The Sanskrit term Deveṣṭa can be transliterated into English as Devesta or Deveshta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Deveṣṭā (देवेष्टा) is another name for Mahāmedā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.25-27 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Deveṣṭā and Mahāmedā, there are a total of eleven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Deveshta in India is the name of a plant defined with Commiphora mukul in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Balsamodendrum mukul Hook. ex Stocks (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Complementary Therapies in Medicine (2005)
· Journal of the American Medical Association (2003)
· Hooker’s Journal of Botany Kew Gard. Misc. (1849)
· JAMA
· Complementary Therapies in Medicine (2009)
· Ann. Pharmacother. (1984)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Deveshta, for example chemical composition, extract dosage, side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Deveṣṭa (देवेष्ट).—a. dear to gods.

-ṣṭaḥ bdellium.

-ṣṭā the wild lime tree.

Deveṣṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms deva and iṣṭa (इष्ट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deveṣṭa (देवेष्ट).—mfn.

(-ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) Acceptable to the gods, wished for by them E. deva, and iṣṭa wished.

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

1) Deveṣṭa (देवेष्ट):—[from deva] mfn. wished by or acceptable to the g°, [Horace H. Wilson]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a sort of drug (also f(ā). )

3) [v.s. ...] m. the resin of Shorea Robusta, [Demetrius Galanos’s Lexiko: sanskritikes, anglikes, hellenikes]

4) [v.s. ...] bdellium, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

5) Deveṣṭā (देवेष्टा):—[from deveṣṭa > deva] f. the wild lime tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (See also m.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Deveṣṭa (देवेष्ट):—[deve+ṣṭa] (ṣṭaḥ-ṣṭā-ṣṭaṃ) a. Acceptable to, or desired by the deity.

[Sanskrit to German]

Deveshta 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ishta, Deva, Teva.

Full-text: Ishtadevata, Mahameda.

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