Dev: 8 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDev (देव्):—1. , devate
1) schleudern, werfen: adevata [?(Scholiast] = krīḍitavān) sāyakaiḥ [Bhaṭṭikavya 17, 102.] tataḥ saumitrirasmārṣīdideviṣṭa (Schol.: = śobhate sma) ca durjayam . brahmāstram [15, 94.] —
2) würfeln [DHĀTUP. 14, 29.] — Vgl. 1. div .
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Dev (देव्):—2. jammern, wehklagen; s. 2. div .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDev (देव्):—, devate schleudern , werfen. Nur [Bhaṭṭikāvya ,] aber von den Comm. wie im [Dhātupāṭha] durch spielen (würfeln ) erklärt.
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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Starts with (+1707): Dev kanchan, Dev kapas, Dev sondh, Dev-adhyaksha, Dev-agrahara, Dev-babool, Dev-babul, Dev-bhat, Dev-champo, Dev-jambhul, Dev-koranti, Dev-nail, Dev-savar, Deva, Deva kaanchana, Deva kanagilu, Deva kanchanamu, Deva kanigalu, Deva Sutta, Deva Vihara.
Ends with: Adidev, Bhudev, Devadhidev, Devadidev, Dharmadev, Har har Mahadev, Kalpa dev, Kalpadev, Kamdev, Panchdev, Paridev, Vasudev, Vrishadev.
Full-text (+28): Tev, Dev-champo, Dev kapas, Paridevati, Kalpa dev, Dev kanchan, Dev sondh, Vrihiparni, Dev-bhat, Daivavridh, Devayatana, Devalaya, Devagara, Dev-adhyaksha, Mujavara, Paridevita, Dev-agrahara, Taddaivata, Daivasika, Devara.
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Two Red Flowers < [October 1966]
Two Red Flowers < [October 1966]
A Visual Melody < [July – September, 1995]
Lord Jhulelal: An Analytical Study (by Thakkar Harish Gopalji)
Part 8 - Historic temples in Pakistan < [Chapter 2 - Literature Review]
Part 5.11 - Aradhya Dev Varunavatar < [Chapter 2 - Literature Review]
Part 11 - Encyclopaedias < [Chapter 2 - Literature Review]
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Puppetry in satras (monasteries) of Majuli < [Chapter 4]
Yoga-sutras (Ancient and Modern Interpretations) (by Makarand Gopal Newalkar)
Sūtra 2.37 < [Book II - Sādhana-pāda]
Sūtra 2.38 < [Book II - Sādhana-pāda]
Sūtra 2.39 < [Book II - Sādhana-pāda]
Shrimad Bhagavad-gita (by Narayana Gosvami)
Verse 11.25 < [Chapter 11 - Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga (beholding the Lord’s Universal Form)]
Verse 4.31 < [Chapter 4 - Jñāna-Yoga (Yoga through Transcendental Knowledge)]
Verse 11.34 < [Chapter 11 - Viśvarūpa-darśana-yoga (beholding the Lord’s Universal Form)]
Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
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