Devayatana, Deva-ayatana, Devāyatana: 11 definitions
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India history and geography
Dev-āyatana.—(EI 23), a temple; same as devakula. Note: dev-āyatana is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Devāyatana (देवायतन).—a temple; Manusmṛti 4.46; न देवा- यतनं गच्छेत् कदाचिद् वाऽप्रदक्षिणम् । न पीडयेद् वा वस्त्राणि न देवा- यतनेष्वपि (na devā- yatanaṃ gacchet kadācid vā'pradakṣiṇam | na pīḍayed vā vastrāṇi na devā- yataneṣvapi) || Kūrma P.
Derivable forms: devāyatanam (देवायतनम्).
Devāyatana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and āyatana (आयतन).
Devāyatana (देवायतन).—n.
(-naṃ) A temple. E. deva, and āyatana abode.
Devāyatana (देवायतन).—and
Devāyatana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and āyatana (आयतन).
Devāyatana (देवायतन):—[from deva] n. ‘the dwelling of a god’, a temple, [Manu-smṛti etc.]
Devāyatana (देवायतन):—[devā+yatana] (naṃ) 1. n. A temple.
Devāyatana (देवायतन):—(deva + ā) n. Tempel [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 12.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 46.] [Pañcatantra 10, 4. 43, 3.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 113, 5.] — Vgl. devatāyatana .
Devāyatana (देवायतन):—n. Tempel.
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
Dēvāyatana (ದೇವಾಯತನ):—[noun] = ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ [devasthana].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Pali-English dictionary
devāyatana (ဒေဝါယတန) [(na) (န)]—
[deva+āyatana]
[ဒေဝ+အာယတန]
[Pali to Burmese]
devāyatana—
(Burmese text): နတ်တို့၏-တည်-နေ-ရာ၊ (နတ်စင်၊ နတ်ကွန်း၊ နတ်နန်း)။
(Auto-Translation): The residence of the deities (heavens, thrones, palaces).
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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