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.]