Pāli Dictionary

devī

devastemīsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

div3တောက်

cosmology

  • နတ်သမီး; ဒေဝီ

  • goddess; female divinity; a queen among the gods

general

  • မိဖုရား; နန်းမတော်

  • queen; royal consort; king’s wife

  • DN 17

    dīgharattaṃ kho maṃ tvaṃ, devi, iṭṭhehi kantehi piyehi manāpehi samudācarittha, atha ca pana maṃ tvaṃ pacchime kāle aniṭṭhehi akantehi appiyehi amanāpehi samudācarasī'ti

  • SN 3.8

    tena kho pana samayena rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikāya deviyā saddhiṃ uparipāsādavaragato hoti. atha kho rājā pasenadi kosalo mallikaṃ deviṃ etadavoca, atthi nu kho te, mallike, koc'añño attanā piyataro'ti?

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