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deity; a god (male or female; often identified with the (various groups of) devas, but more often a god or spirit living on earth close to men, in trees, rivers, buildings etc)

…worshipping, a worshipper of, devotee of Mil.234 (Brahma˚ + Brahma (garuka)
■ f.; devatā in pati “worshipping…

…of the sky-god as devadevatā & disā-devatā)
■ Another definition at Vv-a.21 simply states: devatā ti devaputto pi Brahmā pi…

…attained arahantship, but a devatā, reading his thoughts and wishing him well, pointed out to him his error and advised him to seek the Buddha at…

…greatly distressed, but a devatā, seeing his trouble, reassured him by saying that the brahmin knew neither the meaning of “head” nor of…

…remorse. A Mārakāyika devatā, however, appeared before him in the river and assured him he was doing a service to the monks by helping them…

…They are sometimes called devatā SN.i.205 or devaputta. Some of these, like Indakūta and Sūciloma, are capable of intelligent questioning…

recalling the gods to mind.

…of divine beings, devatānussati.

1: The Noble Disciple, Mahānāma, recollects thus: Worthy, honourable and perfectly…

…power or majesty DN.ii.12; devatā˚; id. Ja.i.168; dibba˚; id. Pv-a.71, Pv-a.110. rājā˚; kingly splendour, pomp DN.i.49; Ja.iv.247;…

…Saṅgha˚ sīla˚, cāga˚, devatā˚*; i.e. proper attention to the Buddha the Doctrines, the Church, to morality, charity, the gods Thus at…

…well-wishing Snp.986 (devatā atthakāminī)

• -kāraṇā ablative for the sake of gain DN.iii.186
• -kusala clever in finding out…

…f. -ikā AN.iii.77 (devatā), AN.iii.260 (id.), cp. BSk balipratigrāhikā devatā Divy.1.

• -pīḷita crushed…

…Vb-a.12; Dhp-a.i.156; Vv-a.334; Pv-a.5, Pv-a.43, Pv-a.55, Pv-a.215, Pv-a.277. -devatā = ˚deva Ja.iv.287 (=…

…is doubtful. -devatā a deity of the Brahmaloka Pv-a.138 (so read for brahmā˚)….

…is doubtful. -devatā a deity of the Brahmaloka Pv-a.138 (so read for brahmā˚)….

…sangha˚, sīla˚ cāga˚, devatā˚) DN.iii.250, DN.iii.280; Vism.132 (where followed by upasamânussati and 4 other qualities making up the…

…AN.ii.139; Cnd.308 (under Devatā). Cp. candimant. On quâsi mythol etym. see Vism.418.

• -kanta a gem Mil.118; *…

…nāgas, tree-gods: rukkhadevatā etc.). Also title of the king (3). Always implying splendour (cp. above etym.) & mobility, beauty goodness &…

the state of being a deva, divinity Thag-a.70; Pv-a.110 (˚bhāva as Yakkha, opp. petatta bhāva; so read for devatā-bhāva).

deva + tta

…divi˚), Snp.524 (+ mānusaka); Ja.vi.172
■ (nt.) the divinity a divine being (= devatā) Ja.vi.150; Snp-a.219.

Sk. divya; the…

…See kaṭaggaha

• -devatā (m. pl.) the devotees of kali, the followers of the goddess kali Mil.191 (see Mil trsl.…

…MN.ii.136; Mil.75; attr of a devatā Vv.30#2, Vv.32#2 ; Vv-a.284; of a bhikkhu Snp.551 = Thag.821.

• -sūci a gold pin, a…

…Dhs.414, Dhs.418 Dhs.431; -devatā Pv-a.138 (+ brahmādevatā) and -devā the gods of the pleasure-heavens Ja.i.47; Ja.v.5; Ja.vi.99;…

…desires, in atthakāminī devatā Snp.986 -akāmakāmin passionless, dispassionate Snp.1096 synonym of vītataṇhā without desire (cp….

…(˚devatā) guardian (governor) of the world, which are usually sepcified as four, viz. Kuvera (= Vessavaṇa),…

…(lābhā vata tāsaṃ devatānaṃ); AN.iii.313 (lābhā vata me suladdhaṃ vata me), explained at Vism.223; Dhp-a.i.98 (lābhā vata me,…

…DN.i.78, DN.i.180 (devatā), DN.i.213; SN.i.145 sq.; SN.ii.155, SN.ii.274 sq. SN.ii.284 sq.; SN.iv.323; SN.v.265, SN.v.271 sq., SN.v.288…

…Dhp-a.i.346. 6. māti˚-devatā protector or guardian of one’s mother Ja.iii.422 (gloss mātu-devatā viya). 7….

…Ja.v.271 Ja.v.453 (devatāhi nirayaṃ); aor. nimmini Ja.iii.63; ger niminitvā Mil.279.

Sk. niminoti in diff. meaning, the P….

…with other divinities (see devatā), with whom they are sometimes friendly, sometimes at enmity (as with the Garuḷas)…

…a robber Mil.20.

• -devatā a way spirit, a spirit presiding over a road, road-goddess Ja.vi.527. *…

…Vv-a.206;

• -devatā a devoted wife Ja.iii.406; Vv-a.128.

Ved. pati, Av. paitis lord, husband; Gr. πόσις…

devoted wife (cp. patidevatā) Ja.ii.121; Ja.vi.533; Vv-a.56, Vv-a.110.

pati + vatā

…in similar formula, viz. devatā sādhukāraṃ adaṃsu, brahmāno apphoṭesuṃ (variant reading appoṭh˚) Mil.13 Mil.18; Sakko devarājā…

…dhammehi samannāgatā patidevatā) = Ja.v.88; Kp-a.173.

• -uttara 1 preceding and following Kacc. 44. 47 2…

…-siri-dāyikā (devatā) (goddess) giving success to the empire Dhp-a.ii.17

• -sīma border of the empire Vism.121

Sk. rājya, fr….

…-devatā a tree spirit, dryad, a yakkha inhabiting a tree (rukkhe adhivatthā d. Vin.iv.34; Ja.ii.385; kakudhe…

…image); Dhp-a.ii.69 (assa˚ toy horse); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.26 (rāja˚); Mhvs.27, Mhvs.30 (devatā˚ shape of devas); Vv-a.213 -dūrūpaka of…

…sirilakkhaṇa-˚).

• -devatā goddess(es) of luck Mil.191 (+ kalidevatā).
• -dhara glorious Mhvs.5,…

…sirilakkhaṇa-˚).

• -devatā goddess(es) of luck Mil.191 (+ kalidevatā).
• -dhara glorious Mhvs.5,…

…of the merit of the devatās AN.i.210 sq (under devat’ânussati)
■ At Mil.333 sīla is classed as: saraṇa˚, pañca˚,…

…clothes Ja.iv.154 (of a devatā passage may be corrupt).

possibly a comb^n. of aḍḍha² & uddhaṃ; or should we read…

…ukkaṃsena par excellence exceedingly); Pv-a.228 (˚vasena, with ref. to devatās; variant reading SS okk˚).

fr. ud + kṛṣ see…

begging, asking, praying, propitiation Ja.vi.150 (= devatānaṃ āyācana).

of adj. upa + yācita + ka; pp. of yācati

…(dhamm˚), AN.i.211 (devatā˚); AN.iv.248 (aṭṭhanga-samannāgata), AN.iv.258 sq. (id.), AN.iv.276, AN.iv.388 (navah angehi upavuttha);…

…Kp-a.21 (in simile)

• -devatā forest deva SN.iv.302.
• -ppagumba a forest grove Vb-a.196.
• -ppati (& vanaspati);…

…-devatā the gods protecting the grounds field-gods, house-gods Pv.i.4#1 (= ghara-vatthuṃ adhivatthā devatā…

…called devatā, who have attained to such an exalted state through their own merit (puñña see foll 4)
■ Departed…

…’va pavedhati; C. devatā-bhūta-paviṭṭhā yakkha-dāsī viya gahitā, i.e. possessed), Ja.vi.587 (vāruṇī ’va pavedhentī;…

…called devatā: SN.i.205; or devaputtā: Pv-a.113, Pv-a.139. A female Yakkha is called yakkhinī…

…dasasu loka-dhātusu devatā sannipatitā (as a rule) Snp.p.107 (= bahukāni Snp-a.451); Mil.6 (y. Himavantam eva gacchanti: usually);…

mirror Vin.ii.107; DN.i.7, DN.i.11 (˚pañha mirror-questioning, cp DN-a.i.97: “ādāse devataṃ otaretvā pañha-pucchanaṃ”), DN.i.80 DN.ii.93 (dhamna’-ādāsaṃ nāma dhamma-pariyāyaṃ desessāmi) SN.v.357 …

…living in the sky (of devatā) Bv.i.29; Mil.181 Mil.285; Kp-a.120; Snp-a.476. -tala upper story, terrace on the top of a…

…Pp.24; Mil.154; Vism.19 (˚gocara preventive behaviour, cautiousness); Snp-a.476 (˚devatā); Kp-a.120 (id.), Kp-a.169; Dhp-a.ii.146;…

…˚ti (Sk. daśati ten-hood; devatāti godhead, sarvatāti = P. sabbattaṃ comprehensiveness; cp. also Lat. civitātem, juventūtem)
■…