Devajami, Devajāmi, Deva-jami: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDevajāmi (देवजामि).—f. a sister of the gods; देवजामीनां पुत्रोऽसि (devajāmīnāṃ putro'si) Av. 6.46.1.
Derivable forms: devajāmiḥ (देवजामिः).
Devajāmi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and jāmi (जामि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Devajāmi (देवजामि):—[=deva-jāmi] [from deva] mfn. (va-) peculiar to the gods, [Ṛg-veda vii, 23, 2]
2) [v.s. ...] f. (jāmi) a sister of the g°, [Atharva-veda vi, 46, 2.]
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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: Jami, Deva, Teva.
Full-text: Jami.
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