तेजस्

तेजस्

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• tejas (Latin script)
• 𑀢𑁂𑀚𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• তেজস্ (Bengali script)
• තෙජස් (Sinhalese script)
• တေဇသ် or တေၹသ် (Burmese script)
• เตชสฺ or เตชัส (Thai script)
• ᨲᩮᨩᩈ᩺ (Tai Tham script)
• ເຕຊສ຺ or ເຕຊັສ (Lao script)
• តេជស៑ (Khmer script)

Noun

तेजस् n

1. Devanagari script form of tejas (“brilliance”)

Declension

Declension table of "तेजस्" (neuter)

Case \\ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	तेजो (tejo) or तेजं (tejaṃ)	तेजानि (tejāni)
Accusative (second)	तेजो (tejo) or तेजं (tejaṃ)	तेजानि (tejāni)
Instrumental (third)	तेजसा (tejasā) or तेजेन (tejena)	तेजेहि (tejehi) or तेजेभि (tejebhi)
Dative (fourth)	तेजसो (tejaso) or तेजस्स (tejassa)	तेजानं (tejānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	तेजसा (tejasā) or तेजस्मा (tejasmā) or तेजम्हा (tejamhā) or तेजा (tejā)	तेजेहि (tejehi) or तेजेभि (tejebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	तेजसो (tejaso) or तेजस्स (tejassa)	तेजानं (tejānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	तेजसि (tejasi) or तेजस्मिं (tejasmiṃ) or तेजम्हि (tejamhi) or तेजे (teje)	तेजेसु (tejesu)
Vocative (calling)	तेजो (tejo) or तेज (teja) or तेजं (tejaṃ) or तेजा (tejā)	तेजानि (tejāni)

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• ᬢᬾᬚᬲ᭄ (Balinese script)
• তেজস্ (Assamese script)
• তেজস্ (Bengali script)
• 𑰝𑰸𑰕𑰭𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀢𑁂𑀚𑀲𑁆 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌤𑍇𑌜𑌸𑍍 (Grantha script)
• તેજસ્ (Gujarati script)
• ਤੇਜਸੑ (Gurmukhi script)
• ꦠꦺꦗꦱ꧀ (Javanese script)
• តេជស៑ (Khmer script)
• ತೇಜಸ್ (Kannada script)
• ເຕຊສ຺ (Lao script)
• തേജസ് (Malayalam script)
• 𑘝𑘹𑘕𑘭𑘿 (Modi script)
• ᢐᠧᠽᠠᠰ (Mongolian script)
• ᢠᡝᡯᠠᠰ᠌ (Manchu script)
• တေဇသ် (Burmese script)
• 𑦽𑧚𑦵𑧍𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐟𑐾𑐖𑐳𑑂 (Newa script)
• ତେଜସ୍ (Oriya script)
• ꢡꢾꢙꢱ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆠𑆼𑆘𑆱𑇀 (Sharada script)
• 𑖝𑖸𑖕𑖭𑖿 (Siddham script)
• තේජස් (Sinhalese script)
• తేజస్ (Telugu script)
• เตชสฺ (Thai script)
• ཏེ་ཛ་ས྄ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒞𑒹𑒖𑒮𑓂 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *táyǰas, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)téyg-os (“sharpness”); see तिग्म (tigma) for more.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /tɐ́j.d͡ʑɐs/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈt̪eː.d͡ʑɐs̪/

Noun

तेजस् • (téjas) n

1. the sharp edge of a knife
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 01.55.01

     diváś cid asya varimā́ ví papratha
     índraṃ ná mahnā́ pr̥thivī́ caná práti
     bhīmás túviṣmāñ carṣaṇíbhya ātapáḥ
     śíśīte vájraṃ téjase ná váṃsagaḥ

     His expansion spreads out even beyond heaven; not even the earth is the counterpart to Indra in greatness.
     Fearsome and mighty, a scorching firebrand for the settled domains, he hones his mace, like a buffalo its horn, to be piercingly sharp.

2. the point or top of a flame or a ray
3. light, brilliance, glow, glare
4. splendor
5. fiery energy, vital power

Declension

Neuter as-stem declension of तेजस् (téjas)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	तेजः téjaḥ	तेजसी téjasī	तेजांसि téjāṃsi
Vocative	तेजः téjaḥ	तेजसी téjasī	तेजांसि téjāṃsi
Accusative	तेजः téjaḥ	तेजसी téjasī	तेजांसि téjāṃsi
Instrumental	तेजसा téjasā	तेजोभ्याम् téjobhyām	तेजोभिः téjobhiḥ
Dative	तेजसे téjase	तेजोभ्याम् téjobhyām	तेजोभ्यः téjobhyaḥ
Ablative	तेजसः téjasaḥ	तेजोभ्याम् téjobhyām	तेजोभ्यः téjobhyaḥ
Genitive	तेजसः téjasaḥ	तेजसोः téjasoḥ	तेजसाम् téjasām
Locative	तेजसि téjasi	तेजसोः téjasoḥ	तेजःसु téjaḥsu

Descendants

• Pali: tejas
• → Hindi: तेज (tej)
• → Malayalam: തേജസ് (tējasŭ)
• → Thai: เดช (dèet)

References

• “ते॑जस्” in Carl Cappeller, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary: Based upon the St. Petersburg Lexicons, Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, 1891, →OCLC, page 208, column 2.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “तेजस्”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 112
• Monier Williams (1899), “Téjas”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 454/2.