Vidyota, Vidyotā: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchVidyota (विद्योत):—(von 1. dyut mit vi)
1) adj. blitzend, blinkend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 14, 24. 8, 7, 17.] —
2) m. a) Geblitz, Glanz: muktāmaṇi [Harivaṃśa 2901.] [NṚS. TĀP. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 143.] — b) Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Dharma von der Lambā und Vaters des Stanayitnu (Donners) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 6, 5.] —
3) f. ā Nomen proprium einer Apsaras (daneben auch vidyutā) [Mahābhārata 13, 1425.]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Vidyotaka, Vidyotamana, Vidyotana, Vidyotani, Vidyotayitavya.
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Full-text: Stanayitnu, Vidyotin, Vidyotamana, Vidyotaka, Vidyotana, Vidyotayitavya, Vijjao, Vidyuta, Didhitividyota , Lamba, Apsaras.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 6 - Progeny of Dakṣa’s Daughters < [Book 6 - Sixth Skandha]
Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 14 - The Legend of Vajrāṅga < [Section 2 - Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Section XIX < [Anusasanika Parva]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)