The Sanskrit term Devarāṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Devarastra or Devarashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

India history and geography

Source: Wisdom Library: India History

Devarāṣṭra (देवराष्ट्र) refers to one of the kingdoms of the south (see Dakṣiṇāpatha) mentioned in Gupta inscription No. 1. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. According to this inscription, all the kings of the region of the north were who attained great fame by liberating them. One of the regions mentioned as situated in the south is Devarāṣṭra.

Source: archive.org: Personal and geographical names in the Gupta inscriptions

Devarāṣṭra (देवराष्ट्र) is place name ending in Rāṣṭra mentioned in the Gupta inscriptions. The Gupta empire (r. 3rd-century CE), founded by Śrī Gupta, covered much of ancient India and embraced the Dharmic religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.

Devarāṣṭra has been mentioned as ruled by Kubera one of the kings ruling in Southern Region who were subdued by Samudragupta. Dey identifies it with the Maratha country (i.e. Mahārāṣṭra). Fleet and Smith are also of the same opinion. G. Ramdass lightly differs from them when he identifies Devarāṣṭra with modern Devagiri in the Dharwar district. According to R.D. Banerjee Devarāṣṭra is the name of a district or province in Kaliṅga. B. C. Law identifies it with Yellomanchili taluka ofthe Vizagapatam district, which is also the view of H. C. Raychaudhuri, S. B. Chaudhuri, Dubreuil and Bhandarkar. This view is generally accepted at present.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Devarāṣṭra (देवराष्ट्र).—Name of an empire in the Deccan.

Derivable forms: devarāṣṭram (देवराष्ट्रम्).

Devarāṣṭra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and rāṣṭra (राष्ट्र).

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

Devarāṣṭra (देवराष्ट्र):—[=deva-rāṣṭra] [from deva] n. ‘the empire of the gods’, Name of an empire in the Deccan.

[Sanskrit to German]

Devarashtra in German

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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: Rashtra, Deva, Teva.

Full-text: Vishnugopa, Rattha, Rashtra, Devapuram, Pishtapura, Yelamanchili, Kubera, Dakshinapatha.

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