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The word "Deva" shares similarities with Persian Daeva. Deva is masculine; the related feminine equivalent is devi. Etymologically, Devi is cognate with Latin dea. When capitalized, Devi or Mata refers to a divine mother goddess in Hinduism. Deva is also referred to as Devatā, and Devi as Devika.
Deva, in the Vedic religion of India and in later Hinduism, one of many gods, often roughly divided into sky, air, and earth divinities on the basis of their identification with the forces of nature. In the pantheistic systems that emerged by the Late Vedic period, the devas became subordinate to.
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Manu ( Sanskrit: मनु) is a term found with various meanings in Hinduism. In early texts, it refers to the archetypal man, or to the first man ( progenitor of humanity ). The Sanskrit term for 'human', मनुष्य ( IAST: manuṣya) or मानव (IAST: mānava) means 'of Manu' or 'children of Manu'. [1] .
Devī (/ ˈ d eɪ v i /; Sanskrit: देवी) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is deva. Devi and deva mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are also gender-specific terms for a deity in Hinduism. The concept and reverence for goddesses appears in the Vedas, which were composed around the 2nd millennium BCE.
Hindu deities are the gods and goddesses in Hinduism. Deities in Hinduism are as diverse as its traditions, and a Hindu can choose to be polytheistic, pantheistic, monotheistic, monistic, even agnostic, atheistic, or humanist.
Deva or Dev are terms used by the Hindu people for The Almighty or The GOD. Hindu people believe that there are 330 million deva or gods present in their religion. This short article about religion can be made longer.
Naraka ( Sanskrit: नरक ), also called Yamaloka, is the Hindu equivalent of Hell, where sinners are tormented after death. [1] . It is also the abode of Yama, the god of Death. It is described as located in the south of the universe and beneath the earth.
