devī́ (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.]