dEvata a. ( tI f. ) [ devatA-aR ] 1 Divine. 2 (At the end of an adj. comp. ) Honouring or worshipping as one's deity, as in sUryadEvatA janAH . — taM 1 A god, deity, divinity; mfdaM gA dEvataM vipra GftaM maDu catuzpadaM pradakziRAni kurvIta Ms. 4. 39 , 153 ; U. 4. 4 ; Amaru. 3. 2 A number of gods, the whole class of gods; Ve. 2. 3 An idol. (The word is said to be m. also, but is ( pb ) rarely used in that gender. Mammaṭa notices it as a fault called aprayuktatva ; see aprayukta ). 4 N. of the third Kāṇḍa of Yāska's Nirukta.