Devalaya, Deva-alaya, Devālaya: 20 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDevālaya (देवालय):—(deva + ā) m. (n. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] [Śabdakalpadruma])
1) die Wohnung der Götter, der Himmel [ŚABDĀRTHAK. im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) Tempel ebend. [Pañcatantra 183, 23.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 14, 65.] [Sāhityadarpana 47, 15.] [Hiouen-Thsang I, 190. 233. II, 72.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDevālaya (देवालय):—m. —
1) *die Wohnung der Götter , der Himmel. —
2) Tempel.
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Partial matches: Dev, Alaya, Deva, Tev, Teva.
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Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka (by A. G. S. Kariyawasam)
Chapter 8.2 - The Gods (of Buddhist Sri Lanka)
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Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 1.14.48 < [Chapter 14 - The Liberation of Śakaṭāsura and Tṛṇāvarta]
The Structural Temples of Gujarat (by Kantilal F. Sompura)
2.1. The Works on Architectural Canons (dated up to 1500 A.D.) < [Chapter 1 - Sources of architectural canons]
4. The Main Characteristics Of The Vertical Parts < [Chapter 4 - The component parts of the full-fledged Temple]
3.7. The Great temple of Somanatha at Prabhas Patan (Junagadh) < [Chapter 4 - Structural temples of the Caulukyan period (942-1299 A.D.)]
Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 337 < [Volume 9 (1888)]
Middle Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
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Chaitanya Bhagavata (by Bhumipati Dāsa)
Verse 3.2.403 < [Chapter 2 - Description of the Lord’s Travel Through Bhuvaneśvara and Other Placesto Jagannātha Purī]
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