jyotsnā

[jyotirastyasyāṃ jyotiṣa upa- dhālopo naśca pratyayaḥ P. V. 2. 114 Sk.] 1 Moonlight; sphuratsphārajyotsnādhava- litatale kvāpi puline Bh. 3. 42; jyotsnā- vato nirviśati pradoṣān...

Abstract Phenomenon

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] [jyotirastyasyāṃ jyotiṣa upa- dhālopo naśca pratyayaḥ P. V. 2. 114 Sk.] 1 Moonlight; sphuratsphārajyotsnādhava- litatale kvāpi puline Bh. 3. 42; jyotsnā- vato nirviśati pradoṣān R. 6. 34. --2 Light (in general). --3 An epithet of Durgā. --4 A moonlight-night. --Comp. --īśaḥ the moon. --priyaḥ the [Page0520-b+ 34] Cakora bird. --vṛkṣaḥ a lamp-stand, a candle-stick.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 68
Texts: 27

DCS: assimilation of quantities by fractional decrease; reduction of quantities to uniformity by the subtraction of a fraction

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Rāmāyaṇasurface: jyotsnām

nājahāt pitur ādeśaṃ śaśī jyotsnām ivoditaḥ

Rāmāyaṇasurface: jyotsnā

jyotsnāprāvaraṇaś candro dṛśyate 'bhyudito 'mbare