# ख्याति (khyāti)

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ख्याति (khyāti) is a Sanskrit word meaning an opinion, view, idea, or assertion, a declaration, perception or knowledge, renown or fame, a name, denomination, or title, not found. Its 23 recorded definitions are grouped into 8 contexts, among them Fame, Renown, or Celebrity, Knowledge, Perception, or Assertion, Mythological Figure: Khyāti, daughter of Daksha/Kardama.

- **Root:** ख्या (khyā)
- **SLP1:** `KyAti`  **IAST:** khyāti  **Devanagari:** ख्याति
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyati
- **Declensions:** 72 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/khyati/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** ख्याती (khyātī)

## Meanings by context

### Fame, Renown, or Celebrity (8 definitions)
- renown or fame  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > renown, fame, celebrity, Manu-smṛti (Title) xii, 36; Mahābhārata (Title) iii, 8273; Rāmāyaṇa (Title) &c. [ ID=62122 ]
- Fame, celebrity  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्या (khyā) ति (khyāti) [Printed book page 275 ] ख्या (khyā) ति (khyāti) f. ( तिः (tiḥ) ) Fame, celebrity. E. ख्या (khyā) to tell, affix क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=12926 ]
- Fame, celebrity  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 239-b ] ख्याति (khyāti) ( तिः ) ((tiḥ)) 2. f. Fame, celebrity. [ ID=12378 ]
- 1. Renown, fame, or glory. 2. A name or title. 3. Praise. 4. Narration. 5. Knowledge or discrimination.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 228-24 ] ख्याति (khyāti) f. 1. Renown, fame, glory, celebrity, M. xii.36; 2. a name, a title; 3. praise; 4. narration; 5. the faculty of discriminating objects by appropriate designation, knowledge (in Phil.), Sis. iv.55. [ ID=11396 ]
- Fame, celebrity  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्या (khyā) ति (khyāti) [Printed book page 226-b ] ख्या (khyā) ति (khyāti) f. ( - तिः (-tiḥ) ) Fame, celebrity. E. ख्या (khyā) to tell, affix क्तिन् (ktin). [ ID=12920 ]
- 1. Fame or celebrity. 2. Name. 3. Knowledge.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 0248-a ] ख्याति (khyāti) khyā + ti, f. 1. Fame, cele- brity, Man. 12, 36; personified, Bhāg. P. 3, 24, 22. 2. Name, MBh. 1, 3180. 3. Knowledge, Yogas. 2, 26. — Comp. Su-, f. fame. [ ID=4261 ]
- Fame or being well known  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 148-b ] khyāti, f. the being well known; fame; khyātiṃ gam, become famous. [ √khyā. ] [ ID=1321 ]
- 1. Renown, fame, glory, or celebrity. 2. A name, denomination, or title. 3. Fame personified as a daughter of Daksha or as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Bhrigu. 4. The faculty of discriminating objects, opinion, or knowledge.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 0277-b ] Khyāti, is, f. the being well known, renown, fame, glory, celebrity; a name, denomination, title; fame personified as a daughter of Dakṣa or as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Bhṛgu; the means of individual fruition, or the faculty of discriminating objects by appropriate designations and the like, opinion, knowledge; ( is ), m., N. of a son of the fourth Manu. —Khyāti-kara or khyāti-janaka, as, ā, am, causing renown, glorious. —Khyāti-ghna, as, ī, am, destroying reputation, disgraceful. —Khyāti- bodha, as, m. sense of honour. —Khyāti-mat, ān, atī, at, renowned. [ ID=16974 ]

### Knowledge, Perception, or Assertion (5 definitions)
- 1. An opinion, view, idea, or assertion. 2. A declaration.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 341,1] ख्याति (khyāti) f. ‘declaration’, opinion, view, idea, assertion, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) xi, 16, 24; Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha (Title) xv, 201 [ ID=62120 ]
- Perception or knowledge.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > perception, knowledge, Yoga-sūtra (Title); Tattvasamāsa (Title) (= बुद्धि (buddhi) ), Sarvadarśana-saṃgraha (Title) [ ID=62121 ]
- 1. Perception, supposition, assertion, or knowledge. 2. Fame, celebrity, or name.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 080-3 ] ख्याति (khyāti) khyā-ti, f. perception; supposition, assertion; knowledge; fame, celebrity; name: -mat, a. celebrated, famous; -viruddha, pp. opposed to the general assumption. [ ID=6762 ]
- 1. Apprehension, notion, idea, or knowledge. 2. Renown or name.  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 145 ] ख्याति (khyāti) f. apprehension, notion, idea, knowledge; renown, name. [ ID=9143 ]
- knowledge or all known  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Khyāti (VII) — (ety.) knowledge; all known. Vā. 4. 35. [ ID=3961 ]

### Mythological Figure: Khyāti, daughter of Daksha/Kardama (2 definitions)
- Celebrity personified  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Celebrity (personified as daughter of Dakṣa, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) i, 7, 23; 8, 14 f.; 9 f.; or of Kardama, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) iii, 24, 23 ), Harivaṃśa (Title) 7740 [ ID=62125 ]
- A daughter of Kardama, married to Bhrigu, and mother of Dhatri, Vidhatri, and Shri.  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Khyāti (IV) — a daughter of Kardama, (Dakṣa- Vā. P., Vi. P. ) married to Bhṛgu. Mother of sons Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ and daughter of Śri. Bhā. III. 24. 23; IV. 1. 43; Br. I. 9. 52. 54; 11. 1; III. 25. 77; Vā. 10. 27, 30; 62. 43; Vi. I. 7. 7, 25. [ ID=3958 ]

### Mythological Figure: Khyāti, son of Tāmasa Manu (2 definitions)
- the son of the fourth Manu  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a son of the 4th Manu, Bhāgavata-purāṇa (Title) viii, 1, 27. [ ID=62128 ]
- a son of Tamasa Manu  
  *The Purana Index*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) [Printed book page 1-500 ] Khyāti (II) — a son of Tāmasa Manu. Bhā. VIII. 1. 27; Br. II. 36. 49; Vi. III. 1. 19. [ ID=3956 ]

### Mythological Figure: Khyāti, son of Ūru (2 definitions)
- the son of Uru by Agneyi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > ख्याति (khyāti) m. N. of a son of Ūru by Āgneyī ( v.l. स्वाति (svāti) ), Harivaṃśa (Title) 73; Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) i [ ID=62127 ]
- a son of Uru and Agneyi  
  *The Purana Index*
  > Khyāti (III) — a son of Ūru (Kuru- Vi. P. ) and Āgneyi. Br. II. 36. 108; M. 4. 43; Vi. I. 13. 6. [ ID=3957 ]

### Name, Denomination, or Title (2 definitions)
- A name, denomination, or title.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a name, denomination, title, Mahābhārata (Title) i [ ID=62123 ]
- not found  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > xiv; Rāmāyaṇa (Title) iii, 4, 17 [ ID=62124 ]

### A River (1 definition)
- A river in Krauncha-dvipa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a river in Krauñca-dvīpa, Viṣṇu-purāṇa (Title) ii, 4, 55 [ ID=62126 ]

### Mythological Figure: Khyāti, daughter of Bhrigu (1 definition)
- a daughter of Bhrigu and wife of Narayana  
  *The Purana Index*
  > [Printed book page 1-501 ] Khyāti (V) — a daughter of Bhṛgu; same as Śrī; wife of Nārāyaṇa; sons, Bala and Utsāha by him; others Mānasa, mind-born. See Śrī. Vā. 28. 1-3. [ ID=3959 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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