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Deva (Sanskrit: देव, Sanskrit pronunciation:) means 'shiny', 'exalted', 'heavenly being', 'divine being', 'anything of excellence', [1] and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism. [2] Deva is a masculine term; the feminine equivalent is Devi. The word is a cognate with Latin deus ('god') and Greek Zeus.
This results in differing transliterations for Sanskrit and schwa-deleting languages that retain or eliminate the schwa as appropriate: Sanskrit: Mahābhārata, Rāmāyaṇa, Śiva, Sāmaveda; Hindi: Mahābhārat, Rāmāyaṇ, Śiv, Sāmved; Some words may keep the final a, generally because they would be difficult to say without it:
Devī (/ ˈ d eɪ v i /; [1] Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is deva. Devi and deva mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are also gender-specific terms for a deity in Hinduism. The concept and reverence for goddesses appears in the Vedas, which were composed around the 2nd ...
The table below shows the consonant letters (in combination with inherent vowel a) and their arrangement. To the right of the Devanāgarī letter it shows the Latin script transliteration using International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, [53] and the phonetic value in Hindi. [54] [55]
'Devi' (Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is deva. The terms Devi and Deva are Sanskrit terms found in Vedic literature of 2nd millennium BCE, wherein Devi is feminine and Deva is masculine. [17] Monier Williams translates it as "heavenly, divine, terrestrial things of high excellence, exalted ...
The IAST letters are listed with their Devanagari equivalents and phonetic values in IPA, valid for Sanskrit, Hindi and other modern languages that use Devanagari script, but some phonological changes have occurred:
Devata (pl: devatas, meaning 'the gods') (Devanagari: देवता; Khmer: ទេវតា (tevoda); Thai: เทวดา (RTGS: thewada); Balinese, Sundanese, Malay: dewata; Javanese: déwata or jawata; [1] Batak languages: debata, dibata, naibata; diwata (Philippine languages)) are smaller and more focused Devas (Deities) in Indian ...
Deva is a masculine term; the feminine equivalent is Devi. The word is a cognate with Latin deus ("god") and Greek Zeus . In the earliest Vedic literature , Devas are benevolent supernatural beings ; [1] above, a gilt-copper statue of Indra , "Chief of the Gods", from 16th-century Nepal .