ज्योतिस्
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬚ᭄ᬬᭀᬢᬶᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
- জ্যোতিস্ (Assamese script)
- জ্যোতিস্ (Bengali script)
- 𑰕𑰿𑰧𑰺𑰝𑰰𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀚𑁆𑀬𑁄𑀢𑀺𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌜𑍍𑌯𑍋𑌤𑌿𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
- જ્યોતિસ્ (Gujarati script)
- ꦗꦾꦺꦴꦠꦶꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
- ಜ್ಯೋತಿಸ್ (Kannada script)
- ဇျောတိသ္ (Burmese script)
- 𑐖𑑂𑐫𑑀𑐟𑐶𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
- ଜ୍ଯୋତିସ୍ (Oriya script)
- ꢙ꣄ꢫꣂꢡꢶꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆘𑇀𑆪𑆾𑆠𑆴𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
- 𑖕𑖿𑖧𑖺𑖝𑖰𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
- జ్యోతిస్ (Telugu script)
- ཛྱོཏིས྄ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒖𑓂𑒨𑒼𑒞𑒱𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
Alternative forms
- ज्योति (jyoti) – feminine i-stem variant
Etymology
From the root ज्युत् (jyut), a reborrowed Prakrit form of द्युत् (dyut).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /d͡ʑjɐ́w.t̪is̪/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʑjoː.t̪is̪/
Noun
ज्योतिस् • (jyótis) n
- light (of the sun, dawn, fire, lightning)
- brightness (of the sky)
- light appearing in the 3 worlds, viz. on earth, in the intermediate region, and in the sky or heaven
- the fire on earth
- the sun or moon in the sky (used in the dual form to imply both of them)
- ether or air in the intermediate region
- flash of lightning
- moonlight
- the light of the eyes
- the eye
- (in the plural) the heavenly bodies, planets and stars
- course or movements of the heavenly bodies
- science of the movements of the heavenly bodies
- the light of heaven, celestial world
- light as the divine principle of life or source of intelligence, intelligence
- name of several ekāhas
- a metre of 32 short and 16 long syllables
- a mystical name for the letter ra
Declension
| Neuter is-stem declension of ज्योतिस् (jyótis) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | ज्योतिः jyótiḥ | ज्योतिषी jyótiṣī | ज्योतींषि jyótīṃṣi |
| Vocative | ज्योतिः jyótiḥ | ज्योतिषी jyótiṣī | ज्योतींषि jyótīṃṣi |
| Accusative | ज्योतिः jyótiḥ | ज्योतिषी jyótiṣī | ज्योतींषि jyótīṃṣi |
| Instrumental | ज्योतिषा jyótiṣā | ज्योतिर्भ्याम् jyótirbhyām | ज्योतिर्भिः jyótirbhiḥ |
| Dative | ज्योतिषे jyótiṣe | ज्योतिर्भ्याम् jyótirbhyām | ज्योतिर्भ्यः jyótirbhyaḥ |
| Ablative | ज्योतिषः jyótiṣaḥ | ज्योतिर्भ्याम् jyótirbhyām | ज्योतिर्भ्यः jyótirbhyaḥ |
| Genitive | ज्योतिषः jyótiṣaḥ | ज्योतिषोः jyótiṣoḥ | ज्योतिषाम् jyótiṣām |
| Locative | ज्योतिषि jyótiṣi | ज्योतिषोः jyótiṣoḥ | ज्योतिःषु jyótiḥṣu |
References
- Monier Williams (1899) , “ज्योतिस्”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 427.