Devayajin, Devayājin: 4 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchDevayājin (देवयाजिन्):—(deva + yā)
1) adj. den Göttern opfernd [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 11, 2, 6, 13.] —
2) m. Nomen proprium eines Wesens im Gefolge des Skanda [Mahābhārata 9, 2572.] eines Dānava [Harivaṃśa] [LANGL. II, 409] (die Calc. Ausg.: devayātrin).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungDevayājin (देवयाजिन्):——
1) Adj. den Göttern opfernd. —
2) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Wesens m. Gefolge Skanda's. — b) eins Dānava [Harivaṃśa 3,47,14.] devayātrin v.l.
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: Yajin, Deva, Teva.
Full-text: Devayatrin.
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