téjas n. (often pl.) the sharp edge (of a knife &c.), point or top of a flame or ray, glow, glare, splendour, brilliance, light, fire, [RV.] &c.
clearness of the eyes, [VS. xxi]; [AitBr.] &c.
the bright appearance of the human body (in health), beauty, [Nal.]; [Suśr. i, 15]
the heating and strengthening faculty of the human frame seated in the bile, 14 and 26
the bile, [L.]
fiery energy, ardour, vital power, spirit, efficacy, essence, [AV.] &c.
semen virile, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Ragh.]; [Śak.]
marrow, [L.]
the brain, [W.]
gold, [L.]
(opposed to kṣamā) impatience, fierceness, energetic opposition, [MBh. iii]; [VarBṛ.]; [Sāh. iii, 50] and [54]; [Daśar. ii, 3]
(in Sāṃkhya phil.) = rajas (passion)
spiritual or moral or magical power or influence, majesty, dignity, glory, authority, [AV.]; [VS.] &c.
a venerable or dignified person, person of consequence, [MBh. v], [xiii]; [Śak. vii, 15]
fresh butter, [L.]
a mystical N. of the letter r, [RāmatUp. i, 23]
(ase) dat. inf. √ tij, q.v.
cf. a-, agni-, ugra- &c.