दैवत

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हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : देवता, प्रतिमा

कोंकणी (Konkani) WN

See : देव

A dictionary, Marathi and English

A god or deity. 2 fig. A darling, fondling, tiddling, pet, an idol.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   A god; fig. a darling.

मराठी (Marathi) WN

noun  पूज्य वस्तू   Ex. पैसा हे त्याचे दैवत आहे.

ONTOLOGY:

वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

देव

See : देव

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 न. १ देव ; देवता . २ ( ल . ) अत्यंत लाडका , आवडता माणूस , पदार्थ . ३ पूज्य , वस्तु ; देवतुल्य गोष्ट . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दैवत  mfn.  mf( ई)n. ( fr. देवता) relating to the gods or to a partic. deity, divine, [Śr.] and, [GṛS.]
दैवत  m.  m. N. of a prince, [VP.]
दैवत  m.  n. ( m. g. अर्धर्चा-दि) a god, a deity (often coll. ‘the deities’, esp. as celebrated in one hymn cf. g. प्रज्ञा-दि), [ŚrGṛS.]; [Up.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
दैवत  n.  n. image of a god, idol, [Kauś.]; [Mn.]; [BhP.]
दैवत  mfn.  mf( आ)n. ifc. having as one's deity, worshipping ( cf. अब्- [add.], तद्-, भर्तृ-).

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

दैवत [daivata] a.  a. (-ती f.) [देवता-अण्]
Divine.
(At the end of an adj. comp.) Honouring or worshipping as one's deity, as in सूर्यदैवता जनाः
-तम्   A god, deity, divinity; मृदं गां दैवतं विप्रं घृतं मधु चतुष्पथं प्रदक्षिणानि कुर्वीत [Ms.4.39,] 153; [U.4.4.;] [Amaru.3;] हन्त प्रिया दैवतमस्य देवी [Bhāg. 4.4.28.]
A number of gods, the whole class of gods; [Ve.2.]
An idol. (The word is said to be m. also, but is rarely used in that gender. Mammata notices it as a fault called अप्रयुक्तत्व; see अप्रयुक्त).
 N. N. of the third Kāṇḍa of Yāskas Nirukta. -Comp.
-पतिः  N. N. of Indra.
-सरित्  f. f. the Ganges.

Shabda-Sagara

दैवत  mfn.  ( -तः-ती-तं)
1. Of or relating to a god.
 mn.  ( -तः-तं)
1. A god, a deity.
2. An idol.
 n.  ( -तं) A number of gods.
E. देवता a deity, अण् pleonastic dor referential affix.

ROOTS:

देवता अण्