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jyotiṣāṃ

jyotis n. light (of the sun, dawn, fire, lightning, &c.; also pl. ), brightness (of the sky), RV. &c. (trīṇijyotīṃṣi, light appearing in the 3 worlds, viz. on earth, in the intermediate region, and in the sky or heaven [the last being called uttama, VS. xx ; AV. xviii ; or uttara, i, 9, l ; …

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1. جيْتِس

jyotis n. light (of the sun, dawn, fire, lightning, &c.; also pl. ), brightness (of the sky), RV. &c. (trīṇijyotīṃṣi, light appearing in the 3 worlds, viz. on earth, in the intermediate region, and in the sky or heaven [the last being called uttama, VS. xx ; AV. xviii ; or uttara, i, 9, l ; or tṛtīya, RV. x, 56, 1 ] VS. viii, 36 ; AV. ix, 5, 8 ; MBh. iii ; also personified as ‘fire’ on earth, ‘ether or air’ in the intermediate region, and ‘sun’ in the sky, ŚBr. xi, 5, 8, 2 ; ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 21, 2 , &c.; ‘fire, sun and moon’, Bhag. xv, 12 )

2. جيْتِس

pl. the heavenly bodies, planets and stars, Mn. ; Bhag. &c. (tiṣāmayana n. course or movements of the heavenly bodies, science of those movements [= tiṣa], Lāṭy. iv, 8, 1 ; Śikṣ. )

3. جيْتِس

light as the type of freedom or bliss or victory ( cf. ϕάος , ϕῶς and Lat. lux ), RV. ; AV. ; VS. ; ŚBr. xiv ; Suśr.

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