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Udyot
उद्योतSay it ood-YOTE
- Meaning today
- Light, brilliance
- Original meaning
- "flashing up, shining; light, lustre; revelation" Monier-Williams, p. 188
- Say it
- ood-YOTE
- Written
- उद्योत
- Other spellings
- Udyoth, Uddyot
- First sound
- उ · Vrishabh rashi
Udyot
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Udyot meaning
Udyot (उद्योत) is a Hindu boy's name of Sanskrit origin. By its first sound, उ, it is a Vrishabh rashi name (Krittika nakshatra) in the North Indian table.
Flashing up, shining; light, lustre; revelation
Also used to mean: brilliance
Udyot (उद्योत) is the Sanskrit uddyota, often written udyota, from the verb ud-dyut, "to flash up, to shine forth". Monier-Williams gives it as shining, and as the act of lighting up or becoming visible, a revelation, and light or lustre, citing the Rāmāyaṇa and the Mahābhārata. Like several other words for light, it was also used for a chapter of a book, and Uddyota is the title of a well-known grammatical commentary by Nāgeśa Bhaṭṭa. Name lists give Udyot as "light" or "brilliance", which matches. It is a name with a clear, bright meaning.
Source: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1899), p. 188 · entry ud-dyota · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Monier-Williams, ud-dyota, p. 188
Fits your syllable
First sound उ
Krittika nakshatra, pada 3 · Vrishabh rashi
North Indian table. Tables vary by region and family tradition, so confirm with your priest.
Spellings
Udyot · Udyoth · Uddyot