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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry देवल

  1. देवलdevala1 An attendant upon an idol, a low Brāhmaṇa who subsists upon the offerings made to an idol; ......देवलाश्च…
    1. 1 An attendant upon an idol, a low Brāhmaṇa who subsists upon the offerings made to an idol; ......देवलाश्च कृषीवलाः Śiva. B.31.2.
    2. A virtuous man.
    3. Name of Nārada.
    4. A husband's brother.
    5. Name of a law-giver.

    In the Gita10·13

    असितो देवलो व्यासः स्वयं चैव ब्रवीषि मे ॥

    asito devalo vyāsaḥ svayaṁ caiva bravīṣi me. — All the Rishis, the divine seer Narada, Asita, Devala, Vyasa say this of Thee; and Thou Thyself sayest it to me. 10·13
    • देवलःdevalaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun devala (the name of a celestial sage).

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Headwords under द

Part 5 of 8 दृंहणम् – दोAll parts
  1. द – दरित
  2. दरिद्र – दान्त
  3. दान्ति – दिष्णु
  4. दिह् – दृंह्
  5. दृंहणम् – दो
  6. दोग्धृ – द्रव्यक
  7. द्रव्यम् – द्वैतम्
  8. द्वैतिन् – द्व्यहकाल