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• -वः

  1. (id est, that is विवाहः) One of the eight forms of marriage, that in which the daughter is given away at a sacrifice to the officiating priest; यज्ञस्य ऋत्विजे दैवः Y.1.59 (for the eight forms of marriage see उद्वाह or Ms.3.21).
  2. A worshipper of god (देवभक्त); दैवान् सर्वे गुणवन्तो भवन्ति Mb. 12.158.35.

• -वम्

  1. Fate, destiny, luck, fortune; पूर्वजन्म- कृतं कर्म तद्दैवमिति कथ्यते H. दैवमविद्वांसः प्रमाणयन्ति Mu.3; विना पुरुषकारेण दैवमत्र न सिध्यति 'God helps those who help themselves'; दैवं निहत्य कुरु पौरुषमात्मशक्त्या Pt.1.361. (दैवात् by chance, luckily, accidentally.)
  2. A god, deity.
  3. A religious rite or offering, an oblation to gods; उत्तिष्ठ नरशार्दूल कर्तव्यं दैवमाह्निकम् Rām.1.23.2.
  4. A kind of Śrāddha ceremony.
  5. Parts of the hands sacred to the gods, id est, that is the tips of the fingers; Compare Ms.2.59.
  6. Royal duties; न तु केवलदैवेन प्रजाभावेन रेमिरे Mb.1.222.1.
  7. A science phenomena, unusuals (उत्पातs); Ch. Up. 7.1.2.

• -वी

  1. A woman married according to the form of marriage called daiva quod vide, which see above.
  2. Adjective Divine, super-human; दैवी संपद्विमोक्षाय निबन्धायासुरी मता Bg.16.5.
  3. A division of medicine (the medical use of charms, prayers etc.).

• -अत्ययः evil resulting from unusual natural phenomena.

• -अधीन, -आयत्त Adjective dependent on fate; दैवायत्तं कुले जन्म मदायत्तं तु पौरुषम् Ve.3.33.

• -अहोरात्रः a day of the gods id est, that is the human year.

• -इज्य Adjective sacred to Jupiter (गुरु), -topaz.

• -उपहत Adjective illfated, unfortunate; दैवेनोपहतस्य बुद्धिरथवा सर्वा विपर्यस्यति Mu.6.8.

• -ऊढा a woman married according to the Daiva ritual. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedज the son of such a woman; दैवोढाजः सुतश्चैव सप्त सप्त परावरान् Ms.3.38.

• -कर्मन् Neuter offering, oblations to gods.

• -कृत

  1. Adjective
  2. fated.
  3. natural.

• -कोविद्, -चिन्तकः, -ज्ञः an astrologer, a fortune-teller, पुरोहित प्रकुर्वीत दैवज्ञमुदितोदितम् Y.1.313; Kām.9,25.

• -गतिः Feminine turn or course of fate; मुक्ताजालं चिरपरिचितं त्याजितो दैवगत्या Me.96.; Pt.3.174.

• -चिन्ता fatalism; astrology.

• -ज्ञ Adjective knowing fate or men's destinies.

• -तन्त्र Adjective dependent on fate.

• -दत्त Adjective innate, natural.

• -दीपः the eye.

• -दुर्विपाकः hardness of fortune, adverseness or unpropitiousness of fate, an evil turn of fate; Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)1.4.

• -दोषः badness of fate.

• -पर

  1. Adjective
  2. trusting to fate, fatalist.
  3. fated. predestined.

• -प्रश्नः

  1. fortune-telling, astrology.
  2. a voice from heaven. नक्तं निर्गत्य यत्किञ्चिच्छुभाशुभकरं वचः । श्रूयते तद्विदुर्धीरा दैवप्रश्नमुपश्रुतिम् ॥ -युगम् 'a Yuga of the gods' said to consist of 12 divine years, but see Kull. on एतद् द्वादशसाहस्रं देवानां युगमुच्यते Ms.1.71.

• -योगः a lucky coincidence, fortuitous combination, fortune, chance. (दैवयोगेन, दैवयोगात् fortunately, accidentally.)-रक्षित Adjective guarded by the gods; अरक्षितं तिष्ठति दैवरक्षितम् Subhāṣ.

• -लेखकः a fortune-teller, an astrologer.

• -वशः, -शम् the power of destiny, subjection to fate.

• -वाणी

  1. a voice from heaven.
  2. the Sanskrit language; Compare Kāv.1.33. quoted above.

• -विद् Masculine an astrologer.

• -सभेयम् a variety of sandal-wood red and smelling like a lotus-flower; Kau. Atmanepada 2.11.

• -हत Adjective ill-fated; सुरक्षितं दैवहतं विनश्यति Subhāṣ.

• -हीन Adjective ill-fated, unfortunate, unlucky.