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devala

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.)