1. Joti .-A class of gods, present at the Mahāsamaya (D.ii.261). Buddhaghosa explains (DA.ii.691) that they were flaming deities, like beacon lights on mountain tops.

2. Joti .-A Burmese monk, author of the Vinayaganthipada. P.L.C.190.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from

joti : [f.] light; radiance. (nt.), a star. (m.), fire. (aor. of jotati), shone; became bright.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Joti (m. nt.) [Sk. jyotis (cp. dyuti) nt. to dyotate, see jotati] 1. light, splendour, radiance S i.93; A ii.85; Vv 162. -- 2. a star: see cpds. -- 3. fire S i.169; Th 1, 415; J iv.206; sajotibhūta set on fire S ii.260; A iii.407 sq.; J i.232.
   -- parāyaṇa (adj.) attaining to light or glory S i.93; A ii.85; D iii.233; Pug 51; -- pāvaka a brilliant fire Vv 162 (expl. VvA 79: candima -- suriya -- nakkhatta tāraka -- rūpānaŋ sādhāraṇa -- nāmaŋ); -- pāsāṇa a burning glass made of a crystal DhA iv.209; -- mālikā a certain torture (setting the body on fire: making a fiery garland) M i.87=A i.47=ii.122=Nd1 154=Nd2 604=Miln 197; -- rasa a certain jewel (wishing stone) VvA 111, 339; DhA i.198; Miln 118; -- sattha the science of the stars, astronomy: one of the 6 Vedic disciplines: see chaḷanga, cp. jotisā.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,