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tejato

teja

nt abl sg of teja (noun); masc abl sg of teja (adj); masc abl sg of tejas (noun)

1. teja (nt): flame; fire; heat
2. teja (adj): keen; sharp; piercing
3. teja (nt): spiritual fire; inner fire
4. tejato (masc): as fire
5. tejato (masc): from heat; apart from fire
6. tejas (masc): flame; fire; heat
7. tejas (masc): radiance; glory; splendour; power
8. tejas (masc): poison; lit. heat

Built from

• tej — root · blaze; be sharp
  The root denotes both the visual sharpness of flame and the piercing quality of heat or light. Concrete imagery of flame as that which cuts through darkness and penetrates.

Etymology. From √taj (to blaze, be sharp). Cognate with Latin taxus (sharp-pointed yew tree) and English dash, both from the sense of piercing or cutting sharpness that extends metaphorically to the glow and penetrating power of fire. The word preserves the Indo-European root *teg- (sharp, hot).

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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