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Results for देव्यम्

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

देव्यम्devyamDivine dignity, god-head.

Divine dignity, god-head.

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वामदेव्यम्vāmadevyam(वामदेवेन दृष्टं साम इति वामदेवाड्ड्यड्ड्यौ P.IV. 2.9) The name of a Sāma or Vedic chant, the cult of which…

(वामदेवेन दृष्टं साम इति वामदेवाड्ड्यड्ड्यौ ParasmaipadaIV. 2.9) The name of a Sāma or Vedic chant, the cult of which involved promiscuous relations with women; एतद्वामदेव्यं मिथुने प्रोतम् Ch. Up.2.13.1-2; कम्रं तत्रोपनम्राया विश्वस्या वीक्ष्य तुष्टवान् । स मम्लौ तं विभाव्याथ वामदेव्याभ्युपासकम् ॥ Name17.194. The Vāmadeva cult is personified by Ānandarāyamakhin in his allegorical play Vidyāpariṇayam Act 5 "इष्टाङ्गलक्षितरतिक्रमशोभितैषा, शृङ्गारिणी विजयते धुरि वामदेव्या । हृद्यां च कीर्तिमियमातनुते हि विद्या ।".

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