Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word DEVA
DEVA
Definitions of DEVA
- A god in Vedic mythology, Hinduism and Buddhism.
- A city in Hunedoara, Romania
Number of letters
4
Is palindrome
No
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Examples of Using DEVA in a Sentence
- In these stories, the future Buddha may appear as a king, an outcaste, a deva, an animal—but, in whatever form, he exhibits some virtue that the tale thereby inculcates.
- According to Hsuan Hua from the tradition of Chinese Buddhism, there are five types of beings who may speak the sutras of Buddhism: a Buddha, a disciple of a Buddha, a deva, a ṛṣi, or an emanation of one of these beings; however, they must first receive certification from a buddha that its contents are true Dharma.
- It is composed from the stem form of deva ("god") and the past participle datta of the verb da ("to give"), composed as a tatpuruṣa compound.
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