Sthalidevata, Sthalīdevatā, Sthali-devata: 7 definitions
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Sthalīdevatā (स्थलीदेवता).—a deity of the soil, a tutelary deity; पश्यन्तीनां न खलु बहुशो न स्थलीदेवतानां मुक्तास्थूलास्तरुकिसलयेष्वश्रुलेशाः पतन्ति (paśyantīnāṃ na khalu bahuśo na sthalīdevatānāṃ muktāsthūlāstarukisalayeṣvaśruleśāḥ patanti) Meghadūta 18.
Sthalīdevatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthalī and devatā (देवता).
Sthalīdevatā (स्थलीदेवता).—f.
(-tā) A terrestrial demigod, as a faun, a dryad, &c. E. sthalī the dry land, devatā a divinity.
Sthalidevatā (स्थलिदेवता).—f. a deity of a certain locality, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 105.
Sthalidevatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthali and devatā (देवता).
Sthalīdevatā (स्थलीदेवता).—[feminine] a local divinity.
Sthalīdevatā (स्थलीदेवता):—[=sthalī-devatā] [from sthalī > sthal] f. a local deity, [Meghadūta]
Sthalīdevatā (स्थलीदेवता):—[sthalī-devatā] (tā) 1. f. A terrestrial demigod; as a faun, dryad, &c.
Sthalīdevatā (स्थलीदेवता):—f. Localgottheit [Meghadūta 105.] = vanadevatā ein Schol.
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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