Abhishtadevata, Abhīṣṭadevatā, Abhishta-devata: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Abhīṣṭadevatā can be transliterated into English as Abhistadevata or Abhishtadevata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAbhīṣṭadevatā (अभीष्टदेवता):—(a + de) f. die Einem am Herzen liegende Gottheit: namaskāra [Weber’s Verzeichniss 298, 4.] abhīṣṭadevatāṃ smar derselben gedenken, sich zum Tode bereiten [Pañcatantra 208, 14. 16.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAbhīṣṭadevatā (अभीष्टदेवता):—f. Herzensgottheit. Ihrer gedenkt man , wenn es an’s Sterben geht.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Abhishta, Devata.
Full-text: Ishtadevata.
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