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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 दैवत

  1. दैवतdaivataa.(-ती f.) [देवता-अण्]
    1. (-ती Feminine) देवता-अण्
    2. Divine.
    3. (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; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)4.4.; Amaru.3; हन्त प्रिया दैवतमस्य देवी Bhāg. 4.4.28.
    4. A number of gods, the whole class of gods; Ve.2.
    5. An idol. (The word is said to be Masculine also, but is rarely used in that gender. Mammata notices it as a fault called अप्रयुक्तत्व; see अप्रयुक्त).
    6. Name of the third Kāṇḍa of Yāskas Nirukta.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पतिः Name of Indra.

    • -सरित् Feminine the Ganges.

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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