Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a deity name
Name 601 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
तड़ित · feminine
lightning
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi तडित् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit तडित् (taḍít).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
taḍit ind. = ˚ḍitas, RV. i, 94, 7 (taḻit)
taḍit f. ‘stroke (vadha-karman, Naigh. ii, 19)’, lightning, Nir. iii, 10 f.; Suśr. &c. (ifc. ˚ḍita, Vet. Introd. 20)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘stroke (vadha-karman, )’, lightning, &c. (ifc. ˚ḍita, Introd.)
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Dictionary citations
taḍit ind. = ˚ḍitas, RV. i, 94, 7 (taḻit)
taḍit f. ‘stroke (vadha-karman, Naigh. ii, 19)’, lightning, Nir. iii, 10 f.; Suśr. &c. (ifc. ˚ḍita, Vet. Introd. 20)
taḍit f. 1 Lightning; ghanaṃ ghanāṃte taḍitāṃ guṇairiva Śi. 1. 7; Me. 77; R. 6. 65. 2 Killing, injury. — ind. Closely, near. Comp. — garbhaḥ a cloud. — latā forked lightning. — lekhā a streak of lightning.
taḍit f. (-ḍit) Lightning. E. taḍa to strike or beat, Uṇādi affix iti; striking the earth, &c.
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