Devalaka: 10 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDevalaka (देवलक):—(von devala) m. ein Mann, der Götterbilder unter seiner Obhut hat und vom Zeigen und Herumtragen derselben lebt (keine geachtete Beschäftigung): devakoṣopajīvī ca nāmnā devalako bhavet [DEVALA] bei [Kullūka] zu [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 152.] devalakā jīvikārthaṃ yāḥ parigṛhya gṛhādgṛhamaṭanti tā devapratikṛtaya ucyante [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 3, 99,] [Scholiast] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 152. 180] [?(= Mahābhārata 13, 4283).] āhvāyakā devalakā nakṣatragrāmayājakāḥ . ete brāhmaṇacāṇḍālā mahāpathikapañca māḥ .. [Mahābhārata 12, 2874. 13, 1585. 4280.] — Vgl. daivalaka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDevalaka (देवलक):—m. ein Mann , der Götterbilder unter seiner Obhut hat und vom Zeigen und Herumtragen derselben lebt.
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Full-text: Devala, Bhutabrahman, Daivalaka, Shailata, Vevalaka, Bhauta.
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The Garuda Purana (abridged) (by Ernest Wood)
Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 67 - Mātali on Three Kinds of Sin < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Chapter 47 - The Birth of Garuḍa < [Section 1 - Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa (section on creation)]
The Shiva Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 13 - The origin of Vaṭuka < [Section 4 - Koṭirudra-Saṃhitā]
Special Dharmasastric maxims in the Narada Purana < [Purana, Volume 9, Part 1 (1967)]
The Puranic Records on the Sun-worship < [Purana, Volume 11, Part 2 (1969)]
Tilakamanjari of Dhanapala (study) (by Shri N. M. Kansara)
2. Description of Classes and Castes < [Chapter 11 - Social Data]