देवता 1 Divine dignity or power, divinity; शाकल्य तस्य का देवतेत्यमृतमिति होवाच Bṛi. Up.3.9.1; cf. ŚB. on MS. 1.4.23;6.3.19. -2 A deity, god; Ku.1.1. -3 The image of a deity; Ms.4.13. -4 An idol. -5 An organ of sense. -Comp. -अगारः, -रम्, -आगारः, -रम्, -गृहम्, -स्थानम् a temple. -अधिपः an epithet of Indra. -अनुक्रमणी index of the Vedic deities. -अभ्यर्चनम् worshipping a deity; Ms.2.176. -आत्मन् a. of a divine nature; अस्त्युत्तरस्यां दिशि देवतात्मा Ku.1.1. -आयतनम्, -आलयः, -वेश्मन् n. a temple or chapel. -दर्शनम् manifestation of a deity; Nṛi. Up. -प्रतिमा the image of a god, an idol; देवताप्रतिमाश्चैव कम्पन्ति च हसन्ति च Mb. 6. 2.26. -स्नानम् the ablution of an idol.
noun (feminine) divinity (abstr. & concr.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
godhead (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
idol (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
image of a deity (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the organs of sense (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) fire (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Lipeocercis Serrata (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Luffa Foetida or a similar plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Rāhu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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