Antideva, Anti-deva: 5 definitions
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Antideva means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAntideva (अन्तिदेव).—a. being near the god; an adversary (at dice); पाथो हि ष्मा वृषणा अन्तिदवम् (pātho hi ṣmā vṛṣaṇā antidavam) Ṛgveda 1.18.7.
Antideva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms anti and deva (देव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Antideva (अन्तिदेव):—[=anti-deva] [from anti] (anti-) mfn. being in the presence of the gods, near the gods, [Ṛg-veda i, 180, 7.]
2) [v.s. ...] m. Name of an ancient king and sage, ibidem; [Buddha-carita]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAntideva (अन्तिदेव):—[tatpurusha compound] m. f. n.
(-vaḥ-vā-vam) (ved.) Being near the gods, reaching the gods (an epithet of Soma); the accus. also explained in an adv. sense ‘near the gods’. E. anti and deva.
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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: Deva, Anti, Teva.
Ends with: Avantideva, Rantideva, Shantideva, Sovarasi Siddhantideva.
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Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Rig Veda 1.180.7 < [Sukta 180]
Buddhacarita (by Charles Willemen)
Chapter IX - The Search for the Crown Prince < [Fascicle Two]
Chapter I - Birth < [Fascicle One]
The Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King (A Life of Buddha) (by Samuel Beal)
Varga 1. The Birth < [Kiouen I]