affulgent

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A form of effulgent — Radiant, resplendent, shining.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjectiveaffulgent (comparative more affulgent, superlative most affulgent)

comparative more affulgent · superlative most affulgent

  1. alternativeAlternative form of effulgent.

    Also, he assumes different forms concealing his affulgent form.

    2003, Narendranath B. Patil, The Variegated Plumage: Encounters with Indian Philosophy, →ISBN
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    God is one: about that there is a certain certitude, but He is both Absolute and Related, Immanent and Transcendent. [...] He is affulgent Light. He is Darkness within darkness. He is the Creator and also the destroyer of what He creates. And, then, He re-creates in order to re-destroy.

    1971, Gopal Singh, The Religion of the Sikhs, New Delhi: Allied Publishers, published 1987, →ISBN, page 42

    With the new decade ahead, the contributions of the Department of Surgery should be more affulgent than ever.

    1978, REI Report, page 55

    At that time an affulgent pillar of fire arose before their eyes.

    1987, F. M. Hassnain, Yoshiaki Miura, Vijay Pandita, Sri Amarnatha Cave, the Abode of Shiva, page 59

    The glory of the true saints is indescribable. They are deep like ocean and affulgent like the sun.

    1999, Giriraj Shah, Saints, Gurus and Mystics of India - Volume 1, page xiii
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