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Results for अधिदैव

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

अधिदैवadhidaivan. a presiding or tutelary deity, the supreme deity, the divine agent operating in material objects
neuter gender a presiding or tutelary deity, the supreme deity, 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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अधिदैवतadhidaivatan. a presiding or tutelary deity, the supreme deity, the divine agent operating in material objects

neuter gender a presiding or tutelary deity, the supreme deity, the divine agent operating in material objects

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अधिदैवतम्adhidaivatamind. on the subject of the deity or the divine agent.

indeclinable on the subject of the deity or the divine agent.

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अधिदैवत्यadhidaivatyan. the highest divine rank among (abl.), MaitrUp.

neuter gender the highest divine rank among (ablative), MaitrUp.

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अधिदैविकadhidaivikamfn. spiritual.

masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective spiritual.

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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.
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