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Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Vidyutpatāka (विद्युत्पताक) refers to “that which has the beams of lightning for their ensign” (i.e., ‘rumbling clouds’), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.22. Accordingly as Sitā said to Śiva:—“[...] the most unbearable season of the advent of clouds (ghanāgama or jaladāgama) has arrived with clusters of clouds of diverse hues, and their music reverberating in the sky and the various quarters. [...] Whose mind will not be agitated by the loud and forceful rumblings of the clouds that release a heavy downpour and have the beams of lightning for their ensign (vidyutpatāk)?”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vidyutpatāka (विद्युत्पताक).—One of the seven Pralaya clouds.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 2. 8.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vidyutpatāka (विद्युत्पताक):—[=vidyut-patāka] [from vidyut > vi-dyut] m. ‘having l° for its banner’, Name of one of the seven clouds at the destruction of the world, [Catalogue(s)]

[Sanskrit to German]

Vidyutpataka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Vidyut, Pataka.

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