# ज्योति (jyoti)

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ज्योति (jyoti) is a Sanskrit word meaning light, no definition available, a river of Shalmalidvipa, a Vamshavartin God, a son of Vasishtha and a Prajapati of the Svarocisha epoch, a Marut group. Its 8 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them Individuals Named Jyoti, Groups of Beings Named Jyoti, Lexical/Grammatical Information.

- **SLP1:** `jyoti`  **IAST:** jyoti  **Devanagari:** ज्योति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyoti_%28goddess%29
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/jyoti/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** ज्योती (jyotī)

## Meanings by context

### Individuals Named Jyoti (3 definitions)
- a Vamshavartin God  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyoti (II) — a Vamśavartin God. Br. II. 36. 30. [ ID=5212 ]
- a son of Vasishtha and a Prajapati of the Svarocisha epoch  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyoti (III) — a son of Vasiṣṭha and a Prajāpati of the Svārociṣa epoch. M. 9. 9. [ ID=5213 ]
- a sage of the Tamasa epoch  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyoti (VI) — a sage of the Tāmasa epoch. Vi. III. 1. 18. [ ID=5216 ]

### Groups of Beings Named Jyoti (2 definitions)
- a Marut group  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyoti (IV) — a Marut gaṇa. M. 171. 52. [ ID=5214 ]
- one of the twenty Sutapa ganas  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Jyoti (V) — one of the twenty Sutapa gaṇas. Vā. 100. 14. [ ID=5215 ]

### Lexical/Grammatical Information (2 definitions)
- light  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 427,2] ज्योति (jyoti) (only loc. ° तौ (°tau) ) = ° तिस् (°tis), Tāṇḍya-brāhmaṇa (Title) xvi, 10, 2 [ ID=80666 ]
- No definition available.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > cf. दश - (daśa-), शत - (śata-). [ ID=80666.1 ]

### Geographical Feature Named Jyoti (1 definition)
- a river of Shalmalidvipa  
  *The Purana Index*
  > ज्योति (jyoti) [Printed book page 1-655 ] Jyoti (I) — a R. of Śālmalidvīpa. Br. II. 19. 46. [ ID=5211 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); The Purana Index.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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