jyotis , ( 1 ) a kind of flower ( qy : Trigonella foenum graecum ? so Skt. Lex. ): jyotir-mālikā- LV 11.3 (prose); Tib. proves that jyotis was understood as a separate name of a flower: me tog ( flower ) snaṅ ḥod ( bright light ) daṅ ma li ka daṅ , etc. ; ( 2 ) n. of a (brahman-)youth: Jyotirmāṇavakaṃ ( acc. ) Śikṣ 167.3 , cited from Upāyakauśalyasūtra.
jyotis n. [ dyut-isun Aderdasya jaH , jyut-isun vA ] 1 Light, lustre, brightness, flash; jyotirekaM jagAma Ś. 5. 30 ; R. 2. 75 ; Me. 5. 2 Light of Brahman, light regarded as the Supreme spirit; Bg. 5. 24 , 13. 17 ; U. 4. 18 . 3 Lightning. 4 A heavenly body. 5 A heavenly body, a luminary (planet, star &c.); jyotirBirudyAdBiriva triyAmA Ku. 7. 21 ; Bg. 10. 21 ; H. 1. 21 ; Ku. 2. 19 ; Ś. 7. 6. 6 Brightness of the sky, day-light ( opp. tamas ). 7 The sun and moon (dual). 8 Light as the divine principle of life, intelligence. 9 The science of the course of heavenly bodies; astronomy. see jyotiza . 10 The faculty of seeing. 11 The celestial world. — m. 1 The sun. 2 Fire. 3 An epithet of Viṣṇu. Comp. — iMgaH, -iMgaRaH the fire-fly. — kaRaH a spark of fire. — gaRaH the heavenly bodies collectively; — cakraM the zodiac. — jYaH an astronomer or astrologer. — maMqalaM the stellar sphere. — milin m. — vI(bI)jaM a firefly. — raTaH ( jyotIraTaH ) the polar star. — lokaH the supreme spirit. — vid m. an astronomer or astrologer. — vidyA , — SAstraM ( jyotiHSSAstraM ) astronomy or astrology. — stomaH ( jyotizwomaH ) a Soma sacrifice considered as the type of a whole class of sacrificial ceremonies. — hastA N. of Durgā.