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deदेcl. 1. Ā. dayate, [Dhātup. xxii, 66]; pf. digye, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 9], to protect, defend: Desid. ditsate, [54.] [cf. 1. datta; 4. 5. dā.]
devदेव्See √ 1. 2. div.
deśīदेशीf. See .
f. (sc. bhāṣā) the vulgar dialect of a country (opp. to saṃskṛta), provincialism
-tva n., [Kāvyād.]; [Deśīn.]; [L.]
a vulgar mode of singing, [Cat.]
dance (opp. to mārga, pantomime), [Daśar.]
(in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī.
deśaदेशdeśá m. (√ 1. diś) point, region, spot, place, part, portion, [VS.]; [AitBr.]; [Śr.] & [GṛS.]; [Mn.] &c.
province, country, kingdom, [R.]; [Hit.]; [Kathās.]; [Vet.]
institute, ordinance, [W.] (deśam ā √ vas, or ni-√ viś, to settle in a place, [Mn.]; °śe, in the proper place [esp. with kāle] [MBh.]; [Hit.] Often ifc. [f(A). , [Ragh. vii, 47]; [Ṛt. i, 27]] esp. after a word denoting a country or a part of the body, e.g. kāmboja-, magadha-; aṃsa-, kaṇṭha-, skandha-; ātmīya-, one's own country or home)
dehīदेहीdehī́ (ī́), f. mound, bank, rampart, surrounding wall, [RV.]
dehaदेहm. n. (√ dih, to plaster, mould, fashion) the body, [TĀr.]; [KātyŚr.]; [Mn.] &c.
(in a triad with manas and vāc), [Mn. i, 104] &c.
(°haṃdhāraya, to support the body i.e. exist, [Nal.])
form, shape, mass, bulk (as of a cloud; ifc. f(A). ), [Var.]
person, individual, [Subh.]
appearance, manifestation ifc. having the appearance of (saṃdeha-, [Bālar. iii, 43/44])
N. of a country, [L.]
devāदेवा(ā), f. Hibiscus Mutabilis or Marsilea Quadrifolia
devīदेवीdevī́ (ī́), f. See s.v.
devi- and devī-, see devī́.
devī́ f. (cf. devá) a female deity, goddess, [RV.]; [AitBr.]; [MBh.] &c. (e.g. Uṣas, [RV. vii, 75, 5]; Sarasvatī, [v, 41, 17]; Sāvitrī, the wife of Brahmā, [MBh.]; Durgā, the wife of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Kāv.] &c.; the 4 goddesses of Buddhists are Rocanī, Māmakī, Pāṇḍurā and Tārā, [Dharmas. iv])
N. of nymph beloved by the Sun, [L.]
of an Apsaras, [MBh. i, 4818]
(with Jainas) the mother of 18th Arhat of present Ava-sarpiṇī, [L.]
queen, princess lady (the consecrated wife or daughter of a king, but also any woman of high rank), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a kind of bird (= śyāmā), [L.]
a partic. supernatural power (= kuṇḍalinī), [Cat.]
worship, reverence, [W.]
N. of plants (colocynth, a species of cyperus, Medicago Esculenta &c.), [L.]
(also) = gāyatrī, [Parāś.]
= nāgī, [Buddh.]
devaदेवdevá mf(I)n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence), [RV.]; [AV.]; [VS.]; [ŚBr.] (superl. m. devá-tama, [RV. iv, 22, 3] &c.; f. devi-tamā, [ii, 41, 16])
devá m. (according to [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 120] déva) a deity, god, [RV.] &c. &c.
(rarely applied to) evil demons, [AV. iii, 15, 5]; [TS. iii, 5, 4, 1]
(pl. the gods as the heavenly or shining ones; víśve devā́s, all the gods, [RV. ii, 3, 4] &c., or a partic. class of deities [see under víśva], often reckoned as 33, either 11 for each of the 3 worlds, [RV. i, 139, 11] &c. [cf. tri-daśa], or 8 Vasus, 11 Rudras, and 12 Ādityas [to which the 2 Aśvins must be added] [Br.]; cf. also, [Divyāv. 68]; with Jainas 4 classes, viz. bhavanādhīśa, vyantara, jyotiṣka, and vaimānika; devā́nām pátnyas, the wives of the gods, [RV.]; [VS.]; [Br.] [cf. deva-patnī below])
N. of the number 33 (see above), [Gaṇit.]
N. of Indra as the god of the sky and giver of rain, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
a cloud, [L.]
(with Jainas) the 22nd Arhat of the future Ut-sarpiṇī
the image of a god, an idol, [Viṣṇ.]
a god on earth or among men, either Brāhman, priest, [RV.]; [AV.] (cf. bhū-d°), or king, prince (as a title of honour, esp. in the voc. ‘your majesty’ or ‘your honour’; also ifc., e.g. śrī-harṣa-d°, vikramāṅka-d°, king Śrī-h° or Vikr°, and in names as puruṣottama-d° [lit. having Viṣṇu as one's deity; cf. atithi-d°, ācārya-d°, pitṛ-d°, mātṛ-d°]; rarely preceding the name, e.g. deva-caṇḍamahāsena, [Kathās. xiii, 48]), [Kāv.]; [Pañc.] &c. (cf. kṣiti-, nara-, &c.)
a husband's brother (cf. devṛ and devara), [W.]
a fool, dolt, [L.]
a child, [L.]
a man following any partic. line or business, [L.]
a spearman, lancer, [L.]
emulation, wish to excel or overcome, [L.]
sport, play, [L.]
a sword, [Gal.]
N. of men, [VP.]
of a disciple of Nāgārjuna, [MWB. 192]
dimin. for devadatta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 83], Vārtt. 4, Sch.
devá n. ([L.]) an organ of sense, [MuṇḍUp. iii, 1, 8]; [2, 7]
[cf. Lat. dīvus, deus; Lit. dë́vas; Old Pruss. deiwas.]
devṛदेवृdevṛ́ m. a husband's brother (esp. his younger brother), [RV.]; [AV.] (prob. as the player, because he has less to do than his elder brother); the husband of a woman previously married, [W.]
[cf. Arm. taigr; Gk. δαήρ; Lat. levir; Angl.Sax. tacur; Germ. zeihhur; Lith. dë́veris; Slav. děveri.]
deviदेविdevi- and devī-, see devī́.
in comp. for °vī.
devyदेव्य्in comp. for devī before vowels.
deyaदेयdéya mfn. (√ 1. dā) to be given or presented or granted or shown
fit or proper for a gift, [AV.]; [TS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
to be or being given in matrimony (cf. brahma-)
to be delivered or handed over, [Mn. viii, 185]
to be ceded (road), [Mn. ii, 138]
to be returned, [Vikr. iv, 33]
to be paid (as a debt, wages, taxes &c.), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.]
to be laid or set to (as fire), [MBh.]; [Bhpr.]
déya n. giving, gift (cf. a-, bala-, magha-, rādho-, vasu-, vaira-)
tax, tribute, [MBh. xii, 3308]
water (?), [L.]
deśinदेशिन्mfn. showing, instructing, guiding, [MBh.] &c.
of or belonging to a country, [L.]
deśyaदेश्यmfn. to be pointed or picked out, excellent in its kind, standard, [Pat.]
being on the spot or present, witness, [Mn. viii, 52] (? v.l. deśa)
= deśīya, in all meanings, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] (-tva, [Deśīn.]), [Pāṇ. v, 3, 67] (cf. tad-, nānā-, paṭu-, vanāyu-, vitasti-, śiśu-)
born in the country, indigenous, a true native, [R.] (cf. deśa-ja)
n. the proposition or statement (= pūrva-pakṣa), [L.]
the fact or charge to be proved or substantiated, [W.]
dehinदेहिन्mfn. having a body, corporeal
m. a living creature, man, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the spirit, soul (enveloped in the body), [Up.]; [Bhag.]; [Suśr.]; [BhP.]
devācदेवाच्devā́c mf(A/cI)n. directed towards the gods, [RV. i, 127, 1.]
devanदेवन्m. brother-in-law (= devṛ), [L.]
devejदेवेज्mfn. (nom. ṭ) sacrificing to the gods, [Vop.]
devinदेविन्mfn. gambling, a gambler, [MBh.] (cf. akṣa-, durdyūta-, sādhu-).
devyaदेव्यdevyà n. divine power, godhead, [RV.]
deṣṇaदेष्णdeṣṇá n. giving, a gift, [RV.] (cf. kumāra-, cāru-, tuvi- &c.), [RV.]
deṣṇuदेष्णुmfn. giving, liberal, [L.]
= dur-dama or dur-gama, [L.]
m. (fr. √ dai) a washerman.
deṣṭhaदेष्ठdéṣṭha mfn. (fr. √ 1. dā) giving most or best, [RV.]
deṣṭṛदेष्टृm. pointer, indicator (kupatha-, [BhP. vi, 7, 14])
deśīyaदेशीयmfn. peculiar or belonging to or inhabiting a country, provincial, native (esp. ifc., e.g. māgadha- a native of Magadha, [ŚrS.])
bordering on, resembling, almost, nearly (ifc. and regarded asa suffix, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 67]; cf. pañca-varṣaka-., paṭu-, ṣaḍvarṣa.).
deśabhaदेशभdeśa—bha n. the asterism dominating a country, [Var.]
deśajaदेशजdeśa—ja or deśa—jāta, mfn. ‘country born’, native, born or produced in the right place, genuine (as horses, elephants &c.), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.]
deśakaदेशकmfn. (ifc.) showing, pointing out
m. shower, indicator (san-mārga-, [MārkP. xix, 17]; dharma-, [Pañc. iii, 104/105] v.l. °mād°)
ruler, instructor, [L.]
deśanāदेशनाf. direction, instruction, [SaddhP.]; [Śatr.]
deśikaदेशिकmfn. familiar with a place, a guide (lit. and fig.), [MBh. i, 3599] (v.l. daiś° cf. a- [add.])
m. a Guru or spiritual teacher, [MBh.]; [AgP.]
a traveller, [L.]
deśinīदेशिनीf. the index or forefinger, [Yājñ. i, 19]; [BhP.]
deśitaदेशितmfn. shown, directed, instructed, [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
dehāriदेहारिm. ‘foe of the body’, N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1179], Sch. (as v.l. for kāhali).
dehadhiदेहधिdeha—dhi m. ‘body-receptacle’, wing, [L.]
dehadaदेहदdeha—da m. ‘body- (life?) giving’, quicksilver, [L.] (cf. pāra-).
dehajaदेहजdeha—ja m. ‘body-born’, a son, [BhP.] (cf. tanu-)
the god of love, Diś.
dehalāदेहलाf. spirituous liquor, [L.]
dehalīदेहलीf. (rarely °li) the threshold of a door or a raised terrace in front of it, [GṛS.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
dehikāदेहिकाf. a sort of ant or insect which throw's up the earth, [MārkP.] (cf. ud-, upa-.).
dehinīदेहिनीf. the earth, [L.]
delimaदेलिमm. or n. N. of a place, [Cat.]
devālāदेवालाf. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī.
devāpiदेवापिdevā́pi m. ‘friend of the gods’, N. of a Ṛṣi who was son of Ṛṣṭi-ṣeṇa, [RV. x] (according to a later legend he is a son of king Pratipa, resigns his kingdom, retires to the woods and is supposed to be still alive, [MBh.]; [Pur.] &c.)
devāriदेवारिm. ‘foe of the gods’, an Asura, [MBh.]
devāvīदेवावीdeva—vī́ (or °vā-v°) mfn. (superl. -tama) gratifying the gods, [RV.]
devā-vī́ = deva-vī́.
devāṭaदेवाटm. N. of a sacred bathing-place, [VarP.] (cf. patny-āṭa).
devāyūदेवायूdevā°yú or devā°yū́ (only acc. sg. f. °yúvam) = °vayú, [MaitrS.]; [Ār.]
devāyaदेवायNom. P., only p. °yát = °vayát, [Maitr.] and [KapS.]; [Kāṭh.]
devāyuदेवायुdevā°yú or devā°yū́ (only acc. sg. f. °yúvam) = °vayú, [MaitrS.]; [Ār.]
devīkaदेवीकifc. = devī
See sa-.
devabhūदेवभूdeva—bhū m. a god or (f.?) heaven, [L.]
devahūदेवहूdeva—hū́ mfn. invoking the gods (superl. -tama), [RV.]; [VS.]
deva—hū́ m. N. of a man g. gargādi
deva—hū́ f. (scil. dvār) N. of the northern aperture of the human body, i.e. of the left ear (which is turned north wards if the face is directed towards the east), [BhP. iv, 25, 51] &c. (cf. pitṛ-).
devajāदेवजाdeva—jā́ mfn. ‘god-born’, [RV.]; [AV.]
devajaदेवजdeva—já mfn. god-born, divine (as a Sāman), [ŚBr.]
deva—já m. N. of a prince (son of Saṃyama), [BhP.]
devakāदेवकाf. familiar for deva-dattikā, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 45], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.]
devakīदेवकीf. See below.
f. N. of a daughter of Devaka (see above) who was wife of Vasu-deva and mother of Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [Pur.] (identified with a-diti, [Hariv.]; with dākṣāyaṇī, [MatsyaP.])
devakaदेवकmf(ikA)n. who or what sports or plays, [W.]
divine, celestial id.
m. (div°) a god, deity (at the end of an adj. comp.), [MBh. ii, 1396] &c. (cf. daivaka)
N. of a man (?), [RV. vii, 18, 20]; [Sāy.]
of a Gandharva (at once a prince, son of Āhuka and father of Devakī [below] [MBh. i, 4480]; [v, 80] &c.; [Hariv.]; [Pur.])
of a son of Yudhiṣṭhira and Yaudheyī or Pauravī (cf. °vikā below), [Pur.]
familiar N. for deva-dattaka, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 83]; [Pat.]
m. pl. N. of the Śūdras in Krauñca-dvīpa, [BhP. v, 20, 22]
devalaदेवलm. an attendant upon an idol (who subsists on the offerings made to it; oftener °laka, [Mn. iii, 152]; [180]; [MBh.])
a virtuous or pious man, [Uṇ. i, 108], Sch.
N. of a descendant of Kaśyapa and one of the authors of [RV. ix]
of Asita or a son of A°, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
of a man mentioned with A°, [Prav.]
of an astronomer, [Var.]
of a legislator (also, -bhaṭṭa), [Madhus.]; [Kull.]
of a son of Pratyūṣa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
of an elder brother of Dhaumya, [MBh.]
of the husband of Eka-parṇā, [Hariv.]
of the father of Saṃnati (the wife of Brahma-datta), [ib.]
of the grandfather of [Pāṇ.]; [Col.]
of a son of Viśvā-mitra (pl. his descendants), [Hariv.]
of a son of Kṛśāśva by Dhiṣaṇā, [BhP.]
= devara (q.v.)
devanāदेवनाf. sport, pastime, [L.]
service, [L.]
devanaदेवनn. lamentation, wailing, grief, sorrow, [L.]
m. a die, dice for gambling, [L.]
dévana (dév°), n. shining, splendour, [Kull. viii, 92]
gaming, a game at dice, [RV. x, 43, 5]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
play, sport, pastime, [L.]
pleasure-ground, garden, [L.]
a lotus, [L.]
praise, [L.]
desire, emulation, [L.]
affair, business, profession, [L.]
going, motion, [L.]
devaraदेवरm. = devṛ, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
husband, lover, [BhP. iv, 26, 26.]
devasūदेवसूdeva—sū m. (with or scil. deva) N. of 8 deities (viz. Agni gṛha-pati, Soma vanas-pati, Savitṛ satya-prasava, Rudra paśu-pati, Bṛhas-pati vācas-pati, Indra jyeṣṭha, Mitra satya, and Varuṇa dharma-pati), [VS.]; [TS.]; [Br.] &c.
devatāदेवताdeva—tā See .
devátā f. godhead, divinity (abstr. & concr.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.] &c.
image of a deity, idol, [Mn. iv, 130]; [MBh.]; [Pur.] (ifc. -ka, [Kull. viii, 105])
N. of the organs of sense (cf. deva), [ŚBr. ii, 5, 2, 2] &c.
devátā ind. with divinity i.e. with a god (gods) or among the gods, [RV.]; [AV.]
devavīदेववीdeva—vī́ (or °vā-v°) mfn. (superl. -tama) gratifying the gods, [RV.]
devaṭaदेवटm. (√ dev? [Uṇ. iv, 81], Sch.) artist, artisan.
devayāदेवयाdeva—yā́ mfn. going to the gods, longing for them, [RV.]
devayaदेवयNom. P., only p., °yát, loving or serving the gods, religious, [RV.] (cf. á-); divine or shining (?), [BhP. iii, 20, 22.]
devayuदेवयुdeva°yú mfn. devoted to the gods, pious, [RV.]
deveśīदेवेशीf. N. of Durgā or of Devakī, [Cat.]
deveśaदेवेशm. ‘chief of the gods’, N. of Brahmā or Viṣṇu or Śiva or Indra, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]
king, prince, [MBh. xiii, 1832]
deveṣuदेवेषुdeveṣú m. divine arrow, [MaitrS.]
devikāदेविकाdévikā f. N. of a class of goddesses of an inferior order, [Br.] (pl. the oblations made to them, viz. to Anu-matī, Rākā, Sinīvālī, Kuhū, and to Dhātṛ, [TS.]; cf. -havis, [AitBr.]; [Vait.])
of the wife of Yudhiṣṭhira and mother of Yaudheya, [MBh. i, 3828]
of a river, [MBh. iii, 5044] (cf. dāvika)
of a country, [VarBṛS. xi, 35]
the thorn-apple, [Bhpr.]
f. See devaka.
devikaदेविकmf(I)n. appertaining to or derived from a deity, [W.]
m. familiar N. for deva-datta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 78], [Kāś.]
devilaदेविलm. id., [ib.]
mfn. righteous, virtuous (= dhārmika), [Uṇ. i, 57], Sch.
appertaining to a deity, divine, [W.]
devitṛदेवितृm. gambler, [ib.]
deviyaदेवियm. familiar N. for deva-datta, [Pāṇ. v, 3, 79], [Kāś.]
deṣṭrīदेष्ट्रीdeṣṭrī́ (trī́), f. N. of a divine female, [RV.]; [AV.]
deṣṭraदेष्ट्रdeṣṭrá n. indication, direction, [RV.]
deṇṭikāदेण्टिकाSee nāga-.
deśākhyāदेशाख्याf. of a Rāgiṇī (also °khyikā).
deśākhyaदेशाख्यm. (in music) N. of a Rāga
deśītvaदेशीत्वdeśī-tva n., [Kāvyād.]; [Deśīn.]; [L.]
deśajñaदेशज्ञdeśa—jña mfn. knowing a district, familiar with places, [R.]
deśasthaदेशस्थdeśa—stha mfn. situated or living in a country, [MW.]
dehāntaदेहान्तm. end of the body, death, [BhP.]
dehabhājदेहभाज्deha—bhāj m. ‘possessed of a body’, corporeal
living creature (esp. man), [Kāv.]; [BhP.]
dehabhṛtदेहभृत्deha—bhṛt mfn. ‘carrying a body’, embodied, corporeal
deha—bhṛt m. a living creature (esp. man), [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [Pur.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1067] (cf. -bhuj)
life, vitality, [W.]
dehabhujदेहभुज्deha—bhuj m. ‘possessing a body’, N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1067.]
dehadhṛkदेहधृक्deha—dhṛk m. (nom.) ‘sustaining the body’, air, wind, [Suśr.]
dehakṛtदेहकृत्deha—kṛt m. a father, [BhP.]
N. of Śiva, [MBh.]
dehatvaदेहत्वdeha—tva n. the state or condition of a body, [Āpast.]
dehavatदेहवत्deha—vat mfn. furnished with a body, embodied, [R.]
deha—vat m. a living creature, man, [MBh.]; [BhP.]
deuliyaदेउलियn. (Prākṛ. for devakulya?) N. of a Grāma, [Kṣitīś.]
devāṃśaदेवांशm. a portion i.e. partial incarnation of a god, [Kathās.]
devāṅgaदेवाङ्गm. N. of an emanation from Sadā-śiva's body (inventor of weaving)
devāśvaदेवाश्वm. divine horse, [ŚāṅkhBr. v, 2]
Indra's horse Uccaiḥ-śravas, [L.]
devānnaदेवान्नn. id., [L.]
food offered (first) to the gods, [Mn. v, 7.]
devāntaदेवान्तm. N. of a son of Hṛdika, [Hariv.]
devārhāदेवार्हाf. Sida Rhomboidea, [L.]