Devaka: 17 definitions

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Devaka (देवक):—

1) m. a) am Ende eines adj. comp. = deva Gott: sadevakeṣu lokeṣu bhagavāṃkeśavo mukham [Mahābhārata 2, 1396. 3, 10275. 14711.] Vgl. daivaka . — b) proparox. Nomen proprium eines Mannes nach [Sāyaṇa] : devakaṃ cinmānyamā.yaṃ jagha.thāva.tmanā bṛha.aḥ śambaraṃ bhet [Ṛgveda 7, 18, 20.] Nomen proprium eines Gandharva: yastvāsīddevako nāma devarājasamadyutiḥ . sa gandharvapatirmukhyaḥ kṣitau jajñe narādhipaḥ .. [Mahābhārata 1, 2704.] gemeint ist wohl der Fürst gleiches Namens, der Sohn Āhuka’s und Vater der Devakī, der Mutter Kṛṣṇa’s, [4480. 5, 80. 7, 6033. fgg.] [Harivaṃśa 2024. fgg. 5083.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 436.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 24, 20.] devakabhojaputrī = devakī [3, 1, 33.] devakātmajā desgl. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] — Nomen proprium eines Sohnes des Yudhiṣṭhira von der Yaudheyī oder Pauravī (vgl. devikā c. weiter unten) [Viṣṇupurāṇa 459.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 22, 29.] — Hypokoristikon von devadatta [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 83, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 2, Scholiast] — c) pl. Name der Bewohner eines Varṣa in Krauñkadvīpa [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 20, 22.] —

2) f. devikā (demin. von devī) a) Bez. gewisser Göttinnen niederer Gattung (s. u. b): itthamahamasya rājanyasya devikāśca devīścobhayīryajñe samamādayam [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 48.] iti nu devikānām (havīṃṣyuktāni [Sāyaṇa][?) 47. The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 9, 5, 1, 34.] havīṃṣi [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 3, 47.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 4, 5, 11.] — b) pl. (freie Abkürzung) die Spenden, welche diesen Göttinnen (nämlich der Anumati, Rākā, Sinīvālī, Kuhū und dem Dhātar) dargebracht werden: devikā.nirvapetpra.ākāmaḥ [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 4, 9, 1.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 12, 8.] — c) Nomen proprium der Gemahlin Yudhiṣṭhira’s und Mutter Yaudheya's (vgl. u. 1, b) [Mahābhārata 1, 3828.] — d) Nomen proprium eines Flusses [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 1.] [Amarakoṣa 1, 2, 3, 35.] [Mahābhārata 3, 5044. 14229. 6, 324. 13, 1696. 1707. 6764. 7645.] [Harivaṃśa 12829.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 182.] Nomen proprium einer Gegend (?) [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 11, 35.] Vgl. dāvika . — e) Stechapfel (dhustūra) [Bhāvaprakāśa im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) f. devakā Hypokoristikon von devadattā [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 7, 3, 45, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 5], Sch. —

4) f. devakī Nomen proprium einer Tochter Devaka's, Gemahlin Vasudeva's und Mutter Kṛṣṇa’s, [Mahābhārata 1, 2428. 7308. 7, 6034. fgg.] [Harivaṃśa 1949. 2026. 3304. fgg.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 436. 502.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 12. 9, 24, 22. 44. 52. fgg.] verschiedene [PURR.] in [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 6, 92. fgg.] = aditi [Harivaṃśa 3165.] = dākṣāyaṇī [Matsyapurāṇa] in [Oxforder Handschriften 39,b,14.] Kṛṣṇa führt die Beinamen: devakīputra [Chāndogyopaniṣad 3, 17, 6] (Schüler des Ghora Aṅgirasa; vgl. [Weber’s Indische Studien 2, 8).] [Mahābhārata 13, 508.] [Harivaṃśa 8009.] devakīnandana [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 16.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 8, 21.] [Gītagovinda 5, 20.] devakinandana [Mahābhārata 1, 401. 2, 954. 980. 13, 6878. 14, 1498.] devakīsūnu [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 218.] devakīmātar die Dev. zur Mutter habend [Mahābhārata 7, 726. 14, 411.]

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Devaka (देवक):—

1) c) genauer: Bez. der den Śūdra entsprechenden Bewohner von Kr.

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Devaka (देवक):—, devakā f. Hypokoristikon von devadattā [Patañjali] [?a. a. O.7,115,b.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Devaka (देवक):——

1) am Ende eines adj. Comp. = ^1. deva Gott. —

2) m. — a) Pl. Bez. der Cūdra in Krauñcadvīpa. — b) Nomen proprium — α) eines Gandharva. — β) verschiedener Männer , unter andern des Vaters der Devakī. — c) *Hypokoristikon von devadatta. —

3) *f. devakā Hypokoristikon von devadattā. —

4) f. devikā — a) Pl. — α) Bez. gewisser Göttinnen niederer Gattung. havis n. [Vaitānasūtra] — β) die Spenden , die diesen Göttinnen dargebracht werden. — b) Stechapfel. — c) Nomen proprium — α) der Gattin Yudhiṣṭhira's. — β) eines Flusses [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhatsaṃhitā 11,35.] —

5) f. devakī Nomen proprium einer Tochter Devaka’s und Mutter Kṛṣṇa's. Wird mit Aditi und der Dākṣāyaṇī identificirt.

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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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