deva देव devá 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.] devan देवन् m. brother-in-law (= devṛ), [L.] devabhū देवभू deva—bhū m. a god or (f.?) heaven, [L.] devahū देवहू deva—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-). devajā देवजा deva—jā́ mfn. ‘god-born’, [RV.]; [AV.] devaja देवज deva—já mfn. god-born, divine (as a Sāman), [ŚBr.] deva—já m. N. of a prince (son of Saṃyama), [BhP.] devakā देवका f. familiar for deva-dattikā, [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 45], Vārtt. 4, [Pat.] devakī देवकी f. 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.]) devaka देवक mf(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] devala देवल m. 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.) devanā देवना f. sport, pastime, [L.] service, [L.] devana देवन n. 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.] devara देवर m. = devṛ, [ĀśvGṛ.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. husband, lover, [BhP. iv, 26, 26.] devasū देवसू deva—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. devatā देवता deva—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.] devavī देववी deva—vī́ (or °vā-v°) mfn. (superl. -tama) gratifying the gods, [RV.] devaṭa देवट m. (√ dev? [Uṇ. iv, 81], Sch.) artist, artisan. devayā देवया deva—yā́ mfn. going to the gods, longing for them, [RV.] devaya देवय Nom. P., only p., °yát, loving or serving the gods, religious, [RV.] (cf. á-); divine or shining (?), [BhP. iii, 20, 22.] devayu देवयु deva°yú mfn. devoted to the gods, pious, [RV.] devaśas देवशस् deva—śas ind. deity after deity, [RV. iii, 21, 5.] devaśrī देवश्री deva—śrī mfn. approaching the gods, worshipping, [VS. xvii, 56]; [Mahīdh.] deva—śrī m. N. of a Ṛṣi, [VP.] devaśrū देवश्रू deva—śrū́ mfn. known to the gods, [TĀr.] deva—śrū́ m. barber of the gods, [TS.], Sch. devaṛṣi देवऋषि deva—ṛṣi m. ‘a Ṛṣi among the gods’, N. of Nārada, [16, 1] (cf. °varṣi). devakrī देवक्री deva—krī f. (in music) N. of a Rāga (cf. -kirī). devakya देवक्य deva°kya mfn. id. godlike, corresponding to the number of the gods (said of the metre Anuṣṭubh), [ŚāṅkhBr. xxvii, 3] (v.l. °tya). devanid देवनिद् deva—níd mfn. hating the gods, a god-hater, [RV.] devapur देवपुर् deva—pur f. (nom. -pūr) = -purā, [TāṇḍyaBr. xxii, 17] = -pura n., [Cat.] devarāj देवराज् deva—rāj m. ‘king of the gods’, N. of Indra, [MBh.]; [R.] of Nahuṣa, [MBh. xiii, 4788] &c. devarṣi देवर्षि deva—rṣi m. (deva + ṛṣi) a Ṛṣi, a saint of the celestial class, as Nārada, Atri &c., [MBh.] ([xiv, 781] sapta saptarṣayaḥ for sapta devarṣ°), [R.]; [Pur.] &c. (cf. brahmarṣi and rājarṣi) N. of Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1259] devasad देवसद् deva—sád mfn. living among the gods, [VS. ix, 2.] devasva देवस्व deva—sva n. divine property, [Mn. xi, 20]; [26.] devatāt देवतात् devá—tāt or devá—tāti (°vá), f. divine service, [RV. i, 28, 2]; [iii, 19, 1] &c.; divinity, the gods collectively, [RV. i, 95, 8]; [iii, 19, 4] &c. devatrā देवत्रा deva—trā́ ind. among or to the gods, [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.] devatta देवत्त devá—°tta (°vá-, for devá-datta) mfn. god-given, [RV.] devatva देवत्व deva—tvá n. godhead, divinity (cf. -tā), [RV.]; [TBr.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. devatyā देवत्या f. a species of animal (?), [AV. i, 22, 3.] devatya देवत्य devatyà mfn. (ifc.) having as one's deity, sacred to a deity (cf. eka-, kiṃ-, bahu-, soma-; daivatya) devavat देववत् devá—vat (°vá-), mfn. guarded or surrounded by gods (also °vā́-v°), [RV.] devá—vat m. N. of a man, [ib.] [vii, 18, 22] (the grandfather of Su-dās, [Sāy.]) of a son of A-krūra, [Pur.] of Devaka who was a son of Āhuka, [Hariv.] of the 12th Manu, [BhP. viii, 13, 28] (cf. -vāyu) deva—vat ind. like (in, with &c.) a god, [KātyŚr.] devaviś देवविश् deva—víś ([Br.]) or deva—viśā́ ([MaitrS.]), f. the gods collectively. devavid देवविद् deva—víd mfn. knowing the gods, [ŚBr.] devaṭṭī देवट्टी f. a sort of gull (= gaṅgācillī), [L.] devayaj देवयज् deva—yáj mfn. sacrificing to the gods (Agni), [VS. i, 17.] devabhāga देवभाग deva—bhāga m. ‘the portion of the gods’, the northern hemisphere (opp. to asura-), [Sūryas.] (°gá), N. of a teacher called also Srauta or Śrautarṣa, [Br.] of a son of Sūra and brother of Vasu-deva, [Hariv.]; [BhP.] devabhīti देवभीति deva—bhīti f. fear of the gods (?) g. dāsī-bhārādi. devabhūmi देवभूमि deva—bhūmi v.l. for prec. m. devabhūri देवभूरि deva—bhūri m.v.l. for °ti m. devabhūta देवभूत deva—bhūta mfn. having become a god, [Kāv.] devabhūti देवभूति deva—bhūti m. N. of the last prince of the Śuṅga dynasty, [Pur.] (v.l. °mi and °ri) deva—bhūti f. the Ganges of the sky, [L.] devabhūya देवभूय deva—bhūya n. godhead, divinity, [L.] (°yaṃgata mfn. gone to divine, i.e. dead, [Hcar.]) devabhoga देवभोग deva—bhoga m. pleasure of the gods, heavenly joy, [Bhag. ix, 20.] devabhrāj देवभ्राज् deva—bhrāj m. (nom. ṭ), ‘shining like a god’, N. of a son of Mahya, son of Vivasvat (the sun), [MBh. i, 43.] devadhānī देवधानी deva—dhānī f. ‘divine abode’, N. of Indra's city on the Mānasottara (east of Meru), [BhP.] devadhūpa देवधूप deva—dhūpa m. ‘divine incense’, the resin of Shorea Robusta, [Bhpr.] bdellium, [L.] devadhara देवधर deva—dhara m. (bhāgavatācārya) N. of Sch. on [GṛS.] devaghoṣa देवघोष deva—ghoṣa m. N. of a man, [Kathās.] devakhāta देवखात deva—khāta mfn. ‘dug by the gods’, hollow by nature deva—khāta n. (m. Sch.) a natural pond or reservoir, [VāyuP.] deva—khāta n. a cave or cavern, [W.] (-ka n. id., [L.]) devaśūra देवशूर deva—śūra m. ‘divine hero’, N. of a man, [Cat.] devaśeṣa देवशेष deva—śeṣa n. the remnants of a god's sacrifice, [MBh. xiii, 2019.] devaśiśu देवशिशु deva—śiśu m. = -garbha, [MBh.] devaśrut देवश्रुत् deva—śrút mfn. audible to or heard by the gods, [RV.]; [VS.] devaśunī देवशुनी deva—śunī f. ‘divine dog’, N. of Saramā, [MBh. i, 671.] devabāhu देवबाहु deva—bāhu m. ‘the arm of the gods’, N. of an ancient Ṛṣi, [Hariv.] of a son of Hṛdika, [BhP.] devabalā देवबला deva—balā f. Sida Rhomboidea, [L.] devabala देवबल deva—bala m. ‘having divine strength’, N. of a general, [Kathās.] devabali देवबलि deva—bali m. oblation to the gods, [Uṇ. iv, 123], Sch. devabodha देवबोध deva—bodha m. ‘having divine knowledge’, N. of a poet and a Sch. on [MBh.]; [Cat.] devabodhi देवबोधि deva—bodhi m. ‘god-inspired’, N. of a poet, [Cat.] devadālī देवदाली deva—dālikā or deva—°dālī, f. a kind of pumpkin, [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.] devadānī देवदानी deva—dānī f. a kind of creeper (= ghoṣakākṛti), [L.] devadāru देवदारु deva—dāru m. n. Pinus Devadāru or Deodar (also Avaria Longifolia and Erythrosylon Sideroxyloides), [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.] &c. devadāsī देवदासी deva—dāsī f. a temple Nāch-girl, [RTL. 451] the wild citron tree, [L.] devadāsa देवदास deva—dāsa m. a servant of a monastery ([Buddh.]) N. of a merchant's son, [Kathās.] of the brother of Śārṅgadhara's mother (also °sa-deva), [Cat.] of the son of a Kālidāsa, [ib.] of sev. authors, [Cat.] devadīpa देवदीप deva—dīpa m. ‘divine lamp’, the eye, [L.] devadūtī देवदूती deva—dūtī (ī), f. female messenger of the gods, [W.] the wild citron tree, [L.] devadūta देवदूत deva—dūtá m. divine messenger, [TS.] &c. (also °taka, [MBh.]) devadūti देवदूति deva—dūti w.r. for -hūti. devadevī देवदेवी deva—devī f. N. of Durgā, [Hcat. i] devadeva देवदेव deva—deva m. ‘the god of gods’, N. of Brahmā, [MBh. i, 1628] of Rudra-Śiva, 7324 of Viṣṇu-Kṛṣṇa, [Bhag. x, 15] of Gaṇeśa, [Kathās. xx, 55] du. Brahmā and Śiva, [MBh. viii, 4456] pl. the Brāhmans, [BhP. iii, 16, 17] devagaṇa देवगण deva—gaṇá m. a troop or class of gods, [VS.]; [MBh.] &c. devagama देवगम deva—gama mfn. going to the gods, [Baudh.] devagavī देवगवी deva—°gavī́ (°vī́), f. pl. the cows of the gods, [MaitrS. i, 6, 3] N. of partic. verses or formulas, [ĀpŚr. iv, 10, 4.] devagava देवगव deva—°gava m. pl. the bulls of the gods, [ĀpŚr. xi, 7, 6] devagṛha देवगृह deva—gṛhá n. house of the gods, [TBr.]; [R.] temple, chapel, [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Var.] &c. palace of a king, [Mālav. v, 11/12.] devagirī देवगिरी deva—girī f. (in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī (cf. -kirī). devagiri देवगिरि deva—giri m. ‘divine hill’, N. of a mountain, [Suśr.]; [Pur.] (cf. -pūrva) N. of Daulat-ābād (situated between mountains), [Cat.] devagopā देवगोपा devá—gopā (°vá-), mfn. having the gods for guardians, [RV. i, 53, 11] &c. devá—gopā f. divine protectress, [RV. x, 36, 16]; [AV. vii, 20, 5.] devaguhī देवगुही deva—guhī f. N. of a place, [BhP.] devaguru देवगुरु deva—guru m. the father or preceptor of the gods, i.e. Kaśyapa ([Hariv.]; [Śak.]) or Bṛhaspati ([L.]) god and preceptor (at the beginning of comp.), [Siṃhās.] devahūti देवहूति devá—hūti (°vá-), f. invocation of the gods, [RV.]; [AV.] &c. (also °tī, [BhP. ix, 24, 31]) N. of a daughter of Manu Svayam-bhū and wife of Kardama, [BhP. ii, 7, 3] &c. (°tī, [iii, 21, 3]). devahūya देवहूय deva—hū́ya n. invocation of the gods, [RV.]; [ŚBr.] devaheti देवहेति deva—hetí f. divine weapon, [AV.] devahita देवहित devá—hita (°vá-), mfn. arranged or appointed or settled by the gods, [RV.] devá—hita m. the good or welfare of the gods devahiti देवहिति devá—hiti (°vá-), f. divine ordinance or arrangement, [ib.] devajāmi देवजामि devá—jāmi (°vá-), mfn. peculiar to the gods, [RV. vii, 23, 2] deva—jāmí (jāmí), f. a sister of the gods, [AV. vi, 46, 2.] devajāta देवजात devá—jāta (°vá-), mfn. id., [ib.] deva—jātá n. (jātá) a class or race of gods, [Br.] devajūta देवजूत devá—jūta (°vá-), mfn. ‘god-sped’, incited or inspired or procured by the gods, [RV.] devajūti देवजूति déva—jūti (de° !), m. N. of an Āditya, [TS.] devajana देवजन deva—janá m. (generally pl.) a troop or collection of gods or demons or serpents &c., [AV.]; [VS.] &c. (cf. daiva-, itara-) deva—jana N. of a Guhyaka, [L.] devajapa देवजप deva—japa m. N. of a Vidyā-dhara, [Kathās.]