masculine neuter
- light, splendour, radiance SN.i.93; AN.ii.85; Vv.16#2.
- a star: see compounds
- fire SN.i.169; Thag.415; Ja.iv.206; sajotibhūta set on fire SN.ii.260; AN.iii.407 sq.; Ja.i.232.
- -parāyaṇa (adj.) attaining to light or glory SN.i.93; AN.ii.85; DN.iii.233; Pp.51;
- -pāvaka a brilliant fire Vv.16#2 (expl. Vv-a.79: candima-suriya-nakkhatta tāraka-rūpānaṃ sādhāraṇa-nāmaṃ);
- -pāsāṇa a burning glass made of a crystal Dhp-a.iv.209;
- -mālikā a certain torture (setting the body on fire: making a fiery garland MN.i.87 = AN.i.47 = AN.ii.122 = Mnd.154 = Cnd.604 = Mil.197
- -rasa a certain jewel (wishing stone) Vv-a.111, Vv-a.339; Dhp-a.i.198; Mil.118;
- -sattha the science of the stars astronomy: one of the 6 Vedic disciplines: see chaḷanga cp. jotisā.
Sk. jyotis (cp. dyuti) nt. to dyotate, see jotati