilliant, shining, belonging to the world of light, celestial, RV.; AV. &c. (˚tītriṣṭubh, ‘the heavenly Triṣṭubh’ of 3 × 12 and 1 × 8 syllables, RPrāt.)
spiritual, pure, Yogas. i, 36
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Dictionary citations
jyotiṣ—mat (jyot˚), mfn. luminous, brilliant, shining, belonging to the world of light, celestial, RV.; AV. &c. (˚tītriṣṭubh, ‘the heavenly Triṣṭubh’ of 3 × 12 and 1 × 8 syllables, RPrāt.)
spiritual, pure, Yogas. i, 36
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.
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