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deva
[ dey-vuh ]
noun
- Hinduism, Buddhism. a god or divinity.
- Zoroastrianism. one of an order of evil spirits.
deva
/ ˈdeɪvə /
noun
- (in Hinduism and Buddhism) a divine being or god
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Origin of deva1
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Example Sentences
How much less then will the Deva risk the progress of an advanced man on a virtue not strong enough to bear every strain?
For the Deva will often graciously use a particular form in order to meet the thought of his worshippers.
The essence of the building of forms by a Deva is that he builds them of the matter of which his own body is composed.
Already distant, the City of Deva lay white and ghost-like under the moon's pale ray.
Proceeding next to Deva-hrada, with subdued sense and regulated diet, a man obtaineth the merit of the Devasatra sacrifice.
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