a. (tī f.) [devatā-aṇ] 1 Divine.

2 (At the end of an adj. comp.) Honouring or worshipping as one's deity, as in sūryadaivatā janāḥ. taṃ A god, deity, divinity; mṛdaṃ gā daivataṃ vipra ghṛtaṃ madhu catuṣpadaṃ pradakṣiṇāni kurvīta Ms. 4. 39, 153; U. 4. 4; Amaru. 3.

2 A number of gods, the whole class of gods; Ve. 2.

3 An idol. (The word is said to be m. also, but is [Page0582-a+ 54] rarely used in that gender....