Deva Definition

dāvə
noun
Any of a group of deities that are endowed with great power and in later tradition are considered to represent aspects of the Godhead.
American Heritage
A god or good spirit.
Webster's New World
Any of large, heterogeneous group of supernatural beings, including the deities that guard the four cardinal points and other inhabitants of planes of existence transcending the world of humans. Devas are not immortal, although they may have lifespans lasting billions of years and be exempt from human ills such as hunger and pain.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Deva

Noun

Singular:
deva
Plural:
devas

Origin of Deva

  • Sanskrit devaḥ dyeu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Sanskrit देव (devá, “deity, god”).

    From Wiktionary

Deva Sentence Examples

  • The most striking difference between Zoroaster's doctrine of God and the old religion of India lies in this, that while in the Avesta the evil spirits are called daeva (Modern Persian div), the Aryans of India, in common with the Italians, Celts and Letts, gave the name of deva to their good spirits, the spirits of light.

  • Among special schools the principal mining schools are at Selmeczbanya, Nagyag and Felsobanya; the principal agricultural colleges at Debreczen and Kolozsvar; and there are a school of forestry at Selmeczbanya, military colleges at Budapest, Kassa, Deva and Zagrab, and a naval school at Fiume.

  • Besides the museums mentioned in the article Budapest, several provincial towns contain interesting museums, namely, Pressburg, Temesvhr, Deva, Kolozsvar, Nagyszeben; further, the national museum at Zagram, the national (Szekler) museum at Maros-Vasarhely, and the Carpathian museum at Poprad should be mentioned.

  • In 70 he was appointed to the command of the 10th legion in Britain, then stationed at Deva (Chester).

  • See Report on Explorations in Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet (Deva Dun, 1889); Tanner, "Our present Knowledge of the Himalayas," R.G.S.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEV

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AVAEVA

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Words Starting With D and Ending With A

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