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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अधिदैवम्adhidaivamदैवतम् [daivatam], दैवतम् [अधिष्ठातृ दैवम्-दैवतम् वा]
1. दैवतम् daivatam, दैवतम् अधिष्ठातृ दैवम्-दैवतम् वा
2. The presiding god or deity; अधिदैवं किमुच्यते Bg.8.1. पुरुषश्चा- धिदैवतम् Bg.8.4;7.3; शिवाधिदैवतं ध्यायेत् वह्निप्रत्यधिदैवतम्; तमभिनन्दन्ति...यः अधिदैवतमिव स्तौति K.19.
3. The supreme deity or the divine agent operating in material objects.
In the Gita8·1

अधिभूतं च किं प्रोक्तमधिदैवं किमुच्यते ॥

adhibhūtaṁ ca kiṁ proktamadhidaivaṁ kimucyate. — Arjuna said:- What is that brahma, what is adhyātmam, what is karma, O Purushottama? And what is declared to be adhibhūtam, what is called adhidaiva? 8·1
- अधिदैवम्adhidaivamnominative singular of the neuter compound noun adhidaiva (the divine nature of being)
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