Vanadevata, Vana-devata, Vanadevatā: 11 definitions
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Vanadevata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryvanadevatā : (f.) a forest deity.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryVanadevatā refers to: forest deva S. IV, 302.
Note: vanadevatā is a Pali compound consisting of the words vana and devatā.
[Pali to Burmese]
Source: Sutta: Tipiṭaka Pāḷi-Myanmar Dictionary (တိပိဋက-ပါဠိမြန်မာ အဘိဓာန်)vanadevatā—
(Burmese text): တောစောင့်နတ်၊ တော (တောအုပ်) ၌-စောင့်ရှောက်-စိုးအုပ်-၍ နေသော နတ်။
(Auto-Translation): Forest guardian deity, a deity that resides in the forest (forest grove) and protects and governs it.
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.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvanadēvatā (वनदेवता).—f (S) A sylvan deity or wood-god, a faun.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishvanadēvatā (वनदेवता).—f A sylvan deity, a faun.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVanadevatā (वनदेवता).—a sylvan deity, a dryad; शुश्राव कुञ्जेषु यशः स्वमुच्चैरुद्गीयमानं वनदेवताभिः (śuśrāva kuñjeṣu yaśaḥ svamuccairudgīyamānaṃ vanadevatābhiḥ) R.2.12;9.52; Ś.4.5; अनुप्रयाता वनदेवताभ्यामदृश्यत स्थावरराजकन्या (anuprayātā vanadevatābhyāmadṛśyata sthāvararājakanyā) Kumārasambhava 3.52;6.39.
Vanadevatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vana and devatā (देवता).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanadevatā (वनदेवता).—[feminine] forest goddess, dryad.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVanadevatā (वनदेवता):—[=vana-devatā] [from vana > van] f. a f°-goddess, Dryad, [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara]
[Sanskrit to German]
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.
Nepali dictionary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English DictionaryVanadevatā (वनदेवता):—n. a sylvan deity; a dryad;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Partial matches: Devata, Vana.
Full-text: Sthalidevata, Palajatra.
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