विद्युत्

Sanskrit

Etymology 1

Adjective

विद्युत् (ví-dyut)

1. devoid of splendour, lustreless

Etymology 2

Adjective

विद्युत् (vidyút)

1. flashing, shining, glittering

Noun

विद्युत् (vidyút) m

1. a particular समाधि (samādhi)
2. name of an Asura
3. name of a rakshasa

Noun

विद्युत् (vidyút) f and n

1. lightning (rarely n), a flashing thunderbolt (as the weapon of the Maruts)
2. the dawn
3. (in the plural) name of the four daughters of Prajā-pati Bahuputra
4. a species of the अतिजगती (ati-jagatī) metre

References

• Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 966