dEva a. ( vI f. ) [ devAdAgataH aR ] Relating to gods, caused by or coming from gods, divine, celestial; saMskftaM nAma dEvI vAganvAKyAtA maharziBiH Kāv. 1. 33 ; dEvInAM mAnuzIRAM ca pratihartA tvamApadAM R. 1. 60 ; Y. 2. 235 ; Bg. 4. 25 , 9. 13 , 16. 3 ; Ms. 3. 75. — vaH ( i. e. vivAhaH ) One of the eight forms of marriage, that in which the daughter is given away at a sacrifice to the officiating priest; yajYasya ftvije dEvaH Y. 1. 59 ; (for the eight forms of marriage see udvAha or Ms. 3. 21 ). — vaM 1 Fate, destiny, luck, fortune; dEvamavidvAMsaH pramARayaMti Mu. 3 ; vinA puruzakAreRa dEvamatra na siDyati ‘God helps those who help ( pb ) themselves’; dEvaM nihatya kuru pOruzama tmaSaktyA Pt. 1. 361. ( dEvAt by chance, luckily, accidentally). 2 A god, deity. 3 A religious rite or offering, an oblation to gods. 4 A kind of Śrāddha ceremony. 5 Parts of the hands sacred to the gods, i. e. the tips of the fingers; cf. Ms. 2. 59. — vI A woman married according to the form of marriage called daiva q. v. above. Comp. — atyayaH evil resulting from unusual natural phenomena. — aDIna — Ayatta a. dependent on fate; dEvAyattaM kule janma madAyattaM tu pOruzaM Ve. 3. 33. — ahorAtraH a day of the gods. i. e. the human year. — upahata a. illfated, unfortunate; Mu. 6. 8. — karnan n. offering oblations to gods. — kfta a. 1 fated. 2 natural. — kovid, -ciMtakaH, -jYaH an astrologer, a fortune-teller; Y. 1. 313 ; Kām. 9. 25. — gatiH f. turn or course of fate; muktAjAlaM ciraparicitaM tyAjito dEvagatyA Me. 96 ; Pt. 3. 174. — taMtra a. dependent on fate. — dIpaH the eye. — durvipAkaH hardness of fortune, adverseness or unpropitiousness of fate, an evil turn of fate; U. 1. 40 — dozaH badness of fate. — para a. 1 trusting to fate, a fatalist. 2 fated, predestined. — praSnaH 1 fortune-telling, astrology. 2 a voice from heaven. — yugaM ‘a Yuga of the gods’, said to consist of 12000 divine years, but see Kull. on Ms. 1. 71. — yogaH a lucky coincidence, fortuitous combination, fortune, chance; ( dEvayogena, dEvayogAt fortunately, accidentally). — leKakaH a fortune-teller, an astrologer. — vaSaH, -SaM the power of destiny, subjection to fate. — vARI 1 a voice from heaven. 2 the Sanskrit language; cf. Kāv. 1. 33 quoted above. — hIna a. ill-fated, unfortunate, unlucky.