دیو

देव deva, vulg. dev, and देओ de`o, देउ de`u (fr. div, 'to shine,' etc.), s.m. (f. -ī), A deity, god;—an evil spirit, a demon (in this sence, com. de`ocf. P. dev)—a divine man, a Brāhman, a priest (applied as a surname to Brahmans and to Kāyaths); a god among men, a king, prince;—a husband's brother (cf. devar):—devālay (˚va+ālaya), s.m. 'Residence of the gods,' a division of heaven;—an idol temple, a pagoda:—devāhuti (˚va+āh˚), s.f. An oblation to the gods:—devāhūt (˚va+āh˚), adj. Invoking the gods:—dev-ballabh, s.m. The tree Rottleria tinctoria (used in dyeing):—deva-bhāshitam-iti, Thus spake the god:—dev-bhavan, s.m. 'Residence of the gods,' heaven, paradise; a temple; the holy fig-tree:—dev-pati, s.m. 'Lord of the gods,' an epithet of Indra:—dev-path, s.m. The way of the gods,the celestial path or way, the firmament, heaven:—dev-pūjā, s.f. Worship of the gods, worship of idols, idolatry, paganism:—dev-pūjak, s.m. (f. -ikā), A worshipper of the gods or of idols, an idolater, pagan:—de`o-tāṛ(S. deva-tāḍa), s.m. The plant Luffa fætida; the grass Andropogon serratus:—dev-taru, s.m. 'Tree of the gods,' the holy fig-tree; the tree of plenty (one of the trees of Svarg or paradise); the old tree of a village (held sacred by the villagers), the tree under which (or the place in which) villagers assemble:—dev-thānor de`o-thān (S. devasthāna), s.f.m.(?) A place of idols, an idol temple;—(met.) the rain:—dev-tīrth, s.m. The part of the hands sacred to the gods, i.e. the tips of the fingers:—de`o-jānī, s.f.=dev-yānī:—deva-dāru, vulg. de`o-dār, s.m. A species of pine, the cedar,Pinus deodoraor deodār;—(in Bengal) the tree Uvaria longifolia (=debdār);—(in the peninsula) the tree Erythrosylon sideroxyloides:—dev-dānī, s.f. A species of creeper (com. called hatī-ghosh):—devadatta (f. -ā), vulg. de`o-datt, adj. Given by the gods, god-given; given to the gods;—s.m. (f. -ā), Gift of God; a proper name (=ḵẖudā-dād):—dev-dr̤ishṭī, s.f. Divine vision; divine intelligence:—dev-dūt, dev-dūtak, s.m. Messenger of the gods, divine envoy, angel:—dev-dhānya, s.m. 'Grain of the gods,' a kind of grain cultivated in many parts of Hindūstān, Andropogon saccharatus, A.or Holcus sorghum (=jo`ār):—dev-dhuni, s.f. A name of the Ganges:—devdhūp, s.m. A fragrant resin or bdellium used for incense:—dev-rāt, s.m. lit. 'God-given'; the name given to Śuna-śeph after being received into the family of Viśvā-mitra;—name of a king who was the son of Su-ketu and descendant of Nimi;—name of a king who was the son of Karambhi;—an epithet of RājāParikshit;—a sort of crane:—dev-rāj, s.m. Divine ruler, king of the gods, an epithet of Indra:—devr̤ishi, devarshi, s.m. A sage or saint of the class of demi-gods, a divine sage (as Nārad, Atri, Marīći, etc.):—dev-rūp (f. -ā), or dev-rūpī(f. -inī), adj. Of divine form, god-like:—dev-sabhā, s.f. Assembly of the gods:—deva-sthān, vulg. dev-asthān, s.m.=de`o-thān, q.v.:—devasva, s.m. 'Property of the gods,' property applicable to religious purposes, religious endowments:—dev-kāshṭh, s.m. A species of pine, Pinus Devadāru:—de`o-kānḍar, s.m. Water-cresses:—dev-kardam, s.m. 'Divine paste,' a fragrant paste of sandal, agallochum, camphor, and safflower:—dev-karm, s.m. Religious act or rite, worship of the gods, oblation to the gods:—dev-kirī, s.f. Name of a rāginīor musical mode:—dev-kusum, s.m. 'The flower of the gods'; cloves:—dev-kunḍ, s.m. A natural spring:—dev-kanyā, s.f. A celestial or divine maiden, a nymph:—devgāndhārī, s.f. One of the Rāginīsor female personifications of the modes of music:—devgāyan, s.m. 'Songster of the gods,' a celestial chorister (=gandharv):—dev-gr̤ih, s.m. 'House of the gods'; a celestial or planetary sphere;—a temple, oratory; palace of a king:—dev-giri, or dev-girī, s.f. One of theRāginīsor female personifications of the modes of music (cf. devkirī):—dev-latā, s.f. Double jasmine:—dev-lok, vulg. de`o-lok, s.m. Heaven, paradise; the particular sphere or heaven of any divinity; any one of the seven superior worlds (from the earth to the highest or Satyalok, in opposition to those below the earth):—de`o-lok-ko sidhārnā, To go to paradise, to die:—dev-mās, s.m. 'The divine month, or month of the gods'; the eighth month of pregnancy:—dev-mān, s.m. The residence or dwelling of the gods:—devanāgar, s.m.=deva-nāgarī, vulg. dev-nāgrī, s.f. lit. 'The divine city writing'; the character in which Sanskrit is usually written (also termed nāgarī):—dev-nirmit, adj. & s.m. (f. -ā), God-made, god-created, natural;—any created or natural object:—dev-nal, s.m. A kind of reed,Arundo bengalensis (the stem of which is made into writing pens):—dev-nindā, s.f. Reviling the gods, contemptuous speech in reference to the gods, blasphemy, infidelity, atheism, heresy:—dev-nindak, s.m. A reviler of the gods, atheist, unbeliever, heretic:—devvāṇī, vulg. dev-bānī, s.f. Divine voice, voice from heaven; language of the gods; the Sanskrit language:—devotthān (˚va+ut˚), vulg. de`ouṭhān, de`o-ṭhān, s.m. The awaking and rising of Vishnu on the eleventh of the bright half of Kārttik:—devodyān (˚va+ud˚), s.m. 'Grove of the gods,' a sacred grove, a garden near a temple or consecrated to a deity:—deva-var, s.m. A divine boon or blessing:—deva-vr̤it, s.m. A vow or obligation to any deity:—deva-vr̤iksh, vulg. de`o-br̤iksh, s.m. 'The divine tree'; name of the Mandāraand other fabulous trees of heaven or paradise;—the tree Echites (or Alstonia) scholaris;—a plant yielding a fragrant resin or bdellium:—lev-hū, adj. Invoking the gods,—s.m. The left ear (which is turned northwards if the face is directed towards the east):—dev-hūtior hutī, s.f. Invocation of a deity; name of a magical formula with which the gods are invoked;—name of a daughter of Manu Svayam-bhūand wife of Kardam:—dev-yān, s.m. The car or vehicle of a god:—dev-yānī, s.f. Name of a daughter of Uśanas, wife of Yayāti and mother of Yadu and Turvasu:—devaiśvarya (˚va+ai˚), s.m. The dominion of the gods:—devendra (˚va+in˚), s.m. 'Chief of the gods,' an epithet of Indra; and of Śiva.