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Kosha (encyclopedic lexicons)

Source: Google Books: Kalātattvakośa, volume 3

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव).—The three terms, viz. adhibhūta, adhidaiva and adhyātma—are known today as a triad but they have also been used singly or in pairs, viz. adhibhūta-adhyātma, adhibhūta-adhidaiva, adhidaiva-adhyātma, their order being insignificant. Basically, the three stand for the outer or tangible (adhibhūta), the intangible described as divine (adhidaiva) and the one pertaining to the ‘self’ identified with the body, mindm, ātman, etc. (adhyātma). This triad has very deep roots in Indian though reflected in Vedic and later literature.

Adhidaivata has been identified with puruṣa or ātman because all the devatās reside in it. Adhidaiva (or adhidevata or adhidaivata) means all that belongs to the deities. It also means the divine creation. Finally, the word adhidaiva refers to the Supreme Deity, the Primordial Man, the cause of the material creation (puruṣaścādhidaivatam). The word deva is derived from the root div-‘to shine, be bright’ with the suffix ac; deva becomes daiva when the suffix aṇ is added to deva with the prefix adhi, the word daiva becomes adhidaivam, a neuter indeclinable compound.

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Kosha (कोश, kośa) refers to Sanskrit lexicons intended to provide additional information regarding technical terms used in religion, philosophy and the various sciences (shastra). The oldest extant thesaurus (kosha) dates to the 4th century AD.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव).—[adhiṣṭhātṛ daivam-daivatam vā]

1) The presiding god or deity; अधिदैवं किमुच्यते (adhidaivaṃ kimucyate) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.1. पुरुषश्चा- धिदैवतम् (puruṣaścā- dhidaivatam) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 8.4;7.3; शिवाधिदैवतं ध्यायेत् वह्निप्रत्यधिदैवतम् (śivādhidaivataṃ dhyāyet vahnipratyadhidaivatam); तमभिनन्दन्ति (tamabhinandanti)...यः अधिदैवतमिव स्तौति (yaḥ adhidaivatamiva stauti) K.19.

2) The supreme deity or the divine agent operating in material objects.

Derivable forms: adhidaivam (अधिदैवम्).

See also (synonyms): adhidaivata.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव).—n.

(-vaṃ) 1. The ruling deity, the active principle in creation: also adhidaivataṃ. 2. The collective body of gods, and superhuman beings. E. adhi, and daiva divine being.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव).—n. 1. the supreme deity, [Bhagavadgītā, (ed. Schlegel.)] 8, 4. 2. a tutelary deity, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 7, 10, v. r.

Adhidaiva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms adhi and daiva (दैव).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव).—[neuter] the divine agent in material objects.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव):—[=adhi-daiva] (or daivata) n. a presiding or tutelary deity, the supreme deity, the divine agent operating in material objects

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव):—I. [tatpurusha compound] n.

(-vam) and Ii. Avyayībh.

(-vam) . See the following. E. adhi and daiva.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Adhidaiva (अधिदैव):—[adhi-daiva] (vaṃ) 1. n. Spiritual existence, as of gods, demigods, demons, &c.

[Sanskrit to German]

Adhidaiva in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Adhidaiva (ಅಧಿದೈವ):—[noun] = ಅಧಿದೇವತೆ [adhidevate].

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Daiva, Adhi, Taiva.

Starts with: Adhidaivam, Adhidaivata, Adhidaivatam, Adhidaivatya.

Ends with: Sadhibhutadhidaiva, Sadhidaiva.

Full-text (+5): Adhidaivata, Adhidaivam, Adhidaivika, Adhibhuta, Adhidaivatya, Sadhibhutadhidaiva, Adhyatma, Sadhidaiva, Adhiyajna, Adhidevata, Akasha, Vayu, Dishas, Vanaspatayas, Aditya, Antariksha, Avantaradishas, Nakshatrani, Atman, Prithivi.

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