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.