Purvadeva, Pūrvadeva, Purva-deva: 9 definitions
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Purvadeva 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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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPūrvadeva (पूर्वदेव).—
1) an ancient deity.
2) a demon or Asura; भूमिदेवनरदेवसंगमे पूर्वदेवरिपुरर्हणां हरिः (bhūmidevanaradevasaṃgame pūrvadevaripurarhaṇāṃ hariḥ) Śiśupālavadha 14.58.
3) a progenitor (pitṛ).
4) (du.) an epithet of Nara-Nārāyaṇa; सव्यसाचिन् महाबाहो पूर्वदेव सनातन (savyasācin mahābāho pūrvadeva sanātana) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3. 41.35. (com. pūrvadeva naranārāyaṇasakha).
Derivable forms: pūrvadevaḥ (पूर्वदेवः).
Pūrvadeva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrva and deva (देव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvadeva (पूर्वदेव) or Pūrvvadeva.—m.
(-vaḥ) 1. An Asura or demon. 2. A Pitri, or progenitor. E. pūrva before, deva a god; the first being the elder offspring of Kasyapa, the parent of both gods and demons, and the second being the progenitor of gods and men.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvadeva (पूर्वदेव).—m. a primeval divinity, Mahābhārata 5, 1921.
Pūrvadeva is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pūrva and deva (देव).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvadeva (पूर्वदेव).—[masculine] devatā [feminine] a primal god or deity.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Pūrvadeva (पूर्वदेव):—[=pūrva-deva] [from pūrva] m. a primaeval deity, [Mahābhārata] (applied also to the Pitṛs= -devatā, [Manu-smṛti iii, 192])
2) [v.s. ...] an Asura or demon (offspring of Kaśyapa, the parent of both gods and demons), [Siṃhāsana-dvātriṃśikā or vikramāditya-caritra, jaina recension]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryPūrvadeva (पूर्वदेव):—[pūrva-deva] (vaḥ) 1. m. An asur or demon; a Pitri or progenitor.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPūrvadēva (ಪೂರ್ವದೇವ):—
1) [noun] a being who has lost the goodhood; a former deity.
2) [noun] an enemy of gods; a demon.
3) [noun] a biologically related ancestor; a progenitor.
4) [noun] Viṣṇu, the Supreme Being who has no beginning.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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Partial matches: Purva, Deva, Teva.
Starts with: Purvadevata.
Full-text: Purvvadeva.
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