As a deity name
Name 383 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
विद्युत् · feminine
brilliant, electric, lightning; energy, electrical, electricity
विद्युत · feminine
Cited formation "विद्युत" is वि- + द्युत: द्युत means "= ديتي dyuti, q.v", and the prefix वि- forms lacking, away, special, various, opposite. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "विद्युत" is विद्यु + -त: विद्यु means "विद्युत् । बिजली", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi विद्युत् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit विद्युत् (vidyut).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. vi—dyut mfn. (for 2. See under vi-√ dyut) devoid of splendour, lustreless, L.
1. vi-√ dyut Ā. -dyotate (Ved. also P.), to flash forth, lighten, shine forth (as the rising sun), RV. &c. &c. (vi-dyotate, ‘it lightens’; vi-dyotamāne, ‘when it lightens’); to hurl away by a stroke of lightning, RV.; to illuminate, MBh. : Caus. -dyotayati, to illuminate, irradiate, enlighten, make brilliant, MBh.; R. &c.: Intens. (only. vi-davidyutat) to shine brightly, RV.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a partic. Sakti
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vidyuta" is the vocative of "vidyutā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
vidyutā f. = 2. vidyut, lightning (see comp.)
a partic. Sakti, Hcat.
Alternative readings
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