Pāli Dictionary

devatā

devastemtāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

Root

div3shine

Synonyms

deva, sura, maru

cosmology

  • deity; god; divine being (male or female; including celestial beings and earthly spirits such as tree or earth gods)

  • AN 11.15

    manussānaṃ piyo hoti, amanussānaṃ piyo hoti, devatā rakkhanti, n'āssa aggi vā visaṃ vā satthaṃ vā kamati, tuvaṭaṃ cittaṃ samādhiyati, mukhavaṇṇo vippasīdati

  • Snp 5.4

    anejaṃ mūladassāviṃ, atthi pañhena āgamaṃ, kiṃ nissitā isayo manujā, khattiyā brāhmaṇā devatānaṃ, yaññam'akappayiṃsu puthū'dha loke, pucchāmi taṃ bhagavā brūhi me taṃ.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

devātā
  1. devādeva

    a deity; a god; a celestial being

  2. tā

    they; those; them (feminine plural of the pronoun ‘ta’)

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