Devavaktra, Deva-vaktra: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryDevavaktra (देववक्त्र).—an epithet of fire.
Derivable forms: devavaktram (देववक्त्रम्).
Devavaktra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and vaktra (वक्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevavaktra (देववक्त्र).—m.
(-ktraḥ) Fire or its deity Agni. E. deva a deity, and vaktra a face, here implying, mouth; the mouth of the gods, eating or consuming the oblations made to them.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevavaktra (देववक्त्र):—[=deva-vaktra] [from deva] n. ‘the mouth of the gods’, Name of Agni as the devouring flame, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryDevavaktra (देववक्त्र):—[deva-vaktra] (ktraḥ) 1. m. Fire, Agni.
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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: Vaktra, Deva, Teva.
Full-text: Agnimantra.
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