Devaraja, Devarāja, Deva-raja, Devarājā: 21 definitions

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

Devarāja (देवराज):—(deva + rāja) m.

1) oxyt. göttlicher Herrscher [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 8, 8, 4.] der König der Götter, Beiname Indra's [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 57.] [Nalopākhyāna 2, 13. 23. 19, 25.] [Indralokāgamana 1, 1.] [Mahābhārata 1, 2704. 13, 94.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 34, 46. 48, 19. 49, 7. 3, 63, 11. 6, 34, 10.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 42 (43), 18.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 17, 13.] [Brahmapurāṇa 56, 11. 58, 16.] rājam hierher oder zu rāj [Arjunasamāgama 2, 4.] [Mahābhārata 1, 8163.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 63, 23.] — —

2) Nomen proprium eines Königs [Mahābhārata 2, 337.] eines Ṛṣi: dvaipāyano yavakrīto devarājaḥ sahānujaḥ [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 47, 65.] eines Buddha [Lot. de Lassen’s Anthologie b. l. 157.] eines Erklärers des Naighaṇṭuka (der volle Name ist devarājayajvan). — Vgl. daivarājaka, daivarājika .

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Devarāja (देवराज):—

2) Vater Śārṅgadhara’s [Oxforder Handschriften 319,a,15.]

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

Devarāja (देवराज):—m.

1) ein göttlicher Herrscher.

2) Fürst der Götter , Beiname Indra's. —

3) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer.

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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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