Devadasa, Devadāsa, Deva-dasa: 7 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDevadāsa (देवदास):—(deva + 1. dāsa)
1) m. a) ein Diener des Gottes oder der Götter, Bez. von Dienern oder Sclaven, welche in einem Tempel oder buddh. Kloster Dienste thun, [Lebensbeschreibung Śākyamuni’s 271 (41)]; hier mit śa geschrieben. — b) Nomen proprium eines Kaufmannssohnes [Kathāsaritsāgara 19, 16.] eines Mutterbruders von Śārṅgadhara [Oxforder Handschriften 122,b, Nalopākhyāna 1.] deva Nomen proprium eines Dichters (viell. dieselbe Person) ebend. 124,a. Devadāsa, Sohn eines Kālidāsa, [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 574.] pārijāta [1025.] —
2) f. ī a) eine bei einem Tempel angestellte Tänzerin, Freudenmädchen, Hierodule [ŚABDĀRTHAK. im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) wilder Citronenbaum (vanavījapūraka) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]; vgl. devadūtī .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDevadāsa (देवदास):——
1) m. — a) *ein Diener in einem buddh. Tempel oder Kloster. — b) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer. Auch deva. —
2) *f. ī — a) eine bei einem Tempel angestellte Tänzerin , Hierodule. — b) der wilde Citronenbaum.
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: Deva, Dasa, Teva, Taca.
Starts with: Devadasa mishra, Devadasa pandita, Tevatacan.
Full-text: Devadasa mishra, Devadasa pandita, Dussila, Krityarnava, Nyayaratnaprakarana, Devadasi, Cikitsamritasara, Hridayabharana, Sakhihridayabharana, Rupavati, Kalpadru, Sharngadhara, Raghavadeva, Duhshila, Viravarman, Kalidasa, Dharmadatta, Tithinirnaya, Shankara.
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Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter XIX < [Book III - Lāvānaka]
Chapter LVIII < [Book X - Śaktiyaśas]
Chapter XXVII < [Book VI - Madanamañcukā]
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 95 - More Rites and Rituals to be Observed in Vaiśākha < [Section 5 - Pātāla-Khaṇḍa (Section on the Nether World)]
Chapter 216 - The Greatness of Badarikāśrama < [Section 6 - Uttara-Khaṇḍa (Concluding Section)]
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 2.32 < [Section X - The ‘Naming Ceremony’ (nāmadheya)]