Vastudevata, Vāstudēvatā, Vāstudevatā, Vastu-devata: 3 definitions
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Vastudevata means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, 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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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryvāstudēvatā (वास्तुदेवता).—f (S) vāstupuruṣa m (S) The genius or guardian spirit of dwelling places: also any divinity haunting or inhering in them. 2 A small household-idol.
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 dictionaryVāstudevatā (वास्तुदेवता).—the tutelary deity of a house.
Vāstudevatā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vāstu and devatā (देवता). See also (synonyms): vāstupāla.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVāstudevatā (वास्तुदेवता):—[=vāstu-devatā] [from vāstu > vāstava] f. ([Āśvalāyana-gṛhya-sūtra]) the deity presiding over a house.
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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Partial matches: Devata, Vastu.
Starts with: Vastudevatasthapana.
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