The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

139. devo ekam ekam phus!yati the cloud rains drop by drop, i. e. lightly S i.104 sq., 154, 184; iv.289. --
thulla -- phusitake deve vassante when the sky was shedding big drops of rain S iii.141; v.396; A i.243;
ii.140; v.114; Vism 259. -- vigata -- val!hake deve when the rain -- clouds have passed S i.65; M ii.34, 42. -
- 3. king, usually in voc. deva, king! Vin i.272; iii.43; A ii.57; J i.150, 307; PvA 4, 74 etc. dev" (f.) 1.
goddess, of Pet"s, Yakkhi*"s etc.; see etym. expl. at VvA 18. -- Pv ii.112; Vv 13 etc. -- 2. queen Vin i.82
(Rahulam!t!), 272; D ii.14; A ii.57, 202 (Mallik!) J i.50 (M!y!); iii.188; PvA 19, 75. -- acchar! a divine
Apsar!, a heavenly joy -- maiden Vism 531; PvA 46, 279; -- aññatara, in phrase devo v! d. v!, a god or one
of the retinue of a god S iv.180= A iv.461; PvA 16; -- âtideva god of gods, i. e. divine beyond all divinities,
a super -- deva, of Buddha Nd2 307 & on Sn 1134; J iv.158=DhA i.147; Vv 6427; VvA 18; Miln 241, 258,
368, 384 & passim; cp. M Vastu i.106, 257, 283, 291; -- attabh!va a divine condition, state of a god PvA
14; -- ânubh!va divine majesty or power D ii.12; M iii.120; J i.59; -- !sana a seat in heaven It 76; --
âsurasang!ma the fight between the Gods & the Titans D ii.285; S i.222; iv.201; v.447; M i.253; A iv:432
(at all passages in identical phrase); -- iddhi divine power Vv 313; VvA 7; -- isi a divine Seer Sn 1116; Nd2
310; -- ûpapatti rebirth among the gods PvA 6; -- oroha*a descent of the gods DhA iii.443; -- kaññ! a
celestial maiden, a nymph S i.200; J i.61; VvA 37, 78; -- k!ya a particular group of gods S i.200; It 77; Th
2, 31; -- kuñjara "elephant of the gods," of Indra J v.158; -- kum!ra son of a god (cp. ˚putta) J iii.391; --
ga*a a troop of gods J i.203; DhA iii.441; -- gaha a temple, chapel Vin iii.43; -- c!rik! a visit to the gods,
journeying in the devaloka VvA 3, 7, 165 etc.; -- &&h!na heavenly seat J iii.55; a temple, sacred place Miln
91, 330; -- dattika given or granted by a god, extraordinary PvA 145; -- dattiya= ˚dattika J iii.37; DhA
i.278; -- d!ruka a species of pine J v.420; -- dundubhi the celestial drum, i. e. thunder D i.10; Miln 178; DA
i.95; -- d(ta
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the god's (i. e. Yama's see above 1˚) messenger A i.138, 142; M ii.75; iii.179; J i.138; DhA i.85 (tayo d.);
Mhbv. 122 (˚suttanta); -- deva "the god of gods," Ep. of the Buddha (cp. devâtideva) Th 1, 533, 1278 (of
Kapp!yana); DhsA 1; PvA 140; -- dhamma that which is divine or a god A iii.277 (˚ika); DhA iii.74; --
dh"t! a female deva or angel (cp. devaputta), lit. daughter of a god J ii.57; VvA 137, 153 (with ref. to
Vim!napet"s); -- nagara the city of the Devas, heaven J i.168, 202; DhA i.280; -- nik!ya a class, community
or group of gods, celestial state or condition D ii.261 (sixty enumd); S iv.180; M i.102 sq.; A i.63 sq.;
ii.185; iii.249 sq.; iv.55; v.18; -- pañha questioning a god, using an oracle D i.11 (=DA i.97: devad!siy!
sar"re devata' ot!retv! pañha -- pucchana'); -- pariv!ra a retinue of gods A ii.91; -- paris! the assembly of
gods A ii.185; Tikp 241. -- putta "son of a god," a demi -- god, a ministering god (cp. f. deva -- dh"t!),
usually of Yakkhas, but also appld to the 4 archangels having charge of the higher world of the Y!m! dev!
(viz. Suy!ma devaputta); the Tusit! d. (Santusita d.); the Nimm!narat" d. (Sunimmita d.); & the
Paranimmitavasavatt" d. (Vasavatt" d.) D i.217 sq.; cp. J i.48. -- D ii.12, 14; S i.46 sq.; 216 sq.; iv.280; A
i.278; It 76; J i.59 (jar! -- jajjara); iv.100 (Dhamma d.); vi.239 (Java d.); PvA 6, 9, 55, 92, 113 (Yakkho ti
devaputto); Miln 23; -- pura the city of the gods, heaven S iv.202; Vv 6430 (= Sudassana -- mah!nagara
VvA 285); J iv.143; -- bhava celestial existence PvA 167; -- bhoga the wealth of the gods PvA 97; --
manuss! (pl.) gods & men D i.46, 62#, 99 (˚m!nuse); M ii.38, 55; Sn 14 (sa˚), 236 (˚p(jita), 521; It 80
(˚se&&h!); Kh viii.10; KhA 196; PvA 17, 31, 117; -- ˚loka the world of gods and men. It comprises (1) the
world of gods proper (Devas, i. e. Sakka, M!ra & Brahm!; corresp. to sammuti -- dev!, see above); (2)
sama*as & br!hma*as (cp. visuddhi -- dev!); (3) gods & men under the human aspect (gati, cp. upapatti --
dev!): Sn 1047, 1063; expl. at Nd2 309 & (with diff. interpretations) DA i.174 sq.; -- y!na leading to the
(world of) the gods, i. e. the road to heaven Sn 139, also in ˚y!niya (magga) D i.215; -- r!j! king of the
devas, viz. Sakka Nd1 177; J iii.392 (=devinda); DhA iii.441; PvA 62; -- r(pa divine appearance or form
PvA 92; -- loka the particular sphere of any devas, the seat of the devas, heaven; there exist 26 such spheres
or heavens (see loka); when 2 are mentioned it refers to Sakka's & Brahma's heavens. A seat in a devaloka
is in sa's!ra attained by extraordinary merit: Dh 177; J i.202, 203; iv.273; ThA 74; KhA 228; PvA 5, 9, 21,
66, 81, 89; Vism 415, etc.; -- vim!na the palace of a deva J i.58; VvA 173; -- sankhalik! a magic chain J
ii.128; v.92, 94; -- sadda heavenly sound or talk among the devas It 75 (three such sounds).
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