Ishtadevata, Iṣṭa-devatā, Iṣṭa-deva, Ishta-devata, Ishtadeva, Iṣṭadeva: 11 definitions
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Ishtadevata has 10 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Iṣṭa-devatā and Iṣṭa-deva and Iṣṭadeva can be transliterated into English as Ista-devata or Ishta-devata or Ista-deva or Ishta-deva or Istadeva or Ishtadeva, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchIṣṭadevatā (इष्टदेवता):—(1. iṣṭa + de) f. Lieblingsgottheit, die besonders verehrte Gottheit einer Person oder einer Secte, Schutzgottheit [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 30. 171.] Vgl. abhīṣṭadevatā [Pañcatantra 208, 14.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungIṣṭadevatā (इष्टदेवता):—f. die besonders verehrte Gottheit einer Person oder Secte , Schutzgottheit.
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: Ishta, Deva, Devata, Teva.
Ends with: Abhishtadevata.
Full-text: Upasana, Mangalacarana, Abhishtadevata, Ishvara, Grihadevata, Sadguru, Satkarman, Guhyeshvari, Bhava, Kumaramani, Chandodipika, Waterhole.
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Lord Jhulelal: An Analytical Study (by Thakkar Harish Gopalji)
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