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Deva (Sanskrit: देव, Sanskrit pronunciation:) means "shiny", "exalted", "heavenly being", "divine being", "anything of excellence", and is also one of the Sanskrit terms used to indicate a deity in Hinduism. Deva is a masculine term; the feminine equivalent is Devi. The word is a cognate with Latin deus ("god") and Greek Zeus.
- দেৱতা, (dewatā)
- Heavenly, divine, shiny, exalted, anything of excellence, donor of knowledge or resources.
- ᬤᬾᬯ, (déwa)
- देव, (IAST: deva)
Ishta-deva or ishta devata ( Sanskrit: इष्ट देव (ता), iṣṭa-deva (tā), literally "cherished divinity " from iṣṭa, "personal, liked, cherished, preferred" and devatā, "godhead, divinity, tutelary deity " or deva, "deity"), is a term used in Hinduism denoting a worshipper's favourite deity. [1] [2]
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ātman ( / ˈɑːtmən /; Sanskrit: आत्मन्) is a Sanskrit word for the true or eternal Self or the self-existent essence or impersonal witness-consciousness within each individual. Atman is conceptually different from Jīvātman, which persists across multiple bodies and lifetimes.
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.
Puja ( Sanskrit: पूजा, romanized : pūjā) is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event. [1] [2] It may honour or celebrate the presence of special guests, or their memories after they die.
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.
