दैवत a. (-ती f.) [देवता-अण्] 1 Divine. -2 (At the end of an adj. comp.) Honouring or worshipping as one's deity, as in सूर्यदैवता जनाः -तम् A god, deity, divinity; मृदं गां दैवतं विप्रं घृतं मधु चतुष्पथं प्रदक्षिणानि कुर्वीत Ms.4.39, 153; U.4.4.; Amaru.3; हन्त प्रिया दैवतमस्य देवी Bhāg. 4.4.28. -2 A number of gods, the whole class of gods; Ve.2. -3 An idol. (The word is said to be m. also, but is rarely used in that gender. Mammata notices it as a fault called अप्रयुक्तत्व; see अप्रयुक्त). -4 N. of the third Kāṇḍa of Yāskas Nirukta. -Comp. -पतिः N. of Indra. -सरित् f. the Ganges.
a. (î) relating to a deity (worshipped or invoked); divine; n. deity or coll. deities (celebrated in a hymn); having or worshipping -as one's deity (--°ree;).
a. relating to the gods; -patya, n. (paramount) sovereignty, lordship (over, lc.); -bhoga, m. usufruct of a pledge; -râgya, n. paramount dominion; -vedanika, n.present made to a first wife by a man on marrying a second.
a. provided with a tutelary deity (v. r.); -bhûta½adhidaiva, a. together with the Adhibhûta and the Adhi daiva; -yagña, a. together with the highest sacrifice.
noun (neuter) a deity (often coll. "the deities") (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a god (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
idol (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
image of a god (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective having the waters as divinities (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
praising the waters (said of certain hymns) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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