deity meaning in Sanskrit
देव devá
/ˈdiː.ɪ.ti/US/ˈdi.ə.ti/
deity in Sanskrit: देव (devá), दैव (dáiva). In English, deity means synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
Sanskrit words for deity
- deity, god, the gods as the heavenly or shining ones, often reckoned as numbering 33
- देव devá
- a deity
- दैव dáiva
English meaning of deity
- noun Synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
- noun A supernatural divine being; a god or goddess.
Synonyms of deity
deity in other languages
- deity in Hindi
- deity in Tamil
- deity in Marathi
- deity in Urdu
- deity in Bengali
- deity in Telugu
- deity in Malayalam
- deity in Kannada
- deity in Punjabi
- deity in Gujarati
- deity in Odia
- deity in Sinhala
- deity in Assamese
- deity in Nepali
- deity in Tagalog
- deity in Arabic
- deity in Malay
- deity in Persian
- deity in Vietnamese
Questions about deity in Sanskrit
- What is the meaning of deity in Sanskrit?
- Deity in Sanskrit is देव (devá), दैव (dáiva).
- deity इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
- Deity: देव (devá), दैव (dáiva).
- What does deity mean in English?
- Deity means synonym of divinity: the state, position, or fact of being a god.
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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “deity”: देव, दैव. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: deity (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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