Dictionary meanings for deva from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (vī f.) [div-ac] 1 Divine, celestial; Bg. 11. 11; Ms. 12. 117.
2 Shining; yajñasya devamṛtvi- jaṃ Rv. 1. 1. 1.
3 Fit to be worship- ped or honoured. vaḥ 1 A god, deity; eko devaḥ keśavo vā śivo vā Bh. 3. 120.
2 (a) The god of rain, an epithet of Indra; as in dvādaśa va- rṣāṇi devo na vavarṣa. (b) A cloud.
3 A divine man, Brāhmaṇa.
4 A king, ruler, as in manuṣyadeva.
5 A title affixed to the names of...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I) n. (fr. 3. div) heavenly, divine (also said of terrestrial things of high excellence) RV.; AV.; VS.; S3Br. (superl. 95539.11 dev/a-tama m. RV. iv, 22, 3 &c; 96277.1 devi-tamā f., ii, 41, 16) 492,2 95518 m. (according to Pa1n2. 3-3, 120 d/eva) a deity, god RV. &c &c 492,2 95519 m. (rarely applied to) evil demons AV. iii, 15, 5; TS. iii, 5, 4, 1 492,2 95520 m. (pl. the gods as the heavenly or shining ones;...